Led Zeppelin II 24 Bit Vinyl Pack

  Released: 1969
  Genres: Pop/Rock, Blues
  Styles: Arena Rock, Blues-Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
  Source: vinyl
  Codec: FLAC
  Bitrate: ~ 2,900 - 5,600 kbps
  Bit Depth: 24
  Sampling Rates: 96,000 Hz, 192,000 Hz

  01 Whole Lotta Love
  02 What Is and What Should Never Be
  03 The Lemon Song
  04 Thank You
  05 Heartbreaker
  06 Living Loving Maid
  07 Ramble On
  08 Moby Dick
  09 Bring It on Home

  Four Versions

  24.96

  Atlantic SD 8236 US Original
  Atlantic Records X-8236 Special Reel to Reel
  45 RPM Classic Records

  24.192

  Atlantic SD8236-200 (Quiex SV-P) Classic Records 200g 

  Recorded quickly during Led Zeppelin's first American tours, Led Zeppelin II provided the blueprint for all the heavy metal bands that followed it. Since the group could only enter the studio for brief amounts of time, most of the songs that compose II are reworked blues and rock & roll standards that the band was performing on-stage at the time. Not only did the short amount of time result in a lack of original material, it made the sound more direct. Jimmy Page still provided layers of guitar overdubs, but the overall sound of the album is heavy and hard, brutal and direct. "Whole Lotta Love," "The Lemon Song," and "Bring It on Home" are all based on classic blues songs -- only, the riffs are simpler and louder and each song has an extended section for instrumental solos. Of the remaining six songs, two sport light acoustic touches ("Thank You," "Ramble On"), but the other four are straight-ahead heavy rock that follows the formula of the revamped blues songs. While Led Zeppelin II doesn't have the eclecticism of the group's debut, it's arguably more influential. After all, nearly every one of the hundreds of Zeppelin imitators used this record, with its lack of dynamics and its pummeling riffs, as a blueprint.