Led Zeppelin Reissuing Entire Catalog With Bonus Material, Starting With First Three Albums
Although most teenagers start with Led Zeppelin IV (aka “the one with ‘Stairway'”), Led Zeppelin’s first three albums — appropriately titled Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III — have long been essential documents for anyone with a budding interest in rock ‘n’ roll. They also hold up better than almost anything else you might have been bumping at age 14. As of this June, exuberant adolescents will have even more music to dig into when they discover those records and Zeppelin’s many, many fans have some new music to satiate their Zep-hunger. The band is reissuing all three of them with bonus material, the first wave of a campaign that will give all nine Zeppelin studio albums expanded reissues. Says Jimmy Page, who handled the remastering himself, “The material on the companion discs presents a portal to the time of the recording of Led Zeppelin. It is a selection of work in progress with rough mixes, backing tracks, alternate versions, and new material recorded at the time.” Here’s what’s going on the bonus discs, via Rolling Stone:
Led Zeppelin Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc:
All tracks recorded live at the Olympia in Paris on October 10, 1969
1. “Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown”
2. “I Can’t Quit You Baby”
3. “Heartbreaker”
4. “Dazed And Confused”
5. “White Summer/Black Mountain Side”
6. “You Shook Me”
7. “Moby Dick”
8. “How Many More Times”
Led Zeppelin II Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc:
1. “Whole Lotta Love”
2. “What Is And What Should Never Be”
3. “Thank You”
4. “Heartbreaker”
5. “Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)”
6. “Ramble On”
7. “Moby Dick”
8. “La La”
Led Zeppelin III Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc:
1. “The Immigrant Song”
2. “Friends”
3. “Celebration Day”
4. “Since I’ve Been Loving You”
5. “Bathroom Sound”
6. “Gallows Pole”
7. “That’s The Way”
8. “Jennings Farm Blues”
9. “Keys To The Highway/Trouble In Mind”
All three reissues will be out 6/3 via Swan Song/Atlantic in formats including digital, vinyl, CD, deluxe edition vinyl, deluxe edition 2xCD, and super deluxe box set. Get more info here.