Still doin' it for the faithful, Dread Zeppelin's 2005 collection of leftovers, remixes, and live tracks finds the band as fun as ever and doing just fine.
The audio portion of Chicken and Ribs adds up to an EP's worth of music with one track repeated, but it hangs together well and offers a couple sounds you won't hear in the band's live show.
"Kashmir" gets an ambient house-influence mix while "Immigrant Song" is tranced out.
X's Billy Zoom contributes some guitar to the title track, the band does a loose and laid-back take on "Kung Fu Fighting," and "Viva Las Vegas" appears twice, once in its version for the television show American Casino.
Good, fun stuff, but it's the extra DVD that should make fans extra happy.
Captured live at the Milwaukee Summerfest of 2003 -- on the too-appropriate Piggly Wiggly stage -- the band rattles off all their best Zeppelin-inna-reggae-Elvis style with extra oomph and some seriously shredding guitar.
It's great to watch the audience respond as lead singer Tortelvis gives them "the claw," and while the backstage footage is hilarious, one wishes the audio quality for the concert was a notch better.
It's passable, and with so much Dread Zeppelin mischief in one little package, Chicken and Ribs is an easy recommendation.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kung Fu Fighting | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Chicken and Ribs | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 02:21 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 3 | Viva Las Vegas [New Version] | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Kashmir [Spice Remix] | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 5 | Viva Las Vegas [American Casino Version] | Dread Zeppelin | Play | 01:04 | 2 MB | 7 MB |
| 16 mins | 36 MB | |||||
| 16 mins | 105 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ritchie Blackmore | Composer |
| 2 | John Bonham | Composer |
| 3 | Butt Boy | Animal Sounds, Guitar |
| 4 | Dread Zeppelin | Primary Artist |
| 5 | Ian Gillan | Composer |
| 6 | Mike Glendenning | Editing, Producer |
| 7 | Roger Glover | Composer |
| 8 | Carl Jah | Chant, Guitar |
| 9 | Bob K | Remixing |
| 10 | Bob Knarley | Bass |
| 11 | Ziggy Knarley | Drums, Sound Effects |
| 12 | Jon Lord | Composer |
| 13 | Andy Mertz | Video |
| 14 | Ignacio Monge | Authoring |
| 15 | Hans Nygaard | Video |
| 16 | Jimmy Page | Composer |
| 17 | Ian Paice | Composer |
| 18 | Robert Plant | Composer |
| 19 | Doc Pomus | Composer |
| 20 | Spice | Producer, Remixing |
| 21 | Tortelvis | Voices |
| 22 | Billy Zoom | Guitar |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |