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Led Zeppelin

The Biography

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Led Zeppelin

By: Bob Spitz
Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
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 “In this authoritative, unsparing history of the biggest rock group of the 1970s, Spitz delivers inside details and analysis with his well-known gift for storytelling.” —PEOPLE

From the author of the iconic, bestselling history of The Beatles, the definitive account of arguably the greatest rock band of all time.

Rock star. Whatever that term means to you, chances are it owes a debt to Led Zeppelin. No one before or since has lived the dream quite like Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham. In Led Zeppelin, Bob Spitz takes their full measure, separating myth from reality with his trademark connoisseurship and storytelling flair.

From the opening notes of their first album, the band announced itself as something different, a collision of grand artistic ambition and brute primal force, of English folk music and African American blues. Spitz’s account of their artistic journey, amid the fascinating ecosystem of popular music, is irresistible. But the music is only part of the legend: Led Zeppelin is also the story of how the sixties became the seventies, of how innocence became decadence, of how rock took over. Led Zeppelin wasn’t the first band to let loose on the road, but as with everything else, they took it to an entirely new level. Not all the legends are true, but in Spitz’s careful accounting, what is true is astonishing and sometimes disturbing.

Led Zeppelin gave no quarter, and neither has Bob Spitz. Led Zeppelin is the long-awaited full reckoning the band richly deserves.
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Phenomenal. I wouldn’t say I was the biggest led zeppelin fan music wise. But this book and their story is more than I imagined when I started. Just an audacious, outstanding and shocking story. Amazing

As rock n roll as it gets

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well researched and compiled, well read and very honest look into one of the greatest rock bands of all time

meticulous and brilliantly written and read

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A deep dive into the legendary band, with some good insight into the urban myths surrounding Led Zeppelin, their management and the dubious and of hangers on that inhabited the dark and dangerous world of rock and roll.

Some of the pronunciation is miles off, particularly the Black Country dialect and place names in the UK, but that aside it was well narrated and especially sympathetic around the various tragedies that LZ endured.

Overall enjoyable and informative, would recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about the mighty Led Zep and their blaze across the world.

American made!

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Is this the “authorised “ biography? I shouldn’t think so - this is the ‘warts and all’ account, and let’s face it, with Led Zeppelin there are more warts than most! Which is why this is such a gripping story, whether or not you love the band. Spitz has done his homework and put together the full history in a way that’s involving and completely absorbing. He concentrates on the three aspects essential to any rock biography: the personalities of the musicians, the creation of the music, and - particularly relevant to Zeppelin - the management of the band; Peter Grant gets no less coverage than Page, Plant, and Bonham, and much more than John Paul Jones.

The narration is also good after you forgive the American his pronounciation (‘Stoorbridge’ for Stourbridge, Bert Jansch becomes ‘Jansh’ instead of ‘Yansh’, among many lapses), but overall he told it well and I was never bored, not even for a moment.

PS: You finally get to hear the account of ‘the event with the fish’, and believe me, it’s so utterly degrading you can understand why it’s not normally told.

One of the best rock biographies

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Wow wow wow !! I’m only 31 and I have been listening to led zeppelin for a while now and the audio book dose not disappoint a point

Speechless !!!!!

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