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Summary: Led Zeppelin 95% Incomplete
Review: Don't buy this book. It's a ripoff and shouldn't be in print. The guitar tablature consists of the very basic rythm of the songs with nothing else. In most songs, the rythm is even incomplete. There's no lead at all. Pay the extra 38 bucks and get the I-V box set. You'll be glad you did. The saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover" definitely applies to this one.
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Summary: Led Zeppelin 95% Incomplete
Review: Don't buy this book. It's a ripoff and shouldn't be in print. The guitar tablature consists of the very basic rythm of the songs with nothing else. In most songs, the rythm is even incomplete. There's no lead at all. Pay the extra 38 bucks and get the I-V box set. You'll be glad you did. The saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover" definitely applies to this one.
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Summary: waste of your money
Review: don't buy this peice of junk, its a waste of trees and your money. the tabs are all wrong, half of the music isn't there, and it was written like the guy tabbing it had to leave in 5 minutes. the worst thing is that is only puts selective parts of a song in there like, for example, black dog has the intro and the chorus but as for the solo......nowhere to be found. and here's the entire tab for 'when the levee breaks'---
low E---3-0-3-0-3-0this is the worst tab book ever printed and is a disgrace to led zeppelin.
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Summary: Not Very Good... Only For Beginners
Review: I got this book when I was a beginner and I thought it was great. The songs looked so easy to play. One of my favorite songs, When The Levee Breaks, had only 3 notes in it (according to the book). I took it to my guitar teacher and every song I wanted to learn was wrong except for stairway to heaven. None of the solo's are in the book and many of the songs are tabbed so easily that they are wrong. It says that this book is for beginners and it is. If you are half-way descent at the guitar, don't buy this book.
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Summary: Your money is better spent burned!!
Review: Is this author serious!? I think someone accidently printed the rough draft. Either that or the transcriber needs to sober up and try again. Buy this book only if you've never heard a single Led Zeppelin song.
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Summary: Guitar music for the first five records; some errors
Review: Led Zeppelin Complete contains forty songs from the first five albums *written* (book's emphasis) by Led Zeppelin. These include songs ranging from "Dazed and Confused" to "The Song Remains the Same." (And, of course, includes "Stairway to Heaven." :-) Some of the songs have unusual tuning (e.g., Hats off to (Roy) Harper) and this is indicated. However, I'm not sure I agree how the chords match up with the music. For example, in Ramble On, the illustration shows E as 0-2-2-1-0-0, though the notation (and the music) clearly intend x-x-x-3-4-3. Perhaps this is an automation error. Stairway to Heaven is presented very well, including showing the complex ("ooh, it makes me wonder...") strumming of D-sus4 -> D -> Am7, both in notation and tablature. Overall, a worthy addition for the guitar aficionado. However, it'd be nice to see the follow-on with songs from their other records, especially: Kashmir, All of my Love, Hey Hey What Can I do and the bonus tracks.
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Summary: Guitar music for the first five records; some errors
Review: Led Zeppelin Complete contains forty songs from the first five albums *written* (book's emphasis) by Led Zeppelin. These include songs ranging from "Dazed and Confused" to "The Song Remains the Same." (And, of course, includes "Stairway to Heaven." :-) Some of the songs have unusual tuning (e.g., Hats off to (Roy) Harper) and this is indicated. However, I'm not sure I agree how the chords match up with the music. For example, in Ramble On, the illustration shows E as 0-2-2-1-0-0, though the notation (and the music) clearly intend x-x-x-3-4-3. Perhaps this is an automation error. Stairway to Heaven is presented very well, including showing the complex ("ooh, it makes me wonder...") strumming of D-sus4 -> D -> Am7, both in notation and tablature. Overall, a worthy addition for the guitar aficionado. However, it'd be nice to see the follow-on with songs from their other records, especially: Kashmir, All of my Love, Hey Hey What Can I do and the bonus tracks.
