Jimmy Page: The Anthology

A fantastic insight into Jimmy Page's career by the man himself, supported by his amazing archive of items from letters to studio schedules to guitars to stage clothes to all sorts of paraphernalia. This is a man who is an absolute legend, not just of our time, but of all time, yet he is the most humble of people. His generous comments about everyone else are so heart warming. I recently read Steve Gorman's Too Hard to Handle and he is portrayed in that via Steve's stories as the most generous of people too despite being one of the greatest musicians that England has ever produced. "If you can walk with the crowd and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings, nor lose the common touch...". A mass of information casting new light on a subject that I thought I already knew so well. One fascinating example: an ATA carnet is pictured of Led Zeppelin's gear to enable it to be shipped out of England for touring and return without incurring any duty, from what appears to be 1975; Jimmy's #1 and #2 1959 Les Pauls are listed with a value at the time of £521. Today, those guitars are worth 1,000 times more and with Jimmy's provenance, run into £millions. Fascinating, beautifully photographed and produced, I couldn't find a single spelling mistake - all redolent of Jimmy's renowned attention to detail. Beautiful.

This is an awesome book that every Jimmy Page / Led Zeppelin fan should have in their collection. So 5 Stars for the book! But, don't buy it from Amazon! The book arrived floating loosely in an Amazon Prime carton. Absolutely no packing in the box, just the book sliding back and forth in a larger box. Because of this the top corner of the book was crumpled (see photo). Still readable, but a real dissapointment for a book that is supposed to be a cherished collectable. If you want this book, buy it from your local bookseller where you can avoid poor quality packaging shipping damage, or buy it from a book seller who knows how to securely pack a book in a shipping box!

Really well done book, shows Jimmy's meticulous attention to detail, his journals, photos, he truly seems like he was present in every aspect of his career. Its a must for Zep and Jimmy fans, the gear, clothes photos, its a window in to Jimmy Page's life. COOL

Todo bien. Libro interesante y completo

Livro incrível. Mostra todo o equipamento de Jimmy Page (guitarras, amplificadores, pedais, etc), além de figurinos e outros ítens de sua coleção particular. Tudo com fotos fantásticas, textos com a história de cada peça. Tudo isso com impressão e encadernação de primeira qualidade. Para todo fã de Jimmy Page e Led Zeppelin. Maravilhoso.