Este siempre será uno de los grandes trabajos de la banda, vale la pena tener esta edición remasterizada en la colección.

Producto en perfectas condiciones

What more can you say about this fourth album from Led Zeppelin? It is by no doubt a classic. In fact it was the first Zeppelin album I bought on vinyl once I started high school as the seventies drew to a close. But of course I first this album back in the early seventies when my sister borrowed it from a friend not to mention hearing the songs "Black Dog", "Rock And Roll" and, of course, "Stairway To Heaven" on the radio constantly back in the day. Originally I was going to get the deluxe CD copy of this but then upon discovering the second disc was merely the same set of songs but with different mixes involved as part of head Zep man Jimmy Page's remasters not to mention the altering of the cover so I decided to stick with the standard version as I know it. You have eight great songs on here which is just right[That's four songs per side on vinyl] and much of them classic in their own right. Half of these selections are credited to guitarist Jimmy Page and lead vocalist Robert Plant. Two songs("Black Dog" and "Misty Mountain Hop")has Page and Plant co-credited with bassist John Paul Jones. All four members of the group[The fourth member being drummer John Bonham]collaborate on "Rock And Roll", which is considered a drummer's favorite amongst aspiring rock drummers everywhere. The album's concluding track "When The Levee Breaks" find the entire band co-credited to Memphis Minnie(!) when in actually the song dates back to 1927 as recorded by the artist herself with the help of another blues guitarist. This version makes it a rock classic within itself with its recorded set-up involving a single mike for Bonham's drums, the fantastic harmonica wailing from Robert Plant and Jimmy Page's use of slide guitar with John Paul Jones' bass anchoring the bottom. There are two guest appearances on this album. The first is the piano playing talents of original Rolling Stones co-founder Ian Stewart on "Rock And Roll"[The Zeppelin song "Boogie With Stu" from Physical Graffiti was recorded in the same session reportedly. "Stu" was the nickname of Stewart for those who still don't know]. The second is Fairport Convention vocalist Sandy Denny on "The Battle Of Evermore", the first of two acoustic songs on the album. The other acoustic song is "Going To California" in homage to the Joni Mitchell song "California". Both of these acoustic songs feature mandolin playing by either Jimmy Page or John Paul Jones. The only other track featured on this fourth Zeppelin effort is "Four Sticks" with its barrage of riffs any guitarist and bassist could use. Supposedly the title was literally due to the use of four drumsticks used by John Bonham when recording the piece. Arguably, the best song on here is "Stairway To Heaven" and is considered an anthem for AOR[Album Oriented Rock]and always tends to top the lists of various FM station countdowns with Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird" coming in second. The arrangement itself is crafted out well-the acoustic beginning supplied with double-tracked recorders by John Paul Jones; the middle section half acoustic/half electric featuring electric piano, 12-string electric guitar, bass guitar and drums; the electrifying conclusion including a guitar solo that has force to be reckoned with. Finally, the title of this album has many people puzzled. Even though this was Led Zeppelin's fourth album they never had an appropriate title for it and each member of the band chose his own symbol or rune and they each appeared on the label next to their group name. Many people assumed it was titled after Page's rune Zoso[A 1527 meaning for Saturn reportedly], while Plant's was the feather within a circle, Jones' was the trilateral interlocking within a circle and Bonham's was the interlocking circles meaning man, woman and child which bears striking resemblance to the Ballentine beer logo. Sandy Denny also had a rune for herself which was the three downpointing triangles that looked almost similar to the Fallout Shelter design. Other nicknames for this album were: The Hermit[The front cover design], Runes, The Stairway To Heaven Album[The songs' lyrics were printed inside the inner sleeve plus it showed an illustration of a man carrying a lantern atop of a high hill], The Fourth Album and, of course, Zoso. If you don't have this album in your collection, then you don't know what you're missing. This is one Led Zeppelin album no one should be without. If you want to get the Led out, get it out with this one and you won't go wrong. Rock And Roll!

Not many albums better than IV for Led Zeppelin

Not much to say but it is one of their best.

very good

Makes my day of house cleaning a little more entertaining. Plus good memories as one of my favorite albums from the 70’s

Nice pictures, plus the album notes had some very interesting thoughts to go along with the photos like I never knew about when zeppelin played in an out door Arena called the Bath Concert! Which I then looked up on YouTube and saw some archival video that had just been posted on YouTube! So that was really cool.

Muy buen disco, tanto en su calidad de audio como en la presentación

Arrived shrink wrapped in a box with a couple of other items. Would prefer to get it in a record mailer to reduce likelihood of damage, but it was fine. No noticeable cracks or pops. Gave a quick clean, but needle still picked up a tiny amount of debris (less than most of the records I've bought). Fantastic album and sounds great.

Diagramação, setlist e qualidade sonora ótimas.

This is superb album by superb group. This kind of genius and beauty happens not so often in the history of humankind. There are variety of music genres on this album, songs are rooted in blues (When the levee breaks), folk (Going to California) or classic Elvis-inspired Rock&Roll. And masterpiece Stairway to Heaven. There are so many stories behind each track regarding production, titles or live performances. For example, Black Dog title is inspired by the dog that used to come to recording studio. "When the levee breaks" was played only once live by Led Zeppelin. The same with Four Sticks, that became too complex even for those genius musicians. So great to have this album in deluxe edition with beautiful book containing historical pictures and info. I am so glad to have it! As Jack White said, and I fully agree: I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t like Led Zeppelin!

Ya cumplí los 70 y cada vez que escucho “las escaleras al cielo” se me sigue poniendo la piel de gallina; probablemente el mejor tema de rock