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Le leggende sono eterne, ed i Led Zeppelin sono leggenda.

Sembrerebbe paradossale affermare che una delle band più importanti del mondo e della storia della musica possa considerarsi “finita”, pur avendo rallentato la  produzione di nuovo materiale da qualche tempo. Eppure, Jimmy Page ha tenuto a specificare che gli Zeppelin, i suoi Zeppelin, non sono ancora pronti a sventolare bandiera bianca, confermando che la reissue dei dischi del gruppo proseguirà nei mesi (e negli anni) a venire:

Led Zeppelin isn’t done yet, quite clearly, because every year since 1968 there’s been new fans. The re-releases have more than doubled the amount of Led Zeppelin work out there. I wanted it done authoritatively, ‘cause I was the one writing the stuff, I was the producer and mixer. I don’t think it’s any more weird than writing your autobiography.”

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Un brano inedito, Sunshine Woman, è stato pubblicato lo scorso 25 Agosto come parte della compilation The Complete BBC Sessions, disponibile già dal 16 Settembre. In merito alle ragioni del successo ancora attuale degli Zeppelin, Page ha fornito la propria spiegazione:

“It was done with so much freedom and conviction by master musicians, that’s why it has traveled over time. It was an extraordinary connection, the synergy within the band. There was an area of ESP between Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and myself.”

Discutendo delle influenze fondamentali che avrebbero determinato il sound del gruppo, il chitarrista ha tracciato un percorso definito:

“The fact is, all four of us, were so influenced by American music, and for me, the music that I was hearing in the sort of ’50s over here, it was all a reinterpretation of what was going on in America. So we, sort of, had this American music, sort of coming in to us, and we were accessing it through the radio and records. That’s a major part of why we became what we were — which is musicians and became totally seduced by this whole movement in music.”

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