Light and Shade: Conversations With Jimmy Page, by Brad Tolinski (Virgin Books)

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Brad Tolinski is the editor of Guitar World magazine, and has interviewed Jimmy Page a number of times over a period of years, and this book is gleaned from 50 hours of those interviews. This is a book about Jimmy Page the guitarist, rather than Jimmy Page the man, but is still fascinating for any fan of Led Zeppelin. It's quite technical in parts, but none the less interesting for that; how Led Zeppelin made the noise they made is always interesting. Tolinski is very obviously a fan, which makes the tone a little sycophantic and uncritical at times, especially when looking at Zeppelin's later work, which is undeniably weaker, and yet treated as the equal of the earlier work. Still, a must read for the major Zep fan..