To say that Led Zeppelin was an influential band is an understatement. Owning the group's first four albums is almost mandatory for hardcore rock fans and music historians.

Knowing this, Apple has cut a deal to sell the those first four albums, along with every other Led Zeppelin release, as a $99 bundle. A pretty good deal, considering that it's about 1/3 of what you'll pay for a third-deck ticket to see Robert Plant at your local stadium these days.

23 Oct 2007

Really, it is a savvy move by Apple. $99 for the complete catalog will appeal not only to the neophytes who don't own the albums, but also to hard-core Zeppelin fans who don't want to go through the trouble of digitizing all of their records or pay roughly the same amount to fill out an incomplete CD collection.

This could be the best thing to happen to pot smokers since the 1995 introduction of Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

Imagine the presentations you can put together to bore the crap out of your friends.  You can finally prove your theory that the fifth song of every Zeppelin album, played sequentially, comprises a perfect soundtrack to "Taxi Driver." Or maybe a custom playlist that switches back and forth between Zeppelin songs and the individual blues artists they ripped off in each instance.