The Song Remains Insane is the tenth album

Album

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 by Dread Zeppelin

Dread Zeppelin

Dread Zeppelin is an American band best known for performing the songs of Led Zeppelin in a reggae style as sung by a 300 pound Vegas Elvis impersonator. Over the years they would also perform songs originally by Elvis Presley, Bob Marley and The Yardbirds. The group toured extensively around the...

, released in 1996. It is a double live album from their tour recorded in Paris, Tokyo Sydney, Copenhagen and Las Vegas. (See 1996 in music

1996 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...

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Dread Zeppelin is known for their humorous stage antics, with strange masks, hypnotic dances, hilarious choreography, and funny band interaction between songs mostly by the bigger than life persona of Tortelvis into the King (he IS the King).

Unfortunately the album does not reflect all of this, and the sound quality is dubious by moment (but good for a live album). This album is of great value to fans that assisted to live performances.

To be noted an un-documented 13th track “Radio Montage” on the second CD created with radio extracts (English and Japanese) mentioning Dread Zeppelin, the voice of Tortelvis (interviews real or fake) with its usual tirades presenting the band members and live music with voices of said members from shows.

The CD insert has texts from Paul Elliot (Sounds UK), Jah Paul Jo (Halvallah 1996), and a quote from Frank Zappa “Art is about making something out of nothing and selling it”.

Track listing

Disc one – titled "The Song Remains Insane"

1. "Black Dog
   Black Dog (song)
   "Black Dog" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, the lead off track of their fourth album, released in 1971. It was also released as a single in the United States and Australia with "Misty Mountain Hop" on the B-side, and reached #15 on Billboard and #11 in Australia.In 2010, the song was...
   
   " (Page, Plant, Jones) – 7:05
2. "Whole Lotta Love
   Whole Lotta Love
   "Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is featured as the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released in the United States and Japan as a single. The US release became their first hit single, it was certified Gold on 13 April 1970, when it...
   
   " (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham) – 5:59
3. "Heartbreaker
   Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin song)
   "Heartbreaker" is a song from English rock band Led Zeppelin's 1969 album, Led Zeppelin II. It was credited to all four members of the band, having been recorded at A&R Studios, New York, during the band's second concert tour of the United States, and was engineered by Eddie Kramer."Heartbreaker"...
   
   " (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham) – 9:03
4. "Do The Claw" (Ramsay, Putnam, Tortell, Haasis) – 2:27
5. "Song Remains The Same
   The Song Remains the Same (song)
   "The Song Remains the Same" is a song by the English rock group Led Zeppelin. It is the opening track from their 1973 album, Houses of the Holy.-Overview:...
   
   " (Page, Plant) – 6:02
6. "Your Time Is Gonna Come
   Your Time Is Gonna Come
   "Your Time Is Gonna Come" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on their 1969 début album Led Zeppelin.Guitarist Jimmy Page played an out-of-tune Fender 10-string steel guitar on this track. In an interview he gave in 1977, Page stated that he only learned how to play the steel...
   
   " (Page, Jones) – 7:46
7. "In Through The Ed Door" (Traditional) – 1:19
8. "Stairway to Heaven
   Stairway to Heaven
   "Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album . The song, running eight minutes and two seconds, is composed of several sections, which...
   
   " (Page, Plant) – 10:04

Disc two – titled "The 'Live On Strawberry Cheesecake' Sessions"

1. "See See Rider" (?) – 1:27
2. "Immigrant Song
   Immigrant Song
   "Immigrant Song" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released as a single from their third album, Led Zeppelin III, in 1970.-Overview:...
   
   " (Page, Plant) – 3:43
3. "Black Dog" (Page, Plant, Jones) – 8:00
4. "Heartbreaker" (Page, Plant, Jones) – 5:57
5. "Do The Claw" (Ramsay, Putnam, Tortell, Haasis) – 3:02
6. "Big Ol' Gold Belt" (Ramsay, Putnam, Tortell, Haasis) – 3:35
7. "Viva Las Vegas
   Viva Las Vegas (song)
   "Viva Las Vegas" is a 1964 song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and recorded by Elvis Presley for his Viva Las Vegas film vehicle of that year...
   
   " (Pomas, Shuman) – 0:45
8. "Woodstock
   Woodstock (song)
   "Woodstock" is a song about the Woodstock Music and Art Festival of 1969.Joni Mitchell wrote the song from what she had heard from then-boyfriend, Graham Nash, about the festival. She had not been there herself, since she was told it would be more advantageous to appear on The Dick Cavett Show by...
   
   " (Mitchell) – 4:09
9. "Looking' For Trouble" (Dread Zeppelin) – 0:20
10. "Rock'N'Roll Medley": "Rock & Roll
    Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin song)
    "Rock and Roll" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, which was first released as the second track from the band's fourth album in 1971, with a guest appearance by The Rolling Stones pianist Ian Stewart.-Overview:...
    
    " (Page, Plant), "The Ocean" (Page, Plant), "D'yer Mak'er
    D'yer Mak'er
    "D'yer Mak'er" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1973 album Houses of the Holy.-Overview:...
    
    " (Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham), "In the Light
    In the Light
    "In the Light" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti. Most of it was composed by bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones on his synthesizer...
    
    " (Page, Plant, Jones), "Dazed & Confused" (Page), "Nobody's Fault" (Page, Plant), "Bring It On Home" (Page, Plant) – 11:16
11. "Plant Chat" (N/A) – 0:57
12. "A Quiet Moment With Tortelvis" (N/A) – 0:42
13. "Radio Montage" (N/A) – 4:35

The Players

• Jah Paul Jo - Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , Keyboard and Vocals
• Tortelvis – That Beautiful singin’ voice
• Ed Zeppelin – Congas, percussion, vocals and keys.
• Carl Jah – Guitars, vocals
• Charlie Haj - is the man that hands Tortelvis his water and towel on stage.

Production

• Producers: Jah Paul Jo and Rasta Li-Mon
• Engineered by: Rasta Li-Mon
• On-site Engineering supervised by Rasta Li-Mon and Darrel Bussino by: Rasta Li-Mon
• Cover Design and Artwork: Shelley Roye
• Valuable contributions: Lee Manning and Alan Grange.