JIMMY PAGE ROBERT PLANT No Quarter Orig LP Led Zeppelin

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JIMMY PAGE & ROBERT PLANT

No Quarter

Original UK Double LP (pressed in Europe?) released on Fontana Records in 1994.

Ever since Led Zeppelin parted ways after the death of drummer John Bonham, fans were clamouring for the mighty band to reunite. This wilfully ignored both the vital contribution Bonham gave to the group's mystique and Zeppelin's woeful one-off reunion at the 1985 Live Aid charity concert, but the legend of the band was so strong, reunion rumours reached a fever pitch whenever vocalist Robert Plant or guitarist Jimmy Page had a new album in the stores.

In 1994, following Plant's moody, misunderstood 1993 album Fate of Nations and Page's widely lambasted collaboration with Whitesnake singer David Coverdale, the two quietly reunited to record a concert for MTV's then-popular acoustic concert series Unplugged. Page & Plant interpreted the Unplugged moniker rather liberally, bringing in a full orchestra, mandolins, and a hurdy-gurdy among other instruments, and Page turned to an electric guitar on occasion. Nevertheless, the "unplugged" setting did give the duo an opportunity to gracefully back away from the bombast that was assumed to be Zeppelin's stock-in-trade.

Instead, this gives them a chance to dive into the moodiest material, trading heavily on the folk, blues, and world music that gave Led Zeppelin a richness unheard in their heavy rock peers. This might not be what some diehards were expecting from a reunion, but it was a gutsy move from Page & Plant, and the ensuing album, No Quarter, has aged remarkably well.

This is ambitiously atmospheric, restless music by musicians not content to rest on their laurels. They draw heavily from their past, but these new versions of classic Led Zeppelin songs sound reinvigorated in these new arrangements. At times, this means that the songs are given rather drastic reinterpretations -- "Nobody's Fault but Mine" brings the brooding undercurrent of the original to the surface, "Four Sticks" sounds livelier in this spare setting -- while other tunes sound similar to the recorded versions but are given spirited readings ("That's the Way," "The Battle of Evermore," "Gallows Pole").

Between the revived Zeppelin numbers are a few new songs, all ambitious and solid, fitting right into the vibe of the album; even if they don't match the older tunes, they're respectable and gain strength upon repeated listens.

Tracks Are :-

Record One

A: Nobody's Fault But Mine / Thank You / No Quarter / Friends

B: Yallah / City Don't Cry / Since I've Been Loving You

Record Two

C: The Battle Of Evermore / Wonderful One / Wah Wah / That's The Way

D: Gallow's Pole / Four Sticks / Kashmir

Released on 'Fontana Records' in 1994

Catalogue No. 526 361-2

Discs are in EX++ condition

Sleeve is in EX++ condition

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