Rock'n Roll (Dread Zeppelin album)
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Rock’n Roll is a limited 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...

 album from 1991 available only in Japan (or import). The album contains both studio recordings and live performances. The short running time of the album hints at a promotional tool for the band in Japan.

The leaflet contains lyrics for all songs (in English), a picture of the seven band members in what looks like a Japanese city street, followed by two pages of Japanese text and finally the track listing in Japanese and English.

Of note both live songs have great sound, with the crowd cheering and band members heard talking to them, mostly on 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:...

 where Tortelvis presents the band members.

Track listing

  1. "Rock'N 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:...

    " (Bonham, Page, Plant, Jones) – 4:40
  2. "Communication Breakdown
    Communication Breakdown
    "Communication Breakdown" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin.- Structure :The pounding guitar riff was played by Page through a small, miked Supro amplifier throughout; and ran his Fender Telecaster through a fully closed Vox wah pedal to...

    " (Page, Jones, Bonham) – 2:38
  3. "Stir it up" (Edit) (Bob Marley) – 3:52
  4. "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:...

    " (Live) (Page, Plant) – 8:21
  5. "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...

    " (Live) (J.Page, R. Plant) – 11:56

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 – Lead singer
  • Ed Zeppelin – percussion, vocals and keys.
  • Carl Jah – Guitars, vocals
  • Butt Mon - Bass guitar
  • Charlie Haj - is the man that hands Tortelvis his water and towel on stage.

Production

The leaflet is sparse in the usual information (no band members, no production credits).
The following is found under the track listing:
  • (1~3): recorded at the Chapel, Encino California Feb./May 1991
  • (3): Lead vocals by Jah Paul Jo and background vocals by The Peace And Love Army
  • (4,5): Recorded live, from the long lost New Year's Eve 1956 tapes, in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada
  • All tracks produced by Jah Paul Jo and Rasta Li-Mon for Birdcage Productions
  • Licensed from Ultimate Plan


From the back of the album, we can read:

Manufactured and distributed by Victor Musical Industries, inc. Tokyo, Japan (p) and © VMI

Licensed from Ultimate Plan

VICP-2051 (¥2000)
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