Led Zeppelin Boxed Set

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Led Zeppelin
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Released8 October 1990 [1]
RecordedOctober 1968 – December 1978
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Length4:49:05
Label Atlantic
Producer Jimmy Page
CompilerJimmy Page
Led Zeppelin chronology
Coda
(1982)
Led Zeppelin
(1990)
Led Zeppelin Remasters
(1990)
Singles from Led Zeppelin
  1. "Travelling Riverside Blues"
    Released: 8 October 1990
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Led Zeppelin is a boxed set by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was the first compilation of songs by the band (not counting Coda , which some sources list as a studio album) [4] and the selection and remastering of the tracks were supervised by Jimmy Page. Atlantic Records released it on 8 October 1990 on several formats: four compact discs, six vinyl records, or four cassette tapes. A 36-page booklet was also included with the release.

Contents

Debuting at number 40 on the Billboard 200, the box set was described by Los Angeles Times journalist Dennis Hunt as "one of the most expensive albums ever to reach the Top 40", noting its retail price of $65 on CD and $55 on cassette. [5]

Background

This set contains two previously unreleased tracks and one new mix. "Travelling Riverside Blues" was recorded on 24 June 1969 at the BBC Maida Vale Studio. "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" was recorded at the Playhouse Theatre, London on 27 June 1969. The "Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux" mix took place at the Atlantic Synclavier Suite in New York, in May 1990. It also includes the band's only non-album B-side, "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" of the 1970 single "Immigrant Song", previously unavailable on compact disc.

To differentiate this box set from a set of selections taken from it, the Remasters album released the same month, in some markets this release is listed under the title The Complete Collection. To further the confusion, in both cases this is different from The Complete Studio Recordings box set released three years later, which includes all nine of the band's studio albums on ten discs, with the three extra tracks appended to Coda , along with the 1969 recording "Baby Come On Home", first released on the two-disc Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2 . The "Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux" mix is also included in the promotional interview album Profiled (1990). Also three years after this release, the remaining Led Zeppelin tracks not appearing on this box set were issued on Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Jimmy Page except for "Travelling Riverside Blues" produced by John Walters and "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" produced by Jeff Griffin.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Whole Lotta Love" Led Zeppelin II , 19695:34
2."Heartbreaker"
  • Bonham
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin II4:14
3."Communication Breakdown"
  • Bonham
  • Jones
  • Page
Led Zeppelin , 19692:29
4."Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"
Led Zeppelin6:42
5."What Is and What Should Never Be"
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin II4:47
6."Thank You"
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin II4:50
7."I Can't Quit You Baby" (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 9 January 1970)Dixon Coda , 19824:15
8."Dazed and Confused"Page (inspired by Jake Holmes)Led Zeppelin6:27
9."Your Time Is Gonna Come" (Early fade-out)
  • Jones
  • Page
Led Zeppelin4:14
10."Ramble On"
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin II4:23
11."Travelling Riverside Blues" (Live at the BBC 24 June 1969)
Previously unreleased, 19695:11
12."Friends"
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin III , 19703:55
13."Celebration Day"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin III3:29
14."Hey, Hey, What Can I Do"
  • Bonham
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
"Immigrant Song" single, 19703:55
15."White Summer/Black Mountain Side" (Live at the BBC 27 June 1969)PagePreviously unreleased, 19698:01
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Black Dog"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin IV , 19714:55
2."Over the Hills and Far Away"
  • Page
  • Plant
Houses of the Holy , 19734:50
3."Immigrant Song"
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin III2:27
4."The Battle of Evermore"
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin IV5:52
5."Bron-Y-Aur Stomp"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin III4:20
6."Tangerine"PageLed Zeppelin III2:57
7."Going to California"
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin IV3:31
8."Since I've Been Loving You"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin III7:24
9."D'yer Mak'er"
  • Bonham
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Houses of the Holy4:23
10."Gallows Pole"traditional, arranged by
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin III4:58
11."Custard Pie"
  • Page
  • Plant
Physical Graffiti , 19754:13
12."Misty Mountain Hop"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin IV4:38
13."Rock and Roll"
  • Bonham
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin IV3:41
14."The Rain Song"
  • Page
  • Plant
Houses of the Holy7:39
15."Stairway to Heaven"
  • Page
  • Plant
Led Zeppelin IV8:02
Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Kashmir"
  • Bonham
  • Page
  • Plant
Physical Graffiti8:33
2."Trampled Under Foot"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Physical Graffiti5:37
3."For Your Life"
  • Page
  • Plant
Presence , 19766:24
4."No Quarter"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Houses of the Holy7:00
5."Dancing Days"
  • Page
  • Plant
Houses of the Holy3:43
6."When the Levee Breaks"
Led Zeppelin IV7:07
7."Achilles Last Stand"
  • Page
  • Plant
Presence10:25
8."The Song Remains the Same"
  • Page
  • Plant
Houses of the Holy5:32
9."Ten Years Gone"
  • Page
  • Plant
Physical Graffiti6:32
10."In My Time of Dying"
  • Bonham
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Physical Graffiti11:05
Disc four
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."In the Evening"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
In Through the Out Door , 19796:49
2."Candy Store Rock"
  • Page
  • Plant
Presence4:11
3."The Ocean"
  • Bonham
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Houses of the Holy4:31
4."Ozone Baby"
  • Page
  • Plant
Coda3:35
5."Houses of the Holy"
  • Page
  • Plant
Physical Graffiti4:02
6."Wearing and Tearing"
  • Page
  • Plant
Coda5:31
7."Poor Tom"
  • Page
  • Plant
Coda3:03
8."Nobody's Fault but Mine"
  • Page
  • Plant
Presence6:27
9."Fool in the Rain"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
In Through the Out Door6:12
10."In the Light"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
Physical Graffiti8:46
11."The Wanton Song"
  • Page
  • Plant
Physical Graffiti4:07
12."Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux"
  • Bonham
  • Jones
  • Page
Previously unreleased remix of both recordings, 19903:50
13."I'm Gonna Crawl"
  • Jones
  • Page
  • Plant
In Through the Out Door5:30
14."All My Love"
  • Jones
  • Plant
In Through the Out Door5:51

Personnel

Charts

1990 weekly chart performance for Led Zeppelin Boxed Set
Chart (1990)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 46
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7] 16
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [8] 17
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 48
US Billboard 200 [10] 18
2011 weekly chart performance for Led Zeppelin Boxed Set
Chart (2011)Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI) [11] 36

Certifications

Certifications for Led Zeppelin Boxed Set
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [12] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [13]
2001 release
Silver60,000^
United States (RIAA) [14] Diamond2,500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release formats for Led Zeppelin Boxed Set
RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog #
United States8 October 1990 Atlantic Records 6LP (33 rpm)82144-1
4 Compact disc 82144-2
4 Cassette82144-4
United Kingdom4 Compact disc7567-82144-2
France
Germany
JapanAMCY-170/3
Germany1990 East West Records 7567-80566-2

See also

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