LEGENDARY / FOUNDER / CULT / POWERFUL

Attempt, masterstroke. Recorded in one month at a time of pioneers, Led Zep strikes at the foundation of the world (hard) rock via this pure masterpiece, which 40 years later has not aged. Already ultra modern in its time, this legendary album, THE considered any first hard rock record - 1969 - (ahead of "In Rock" by Deep Purple and Black Sabbath 1), crossed the decades often copied but never equaled.

The genius of Jimmy Page splashes the world with his mastery of non-standard effects, pedals, his Gibson in his imperial sometimes oversaturated for ripping blues ("You Shook Me"), sometimes in clear, bold and hot, Whether blues (the fantastic "Babe I'm gonna leave you", or the covers of Willie Dixon), the rocks ("Communication Breakdown", but most monumental THE "Dazed & Confused" and its historical riff) or yet the acoustics (the transcendent and mystical "Black Mountain Side", which takes you over 2mn far with a simple dry scraper decorated with an Indian rhythm), the folks (the jovial and unifying "Your Time is gonna come" ).

Beyond the engineering Page is the incredible presence of Robert Plant, voice, powerful, ranging far into the treble, which carries the titles in another dimension, as mastering a harmonica roots furiously. And then obviously the worker applied what JP Jones, bass / keyboards, supported by his friend John Bonham (RIP) great hitter barrels before the eternal, which also offers a much more interesting rhythmic as battery games typical of the time, like those of Mitch Mitchell (Hendrix), for example, too heavy and moving, too "hippy".

With the blues as a vector, which is its base, Led Zep electrifies the purpose and thus creates the very first hard rock, divine fruit of a rare osmosis between four young musicians, who will write for 10 years and 10 albums of the 1st page ( hard) modern rock and more broadly a great page in the history of music.

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Note: I recommend to "receive" the best music and enjoy the best possible, read the excellent organic group by JM Vandermissen (published in White Truck for sale on Amazon), to help you understand the context of the time and especially to achieve by listening this record the impact it may have had it 40 years ago. Indeed, our modern ears have heard everything or almost ... in 1969, the ears had yet heard nothing !!!