If the five and a half hours long original “Led Zeppelin DVD (1970)” is far too much for you to digest – and trust us, for the layman it is – we’ve got excellent holiday greetings for you.
The fine folk at Rhino Records and the gents of Led Zeppelin are releasing a 3 disc CD/DVD combo called Mothership that is one part greatest hits package and one part nicely trimmed down excerpts of the highlights from their original 1970 concert DVD. We mean majorly trimmed down – it’s a tiny (by comparison) 90 minutes long. That’s four hours of Led Zeppelin you’ll never have to sit though.
Speaking of the Zeppelin – world domination fever has accompanied their reunion concert, but we warn you that the band has been derailed already with guitar god Jimmy Page’s fractured finger delaying the band’s plans to play a November 26 benefit concert for their legendary proponent and label boss Ahmet Ertegun. Paige issues the following statement regarding the new December 10 date that will not cover the cost of switching your travel reservations:
“As you all know by now I was regrettably put in a situation where I had to postpone my performance at the Ahmet Ertegun Benefit show, on November 26th, due to a fractured finger. We have now rescheduled this show to take place, at the same venue, on December 10th. In doing so I was very conscious of the fact that many people are traveling great distances to attend. I do want to let everyone know that this decision was unavoidable. My apologies to anyone who has been inconvenienced by this change.”
Yeah, we’ll stick with the Mothership package as our parental gift of choice this year.
Download: RhinoCast featuring The Lefsetz Letter on Led Zeppelin + clips of his favorite Zeppelin tracks.
Video: “The Ocean” from Mothership