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Led Zep and Pink Floyd recommendations please

Nov 29, 2009 at 3:33 PM Post #17 of 31
Pipers at the Gates of dawn is easily their most innovative album. Meddle is also great.
 
Nov 29, 2009 at 4:34 PM Post #18 of 31
Nov 29, 2009 at 7:16 PM Post #20 of 31
Pink Floyd- DSOM>The Wall>Wish You Were Here>Animals>Meddle>Piper at the Gates of Dawn>A Saucerful Of Secrets>A Momentary Lapse Of Reason>Atom Heart Mother>Is There Anybody Out There.

Thats not my order of favorite but its probaly the best order to listen to them. I flat out did not like The Final Cut and The Division Bell is just ok.
 
Nov 30, 2009 at 12:00 AM Post #21 of 31
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Originally Posted by Redcarmoose /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Were not really interested here in enlarged compilations even though I guess Mothership could be a box set. To me you have to get the original cds because there is a perfect song sequence that every Zep album has.


Well, he was asking what the best sounding ones are. I'm not sure if you can get individual albums with the masters from the early 90s, but those are definitely the best sounding you can get on CD.
 
Nov 30, 2009 at 12:22 AM Post #22 of 31
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Well, he was asking what the best sounding ones are. I'm not sure if you can get individual albums with the masters from the early 90s, but those are definitely the best sounding you can get on CD.


went to best buy, and they had individual albums with stickers on them saying that they were remastered by page, but they probably werent printed then, could they have been loudness war-ed after the fact for a later printing?

and a question on the mini lp ones, i read a amazon review that said they were affected by the loudness war, anyone here listen to them?
 
Nov 30, 2009 at 12:31 AM Post #23 of 31
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With Led Zep I think you should just work your way up in chronological order.


I believe this is very good advice.
You will probably end up getting them all eventually, so why not listen to the band grow as you listen to their music?
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Nov 30, 2009 at 1:19 AM Post #24 of 31
Yeah, I to would get the entire Led Zep catalogue, and maybe only Presence is not essential (though a few are still key tracks to me).

For Pink Floyd, pre-Dark Side of the Moon albums are more psychedelic / spacey while post Dark Side of the Moon albums are more straight forward concept albums with emphasis on guitar. For me, Ummagumma and Saucerful of Secrets are essential and I like Obscured by Clouds alot too.
 
Nov 30, 2009 at 2:17 AM Post #25 of 31
I saw Zep in the 70's - Phys Graffiti tour and was a huge fan and listening to the cd's now including the box set ect ect.....If I listen to them I like the newer release of the 70's Show at the Forum-"How the West was Won" I actually think that is their best release.

Edit-Never a big Floyd fan, i was one of the only ones at my school to skip the Wall concert. I kind of like the things I have seen of them now on tv concerts. I got one of their cd's that I like and one I don't. The one I like, and always have is "Animals".
 
Jan 3, 2010 at 9:44 PM Post #29 of 31
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Led Zeppelin:

You need to get Physical Graffiti and How The West Was Won, their best live release IMO.


HTWWW has a great set list, and the quality is pretty good, but I have heard many Zep bootlegs that I prefer to it. The real treat is the HTWWW DVD, which is by far and away my favorite music DVD. My favorite official live release is BBC Sessions, which represents Zeppelin when they were at the top of their form, in my opinion. Sure, they are early recordings (1969 and 1971), so a lot of their hits are missing, but the SQ is amazing and their performance can not be touched. Performances after this period were hit or miss (mostly miss) in my opinion, so it is refreshing to hear Page sober and Plant before he lost his range and power to vocal fold nodules.

As far as studio albums go, and I know everyone says this about their favorite bands, but you really have to get everything you can. The only Zep album I can survive without is In Through The Out Door, and even then, there are some real gems on it. On the other hand, I, II, Houses of the Holy, and Physical Graffiti, are musts for any classic rock fan.

For Floyd, you have to pick up The Wall and Wish You Were Here, if only for their popularity. You won't hear anything from Animals or Meddle on the radio, but these are necessities as well.
 
Jan 3, 2010 at 10:15 PM Post #30 of 31
Led Zep are easier than Pink Floyd as their overall sound did not change much. I would add LZ I, II and Physical Graffiti as essentials.

For Pink Floyd I would want something to represent each sound. I would go for Ummagumma for the first psychedellic period as you get the live side showing them at their 'jamming' best. Then there is the much overlooked film soundtracks of which I prefer More. DSOTM is into the stadium porg period and I would add Animals to that. The Wall is essentail for the Roger Waters war period. Finally I would go for Division Bell for the 1980s post Waters albums.
 
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