Led Zep Reissue on vinyl

General consensus is that these are from digital sources. I picked up Zep 1 in Montreal this week, and will soon be comparing it to my Classic pressing. Then in my hunt at the next vinyl shop, they had the pressing with the live music for around $50. I don't expect the sound to be on the level of a first press or the Classic, but it would have made sense to get the dlx set w/ the live stuff. The HMV had Zep 3 in stock fwiw.

Thanks for the review, Mattmiller.

Moryoga: I think the 'muddy' sound of LZII (at least on several tracks) is due to the huge amount of crude processing done when the album was originally assembled- you can hear the overdubs and the layering of different tracks- it is very evident on the 'RL' of II where a track with heavy processing, like 'Whole Lotta Love' seems to suffer from generation loss due to all the gimmicks. There are some web discussions and articles about how the album was made that support this.
I still haven't listened to my new copies yet, but hope to do so soon.

Good point by Whart on Whole Lotta Love. On the guitar switching channels back and forth it's as if someone is playing with the balance control. There's background noise switching back and forth also. That's masked by the usual murky pressings of LZ II. For better or worse I think it is a credit to the pressing that it shows the the mixing so vividly.

Thanks Whart. I listened again yesterday and all things considered the thing sounds pretty damn good. I saw on Music Direct that LZI Deluxe is sold out and awaiting repressing. Waiting for the wife to go shopping later today so I can give III a good LOUD listen :)