it probably went out of print because of the stupid title!

Title is false advertising.It is about Crowley, satan and the tarot...Page and Plant's names are scattered here and there. Nothing "Untold" here, anyone even barely enchanted with Jimmy Page has already discovered Crowley, etc. Great book for Christians againt Rock, other then that it is rubbish and I think Page should sue the author for using his name to profit. Biggest laugh, Friend thinks Page is going to read this book !!
Within 24 hours of purchasing book, sent it on to Goodwill.

This is an incredible book which is very well researched. The analysis of the songs in relation to esoteric knowledge is, to say the least, exhaustive. However, it can be quite preachy and repetitive in many places. The author's born again christian stance dominates the analysis; however, one should not let this fact obstruct your reading-just fast read through some of the sermons and/or repetions. Interestingly, the book really shows the love the author had (still have?) for the music, and one is made even more curious about Mr. Page's composition than ever. I highly enjoyed this book.
One pun to Mr. Friend...Christ promise he would be with his Church till the end of time...Mr. Friend seem to believe He was absent from the scene from probably the IIIrd century to the charismatic revival of the modern times...I would really like him to write a book about that.
Anyway, he's writing another book about pop music which certainly I'll buy when it is published.

Fallen Angel is a very important book, for anyone even remotely interested in the occult, this is a must read!! It has the most exhaustive Crowley narrative I've read. And the author is not making up any lies at all when he finally ties all of it in to Led Zeppelin's songs! There is no libel here! Just mind blowing astonishing facts that make me wonder about the band! "And it makes me wonder......" I'm just sad for Jimmy Page for going off of the Deep end in his fanatical fascination with Crowley. Anyone who actually has the nerve to call himself "The Beast" should be locked up, not glorified! Once again, I want to thank Thomas Friend for Finally telling the Untold Story of Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin. A must for any Crowleyite, Zeppelin fan, Ozzy fan, Black Sabbath fan (like myself). As far as giving the book to the goodwill, dude must not enjoy hearing the Truth about Pagey.

I didn't really learn anything new about the Yardbirds after reading this. Considering they were one of the most exciting and important bands in rock history, I would have expected more 'meat'. I felt Alan Clayson's writing style got in the way at times, distracting somewhat. However, the photos are really outstanding, particularly the cover shot showing them at Studio 51 in London (I think). What a classic moment frozen in time. Glad I read it. Any Yardbird book is better than no Yardbird book, however, there are better ones.

With great anticipation I ordered Mr. Clayson's book, however having finished it last evening I would have to say that I am somewhat disappointed.

There is certainly no lack of research or knowledge on Mr. Clayson's part, but perhaps it was his style of prose that put me off. He writes not necessarily in a high-minded manner, but perhaps it is English dry-wit which makes it hard for an American to slog through; in many cases I could almost picture Mr. Clayson and another UK resident nodding and winking at each other across the bar. Annette Carson's JEFF BECK: CRAZY FINGERS was written in a much easier-to-digest style.

The Yardbirds were known, at least in my youth here in the USA, as a band much better seen in person than to hear on record. Mr. Clayson certainly explains to the reader why that is so. The description of life on the road, for The Yardbirds, should be enough to put off any youngster with delusions of trying the same; that is, if he could get through to that point in the book.

Being somewhat of a "gearhead," I missed discussion of the bands' equipment or more technical side. The photographs printed in this book are quite wonderful though, and to a degree appeased my appetite; Chris Dreja certainly went through some guitars! It is just a pity that things such as this were not spoken of in the text.

I can see where this book would appeal much more to the English market than the American, given the discussion of musical groups never heard of here, and in that way the work is much like Mo Foster's 17 WATTS, where one must sort through that tedium.

All in all, not a bad book, but not an easy read. That said, the overleaf shows that Mr. Clayson has published many works on music of the era, so he certainly has the authority of his research behind him. THE YARDBIRDS and his other work are surely the "go-to" source for any trivia you may wish to ferret out.

High class bio of the Most Blueswailins, immaculately designed with dozens of rare photos (though precious little of the LITTLE GAMES era band). Author Alan Clayson makes it clear his book is a stylized, highly-personal take on the band, so it came as no surprise the pages were filled with empurpled hipster prose. Yet Clayson succeeds in eliciting trenchant quotes (both archival and new) from each member of the group, and captures the band's seat-of-the-pants creativity with eloquence and humor. On the downside, Clayson can't maintain a narrative and wastes too much ink on irrelevent details about other artists---especially aesthetic peewees like Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich and the Downliners Sect, both of whom make the Seeds look like the Beatles. There are also a number of factual errors (though only a pedant would care that Keith Relf didn't write "Shapes In My Mind") and a puny chronology almost entirely cribbed from Greg Russo's superior (though more workmanlike) ULTIMATE RAVE UP. The biggest problem with the book is Clayson's unwillingess to allow the band's story to unfold on its own. Virtually every paragraph is crammed to the gills with snoozy hyperbole that says more about the writer's fascination with his prose than it does about the subject. Nevetheless, it's a worthy pick up for fans of the Yardbirds, who have waited eons for the kind of journalistic respect accorded to the Who, Cream, Beatles, Stones and their other rivals. Where before we had to trawl through [the webites] to hunt down a battered copy of John Platt's 1983 book and pay [good money], now we have two quality reads---and despite his pretentions, Clayson's love for the band that gave us "For Your Love" and "Shapes of Things" shines through brightly. I can't knock him for that.

...try searching for Staci Layne Wilson or Chris Welch instead. These are true fans of Zep who can also write well! I was so disappointed by this over-priced book ...

lets start with the good news. the author is a fan of led zeppelin and of jimmy page and she has filled the book with lots of facts that you may or may not know. now the bad news. this book suffers from being poorly edited and extremely badly structured, in itself annoying enough but the authors writing style is truly awful with poor grammar, more than one spelling error, and a cloying use of language that after just a few pages becomes irritating.
the book has no interviews, comments or anecdotes gathered by the author instead she has used other works to fill the pages.
in short don't waste your money.

Amazing!
I have never read such an unorganized, error-filling, and gramatically challenged "book" in my life. The entire "book" reads like a stoner's sophomore book report.

This is the first "book" I ever physically threw away. Yes, folks, it is that bad!!!