iTunes UnLedded

During the New York press conference for Celebration Day last October, Jimmy Page remarked on listening to Led Zeppelin, "don't listen to it on MP3." One could be forgiven if you thought he meant all digital portable formats, but apparently, he didn't.

iTunes today released the entire Led Zeppelin studio catalogue, "mastered for iTunes." The songs from all 9 studio albums, including Coda, remastered specifically for iTunes. These are new remasters, improved, one imagines, from the iTunes collection released in 2007 and available until now.

Are they better? I downloaded Fool in the Rain and listened to it side by side with the MP3 I currently have on my iPhone. The verdict? The bottom end is much cleaner, bringing a fuller sound to the song. It's not a big improvement, not a wow! but it is a noticeable improvement.

Each album is available for $9.99 ($12.99 for Physical Graffiti) and songs are $1.29 each, except for In My Time of Dying, Achilles Last Stand and Carouselambra, which are only available as part of their respective album downloads.

Needless to say, this remastering is available only on iTunes.

Podcast #1

I was nosing through iTunes for some Led Zeppelin podcasts a while ago and was surprised to find there are no regular Zep-casts. I was, by happy coincidence, wondering what to do with this blog. It was time to find a way to grow it, but how. The solution, it occurred to me, was a RambleOn podcast. With all that said, I gave it a go. As I mention more than once in the podcast, I figured I'd run out of stuff to say in about 5 minutes, but I spoke for 45 minutes. While there are some imperfections in delivery, I think it came out pretty well for a first go. Improvements will be ongoing, and I am hoping to throw in some interviews down the road. Meanwhile, here's the Ramble On Podcast #1

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Download it here: I have submitted to it iTunes, but it hasn't been approved as of yet. I have no idea how long the process takes, but once it is up I will along the link. Please let me hear what you thought, feedback is key: rambleon@briangardiner.ca

Band of Joy: You Can't Buy My Love

Robert Plant and the Band of Joy have released a new single from their hit album, Band of Joy. The Beatle-esque You Can't Buy My Love is available on iTunes and, presumably, wherever else you buy your music singles.