I cannot begin to explain how excited I was to hear the recording of Stairway to Heaven from when Zep played it for the first time ever to a live audience. I was dazed and confused with amazement when Jimmy Page wailed a seemingly endless, masterful guitar solo on Heartbreaker.

The album also contains two recordings of Whole Lotta Love, each one unique in its own way. One version has Elvis adages including the ever famous medley, Gonna let that boy, gonna let that boy boogie. Plant sings a line and Jimmy mimics his voice on his Les Paul standard.

And it is far too easy to boogie to the tunes on this album because every classic tune is raw and chalked full of intense rock-ability.

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There are two new songs on the album, but you might want to check out The Girl I Love She Has Long Wavy Hair. It is a spin-off of Moby Dick. The riff is similar, but Plant belts out passion-filled vocals backed by Bonzo’s hard drum beat and John Paul Jones’ driving bass lines. Page is brilliant as always.

There is a nice surprise on the Going to California live track. Plant explains what smoking his stuff really is (smoked my stuff-yeah, I smoked a lot of it, and drank all my wine, la da la da).

No doubt about it, this album is a must-have for any Led Zeppelin fan, or anyone who likes good rock music.