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> I don tknow about that. Back in the mid 70s, in my town anyway, they were
> the Kings of rock and nobody else really came close. Kiss got a lot of
> discussion time but it was never even hinted that they were musically the
> equal of Zeppelin. Nobody was, back then... in my circle of friends
> anyway.
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I was thinking more on the critical lines. I realize that reviews are just
that, 'reviews'. The silly part is that now that Led Zep is part of the
elite memories of the era, the journalistic types goo all over about them
and their influence. Of course that true, but back then they weren't
darlings of the press at all, with albums get both good and bad reviews.
Led Z was big here, but honestly they were not in the same league as a group
like Purple. Like you said, 'circle of friends'. There were few people who
didn't own Machine Head or Who Do We Think We Are. Sabbath was enormous,
again, albums like Paranoid were mandatory parts of anybody who was
anybodies collection ; )
Clint
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