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I picked up the 2 DVD set at our local Barnes and Noble, w/ Circuit City and Best Buy being sold out. Paid about an $8 premium but well worth it.

This is an astounding collection and show that LZ was ready for prime time early on. They were indeed unique and IMHO deserve a top slot in the Pantheon of Rock Legends. I gained new respect for Plant who I was impressed with as a 20 year old at Royal Albert Hall. These guys were, like Tull, a band w/ a unique personality, and produced transcendental and majestic music which only grows in respect w/ time.

Also seeing Whole Lotto Love and a few other songs, I realized how Dionysian they were and left the Stones little quarter in the super sexual 60's/ early 70's.

All of this should justify us as fans and to solidify their reputation as a TRex group every bit as good as the Beatles and Stones and Floyd.

I suspect that Page was responsible for this great effort in laying down the celluloid history and a brilliant marketing coup.

You're fortunate to have seen Zep in their concert peak (in '70). I only saw them once as well, but it was in 1977 when they were playing way too many 30 min+ songs and many in the audience were getting bored. They were still very tight on the shorter (and newer) songs, but seemed to have gotten stuck in trying to take their performance in The Song Remains the Same and lengthen it. Not wise.

I'll be picking up that DVD shortly.

All of this should justify us as fans and to solidify their reputation as a TRex group every bit as good as the Beatles and Stones and Floyd.

As I mentioned in an earlier post (which you for some odd reason labeled "PC"), I don't serparate the Beatles, Stones, Floyd, and Zep as far as either talent or innovation is concerned. ....They're all very different, but equally impressive. But when I was (much) younger I went through periods of each of those four (among others) being "my favorite band" at one time or another.