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Summary: Piano/Vocal edition (white cover) is good...for what it is
Review: There are several different editions of "Led Zeppelin Complete". I own the one with the white cover, which is basically a "piano/vocal" edition, so that's the version that I'm reviewing here. I bought it back in '89 when there seemed to be no other Led Zeppelin music books in the stores. The book covers all the songs from the first 5 albums, minus the cover tunes (Lemon Song, You Shook Me, Bring It On Home, I Can't Quit You Baby). All piano/vocal books of rock bands are essentially what are known as "fake books": they show the vocal melody, the chord progressions, and most of the music transcribed for piano, with the bass staff usually following what the bass guitar is doing, and the treble staff usually following what the guitar is doing. Little fills and solos are invariably left out. So for what it is -- a general transcription book -- the book does its job. I would NOT recommend this book if you're a guitarist or bass player looking for transcribed parts. Again, this is essentally a fake book for piano. I'm sure there are other Led Zeppelin books better suited to your needs. Not to say that the book is _useless_ to guitarists. Under the chord names of each song are those handy guitar chord diagrams (the ones that look like a little grid, with dots for the figer positions). And on songs where Jimmy Page used alternate tunings, these exact tunings are described, with the chord diagrams redrawn appropriately. The book has other information, but it's laid out for only certain tracks and in strange ways. There are some notes from band members on how they play certain parts. But this is only for a song or two. The entire lead guitar part to "Since I've Been Loving You" is transcribed, but in a strange version of tablature (written as a series of fractions, where the top number is the fret and the bottom number which string -- very weird!) The Houses of the Holy album is mistitled "Led Zeppelin V". The songs are grouped by album, but the order within each group doesn't match the order as heard on the album. Fortunately there's the table of contents. I'm a bass player, and the book has been somewhat helpful to me for reference over the years. I also learned how to play barre chords on a 6-string guitar by looking at the diagrams. Besides currently playing bass in a band that does some Zep covers, I also sing back-up vocals and I recently picked up mandolin. So I dug up this book from my shelves, and just seeing layout of the chord changes and their transcriptions, along with the lyrics, was exactly what I needed.
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Summary: Piano/Vocal edition (white cover) is good...for what it is
Review: There are several different editions of "Led Zeppelin Complete". I own the one with the white cover, which is basically a "piano/vocal" edition, so that's the version that I'm reviewing here. I bought it back in '89 when there seemed to be no other Led Zeppelin music books in the stores. The book covers all the songs from the first 5 albums, minus the cover tunes (Lemon Song, You Shook Me, Bring It On Home, I Can't Quit You Baby). All piano/vocal books of rock bands are essentially what are known as "fake books": they show the vocal melody, the chord progressions, and most of the music transcribed for piano, with the bass staff usually following what the bass guitar is doing, and the treble staff usually following what the guitar is doing. Little fills and solos are invariably left out. So for what it is -- a general transcription book -- the book does its job. I would NOT recommend this book if you're a guitarist or bass player looking for transcribed parts. Again, this is essentally a fake book for piano. I'm sure there are other Led Zeppelin books better suited to your needs. Not to say that the book is _useless_ to guitarists. Under the chord names of each song are those handy guitar chord diagrams (the ones that look like a little grid, with dots for the figer positions). And on songs where Jimmy Page used alternate tunings, these exact tunings are described, with the chord diagrams redrawn appropriately. The book has other information, but it's laid out for only certain tracks and in strange ways. There are some notes from band members on how they play certain parts. But this is only for a song or two. The entire lead guitar part to "Since I've Been Loving You" is transcribed, but in a strange version of tablature (written as a series of fractions, where the top number is the fret and the bottom number which string -- very weird!) The Houses of the Holy album is mistitled "Led Zeppelin V". The songs are grouped by album, but the order within each group doesn't match the order as heard on the album. Fortunately there's the table of contents. I'm a bass player, and the book has been somewhat helpful to me for reference over the years. I also learned how to play barre chords on a 6-string guitar by looking at the diagrams. Besides currently playing bass in a band that does some Zep covers, I also sing back-up vocals and I recently picked up mandolin. So I dug up this book from my shelves, and just seeing layout of the chord changes and their transcriptions, along with the lyrics, was exactly what I needed.
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Summary: Easy Reading
Review: This book has to be the EASIEST to understand and read. It gives you guitar tabs, lyrics, and sheet music. Even notes from Jimmy Page are given. I think that anyone who loves Led Zeppelin as much as I do, ought to buy this and keep as a collectible. It's great for beginners ( In my own opinion )
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