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When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography Of Led Zeppelin: A Biography of "Led Zeppelin" | 
 enlarge | Author: Mick Wall
Publisher: Orion
Category: Book
List Price: £20.00
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 597
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 520
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 2.1
ISBN: 0752875477
EAN: 9780752875477
ASIN: 0752875477
Publication Date: October 30, 2008
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 Monumental achievement November 18, 2008
Nick Coxon (Dublin)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
After having only the sleazy and now outdated Hammer of the Gods to put up with all these years, it's amazing to finally have the sort of serious, brilliantly written book on Zeppelin the band and their fans deserve. I never thought I'd live to see the day but here it is at last. Mick Wall is famous enough already as a great rock writer but this has to be the best thing he's ever done or ever likely to do. Zeppelin of course are simply the greatest rock band ever. What a combination the two make. The book pulls no punches, but at the same time goes right to the heart of the matter, telling you everything - everything - you've ever wanted to know about the band, the people in it, the music they made and the times they helped shape. Wall seems to have spoken to them all and come away with the truth at last. I literally could not put it down. There have been some great books over the years about groups like the Stones and the Beatles but this tops them all. Seriously. If Jimmy Page and Robert Plant have any sense they should go down on their bended knees and thank Wall. They may not come out of it always smelling of roses but at least he's done them the favour of burying Hammer of the Gods forever. Compared to that, When Giants Walked The Earth is the bible.
fantastic book !!!!! November 21, 2008
andy phillips (uk)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
this is an essential read for any fan of led zeppelin. very well researched and beautifully written.
by far the definitive biography on the band so far and very hard to beat i'd say.
Utterly brilliant November 29, 2008
Linda Ruby (Reading)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I only started reading this because I bought it for my husband for Xmas but once I started I couldn't put it down. I used to read music books when I was younger but stopped when I realised they were nearly always fan books. This isn't like that. It's obvious Mick Wall knows his stuff and has spoken to everyone including the band but he doesn't pull any punches. I don't know if the band will like it but they should because it's not only a great book about them but just a great book anyway. Utterly brilliant.
Best one yet December 10, 2008
Mr. R. Williams (Twickenham, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is probably the definitive "History of Led Zeppelin" book and certainly knocks all of the others into a cocked hat. It gives a good history of the dying days of the Yardbirds when Page decided it was time to get a few headlines of his own, having lived as a well respected session-player for years, only really known by people in the business.
The book gives a balanced view of the band and the music without becoming a mere fan-tribute, and avoiding focussing only on the negatives. (I think most other books about Zeppelin have lacked balance one way or the other.) The author covers the less-than-admirable matter of song-writing credits, but, with the help of people involved at the time, gives some interesting psychological theories about why this happened, rather than just saying it was a money thing.
Started off doing this as a four-star purely because of the very odd suggestion that Richard Neville went on to edit Private Eye after Oz, but I've come round to five stars overall. Good read for anyone who was around at the time, and for those who came along later
Excellent, Couldn't Put It Down January 2, 2009
Gary Carter (Shrewsbury, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I spotted this in the shops just before Xmas, and dropped some none too subtle hints to my wife, and hey presto I had something to read over Xmas.
It's a 400page plus heavyweight read and I have just (2nd Jan) finished it - superby written its a book you can't put down.
I have been a fan for over 30 years, and whilst there was a lot in this book I already knew, there was a whole lot more. The music is covered in detail, but it's the stuff outside the music where a lot more light is shed on the band, and its individual members far more than anything else I have read. Its an uplifting, fascinating read - truly sex, drugs and rock and roll, with the ultimate practitioners of the non-stop party.
And yet.....its also poignant and quite sad in places as everyone involved (with the exception of Jonesy) has suffered personal tragedies, and when it comes up to date you ultimately start to feel sorry for Jimmy Page as its obvious that Robert Plant has "moved on" and its Jimmy who wants to try to recreate something from 30-35 years ago.
Anyone who is even the slightest bit interested in Led Zeppelin should buy this book, and its appeal goes further than that as it reads almost like fiction at times being fast paced and the characters are very well observed - I know how it ends, but that didn't stop me wondering as I turned every page what was going to happen next!
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