Led Zeppelin Streaming Alternate Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin are premiering an unreleased version of "Stairway To Heaven" as a preview of the upcoming expanded reissue of their 1971 release, "Led Zeppelin IV", due on October 28.
"The Sunset Sound mix of 'Stairway to Heaven' was actually mixed at Sunset Sound in L.A. in advance of the version that everybody knows," says Jimmy Page. "I think it's a really good embodiment of everything that's on there. It's a guitar mix, really."
Released in November 1971, the album - which is officially untitled - defined the sound of rock music for a generation with ubiquitous anthems such as "Stairway To Heaven", "Rock And Roll", "Black Dog" and "When The Levee Breaks". The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1999, has been certified 23x platinum by the RIAA.
The "Led Zeppelin IV" deluxe edition includes unreleased versions of every song heard on the original album including alternate mixes of "Misty Mountain Hop" and "Four Sticks", mixes of "The Battle Of Evermore" and "Going To California" heavy with guitar and mandolin, and the fabled, alternate version "Stairway To Heaven", mixed at the Sunset Sound Studio in Los Angeles which lets fans hear one of the most revered songs of all time as they have never heard it before.
Reeditaron dos discos esenciales de Led Zeppelin: IV" y "Houses of the Holy"
Será por su afán de mantener vivo un tiempo que no volverá, será por reivindicar alguna mezcla que quedó fuera contra su voluntad, será porque desde su separación de Led Zeppelin nunca encontró su lugar en el mundo; lo cierto es que hace rato que Jimmy Page dedica buena parte de su tiempo a rescatar las memorias de la banda de su vida.
En ese devenir de sus días, ahora les toca a Led Zeppelin IV y a Houses of the Holy ser la excusa para volver al cuarteto formado en 1968. Y, de paso, repasar parte de su obra con la posibilidad de comparar las versiones originales de clásicos como Rock and Roll, Stairway to Heaven y Four Sticks en el primer caso, y Dancing Days en el segundo, con las alternativas.
Además, el nuevo lanzamiento permite ingresar en la cocina de algunos temas como The Battle of Evermore, Going to California y The Ocean, a través de las mezclas de guitarras y mandolina en los primeros dos, y del work in progress en el tercero.
O jugar a ponerle voz a The Song Remains the Same en una especie de karaoke de lujo que, al mismo tiempo, pone en evidencia el entramado sonoro sobre el que trabajaba Robert Plant. Como también sucede con Over the Hills and Far Away, en la que Page dejó una vez más al desnudo y en primer plano su aporte personal al sonido de la banda, y en No Quarter, que con el protagonismo de John Paul Jones al teclado supera de sobra la prueba de ser escuchada como un instrumental.
Piezas de colección, alimento para los fans, material de estudio para las nuevas generaciones. Sea cual sea el uso que cada uno decida darle, hay que reconocer que en casos como éste, lo que abunda no daña. Excepto los bolsillos.
Tomado de el Clarin
por Eduardo Slusarczuk
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"Stairway To Heaven"
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven.
There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who stand looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.
And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune,
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long,
And the forests will echo with laughter.
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder.
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know,
The piper's calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
