No Quarter

In keeping with the theme of Unplugged of sorts, we turn our attention to something that may have flew under the radar when it was released back in '94. I speak of course of the almost Led Zeppelin reunion album 'No Quarter: Jimmy Page And Robert Plant UnLedded'. Many of us wonder what could of been if John Paul Jones played on this album. Just another great what if in music history kids. Instead it's Page and Plant reliving some classic Zep tunes.

'No Quarter' was in released under the MTV Unplugged banner, but renamed UnLedded for this occasion. This album is a little bit different as well in the sense that it was recorded in Morocco, Wales, and London. It also features a Middle Eastern/Moroccan musical vibe to it. So these aren't the good ol' Zep tunes we grew up listening to, it's a bit of a different take. Also this isn't an entire album of Zep tunes, there's a handful of new tunes if you will. Overall though they could pass for old Zep B sides or unreleased tracks to the average fan. For the ten year release, the label in their infinite wisdom decided to reissue the album with a new cover, one bonus song in "The Rain Song", a newly titled track, "Yallah" becomes "The Truth Explodes", oh and a reworked tracklist. Anything for extra money. Oh and they had the nerve to remove "Thank You" from the reissue. Savages. In either case I forget what a solid Live album this really is and that I should throw it into rotation more often. And yes this is the reissued version posted.

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