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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Atlantic / Wea
Salesrank: 503
Released: August 16, 1994 |
| Our Price: $6.12 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Led Zeppelin III Track Listing:
1. Immigrant Song
2. Friends
3. Celebration Day
4. Since I've Been Loving You
5. Out On The Tiles
6. Gallows Pole
7. Tangerine
8. That's The Way
9. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
10. Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
Editorial Review:
2005 Japanese standard jewel case pressing of Led Zeppelin's 1970 album. Features the same tracks and mastering as the US edition but includes an OBI and Japanese/English insert. Warner. 2005.
Description of Led Zeppelin III:
After plundering the Yardbirds' legacy and Willie Dixon (among others) for their blues-riff-heavy first two albums, Jimmy Page and company surprised many listeners with the strong acoustic/folk sensibility displayed on III. Page aficionados shouldn't have been caught off guard; the guitarist had toyed with similar sensibilities and modalities during his brief tenure with the Yardbirds (most notably "White Summer" from the Little Games album). Ever the creative thieves, Zep kick off the album by nicking the riff from "Bali Ha'i" no less, with Robert Plant wailing it to punctuate the thundering FM warhorse "Immigrant Song." Even other electric rockers like "Celebration Day" and "Out on the Tiles" have an inventive, offbeat musicality to them that suggest the band was already wary of stereotyping. But it's the decidedly mellower acoustic groove of the album's latter half that's the news here, from the graceful beauty of "That's the Way" and "Tangerine" to the raw, folksy charm of "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp," "Hats Off (to Roy Harper)," and the traditional "Gallows Pole." --Jerry McCulley
Led Zeppelin III Reviews:
Out of Reach! 
2008-10-02 - The light/heavy ideas of Led Zeppelin really come to fruition with the third where much has been written about its obvious folk leanings, certainly Page's twelve string guitar is a treat but these arrangements have the orchestrated detail of a symphony. This musical collage doesn't in any way impede the powerful sense of spontaneity, with Bonzo creating a jazz feel to keep his boogie backbeat loose (dig the extended coda to Out On the Tiles).
The single release for this album was the magnificent Immigrant Song, a Viking saga in miniature but Zep III also contains what may be considered their finest moment with Since I've Been Loving You; a monumental piece that provides big climaxes for stretching Plant's rambling vocals, to where he delivers all the feverish emotions of an Anglo-Saxon blues opera, while Jimmy Page's flowing guitar solo has incomparable strength and sound. The sheer transcendence of these two tracks alone makes accusations of plagiarism seem irrelevant!
Led Zeppelin covered a lot of musical ground in a very short space of time but with their third album a mature disenchantment begins to show through as on That's the Way, the black humour to Gallows Pole, and Since I've Been Loving You; proof that the blues creeps into every corner of peoples lives, irrespective of colour. Despite negative experiences Zep's optimistic spirit surged on.
Alongside all of this one can't help but feel the fine touch of John Paul Jones arranging talents combining with those of Jimmy Page; married to that sophistication is the creative rawness, range and energy of Robert Plant and John Bonham. No small wonder then that the results are of a volcanic artistry way out of reach of any heavy metal band. Consequently I've often found the fourth or so called Runes album bordering on the bland in comparison to this jewellery box.
My favorite Led Zeppelin Album
2008-09-23 - I have always been a big fan of Zeppelin. I think this is one of the albums that didn't get the extensive airplay as some of the others. It is loaded with great songs though. I can always put this on and listen to the entire album everytime.
Led Zeppelin III
2008-09-22 - This Album shows the depth, length and width of Led Zeppelins talent and is one of the best albums to mellow out to after a grueling day of noise and aggravation. I have worn through the grooves in this album, stretched out the tape on the 8-track, broken all the teeth on the cassett and look forward to having a digital copy that will last a life time.
Led Zeppelin
2008-04-15 - I am collecting some great music classics now. Led Zeppelin is one of the best.
My Review
2008-03-10 - I really liked this album. It's a very good listen. I'd rather suggest buying it. It's pretty decent.
