The first version was the original French press. Probably the first LP I ever bought with my own pennies. Used in this case. For a guy who according to the newspaper I read today claims to have created 6,500 jobs so far in his life as an entrepreneur. At the time, he had landed in another college than mine, after the CM2 class in which we were together. I had found by chance and he had this record for sale. Not really the equivalent of the resumption of contact between all young Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, with their blues records under the arm on the station platform but ...
The second version of "Zoso" which I acquired in the 1980 graduates is a Germanic vinyl reissue "Nice Price" special 40 years of the Atlantic Records label, with a cake and a rather thin lamination Cover. Version OCCAZ yet acquired or in a discount store. My idea was to replace the original freesbie, who arrived in later life.
The third time, "Zoso" was so scattered puzzle with a remastered reissue of two sets of CD (the first was in 4 the second, seemed a bit longer after, had two), in the early 1990s, the Integral studio then this truly unique and legendary group.
Meanwhile, there was the evening catastrophe in which I found myself, and when there was no music. Nothing. but one K7. From "Zoso". We heard all night without stopping and never tiring ...
In short, you know what it is with comments for amazon. We must be able to detect how far the view of the writer's subjective. There, you are warned: "Zoso" is for me more than a special album! ***** This is immediately and without discussion. Just under 'Physical Graffiti'. Top of this group! Move along, there is nothing to read! Spare me UNV!
So anyway this reissue? Well, the first LP, which takes the original sequence, returns to laser precision mode for each instrument, although detached and yet totally embedded to give to others the same slap every time. It is indeed a remastering and not a boondoggle! *****!
Need it be said at this stage the presence of 'Stairway to Heaven', one of the most playlisted pieces of the world? Trance-blues' 'When The Levee Breaks', with that superhuman WOODCUTTER proposed by the late Bonzo, including Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys took time to recover? De 'Rock'n'Roll', this rereading of the history of rockabilly compacted and accelerated mode? Hard blues rock prog 'Black Dog' and 'Misty Mountain Hop'? Folkeux of 'The Battle Of Evermore "and" Going To California? From 'Four Sticks'? Nothing to throw, really!
The second disc? These are the same songs for the 1st, and in the same order, but in a slightly less perfect version, slightly less polished. Well, for 'The Battle Of Evermore "and" Going To California ", the Palais Omnisports de Percy does not honor us with her singing, but in the case of other securities, the difference is very tenuous. We must have the original engraved in the reptilian brain (as is my case) to note the difference. Moreover, these "outtakes" have received the same treatment as the main clarifier master. **** 1/2 +!
The patties are thick just right. The cover "gatefold" original was transformed, with two or three additional photographs (two of the group) to offer three components including host the second LP. Otherwise, the original design was respected. Except for the part of photography pouch which contained modern building. But, hey ... The packaging is solid. The "sharpness" of the photograph of the original edition is as well maintained as possible. *****!
