Page & Plant - No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant changed the face of rock 'n' roll as cofounders of Led Zeppelin. The massively influential group disbanded in 1980 following drummer John Bonham's death, and Page & Plant pursued solo careers before reuniting in 1994 for MTV's hugely popular Unplugged. That historic session-which led to an international nad new studio album-became New Quarter. Page's guitar virtuosity and Plant's vocal mastery are potent as ever as they deliver thse inspired, reinvented, takes on choice picks from the Led Zeppelin songbook. Album Description

Great change of pace from Led Zep

Some great re-made songs, some awesone live versions of old songs, and some great new gems. Wort having for any fan. May 2, 2008

Fabulous!

If you are a Zep fan and you like the reworked songs, then this is a must have. This new, updated release is great. Page has gone back and remastered the songs, fixed those 'problem' spots to make the recording the best it can possibly be. April 21, 2008

Plant & Page go "acoustic"

Overall, this is a real good album. I like the "marriage" of Led Zep songs to middle eastern instruments & vocals. You do get a glimpse of Plant's changing voice...takes on a deeper timbre. April 6, 2008

.... I LIKE MY ZEPPELIN LEDDED.

When this CD was first released in 1995, I was still new to Zeppelin, and was blowing my skull off to Zep albums IV and I over and over again. I did not know much else of these guys then, but I knew I wanted more. The record store guy recommended this album (it was new, and obviously the guy knew nothing about the extreme high I was trying to aquire when I told him I was interested in hearing some more Led Zeppelin...apparently he thought I just wanted my ears to hurt; and even though the songs are generally acoustic on this set, they REALLY hurt the ears.)
Initially I would take a crap all over this album, because all it acomplishes basically is that it takes a bunch of really awesome Zeppelin tracks and turns them into saturated, recycled lameness. This album was horrible, granted I bet it would have been really cool to see the live show in person, but I cared not for the indian orchestra, or any of the "unledded" performances found on this set.
However, I cannot be so harsh to this renewed version, as it does have a little more ooomph to it than the original version. But as far as recommending it over any single Led Zeppelin album, as some reviewers here have done, I will not do. The album does little justice to the original versions. Led Zeppelin was Led Zeppelin in the seventies, after that, it was never meant to be again.
I know Jimmy Page thought that the only problem with the album was that the song YALLAH needed to have its title changed to something a little less "hippie"... so now the title to that song is different.
The sound is significantly better on this new issue, and some may like the softer sounding classics as performed by the original artists... but not me. I own it for completist purposes only. I like my Zeppelin Ledded. December 10, 2007

Wish I could love it, but ...

I bought this after hearing the amazing version of Kashmir on the radio; first CD they sent included a note saying the jewel case had been damaged in shipping. CD looked okay, but track 14 (yep, Kashmir) played only about 2/3 of the way through, then crackled, then stopped. So Amazon willingly replaced it immediately, but now this second CD has the same problem (without any external damage). I'm wondering: what gives? Has anyone else had this problem? I would like to try a third replacement, but Amazon says they will send no more and will refund instead. Bummer! October 3, 2007

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