Led Zeppelin unveil rare film

LONDON, UK (Led Zeppelin Fans Website) - More than eight hours of rare concert films and sound recordings of rock band Led Zeppelin are to be released for the first time.
Fifty-eight tracks recorded over a decade of live performances will be spread across two DVDs and three CDs.

Guitarist Jimmy Page has compiled the project from film footage and audio tapes discovered during a trawl of the archives.
The three surviving members of the group - Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones - are due to attend the world premiere of the DVD in London next week.

Although many unofficial bootleg copies exist of the band's concerts, this will be the first official release of the recordings.

Page spent several months going through the vaults to compile the live document after acquiring footage from a show at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Some of the films and audio tapes were in such poor condition that they had to be baked in ovens for up to 60 hours to make them playable.
Band members stretched their memories to match up silent film footage of their concerts with the appropriate soundtracks. Singer Robert Plant said he had been taken aback by the results. "It fills me with awe and surprise and so much memory that I had actually put to sleep," he said.
"The impact and the power of what on a good night four people could create - it's something very special."

Throughout their heyday from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, Led Zeppelin were among the most popular and successful rock acts in the world.

They split in 1980 after drummer John Bonham died following a drinking binge.

Band members have refused to rule out persistent rumours that they would perform again as Led Zeppelin.
Bassist and keyboard player John Paul Jones said: "You can never say never about anything. "Maybe we could get together. If everybody felt it was a good idea on the same day...you never know."
Page added: "If we could get in a room and play the instruments and feel passionate about it, that would be all right wouldn't it? I'm not counting anything out at all."