GivenToFly Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/led-zeppelin-to-reissue-first-3-lps-with-unreleased-songs-20140313 "The material on the companion discs presents a portal to the time of the recording of Led Zeppelin," Jimmy Page saysAs Led Zeppelin once promised, the song remains the same – but this time they're throwing in a few extras. This summer, the group is reissuing their first three albums as deluxe editions packed with previously unreleased goodies. It's the first installment in what the band describes as an "extensive reissue program" of its nine studio albums that have been remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. Moreover, each record will come out as a single-disc remastered album or as a "Deluxe Edition" with a bonus disc of previously unreleased studio and live tracks that the group recorded around the time of the album. The new versions of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin III will all hit stores on June 3rd. The albums will each be available in a variety of formats, including single CD, two-disc deluxe edition, single LP on 180-gram vinyl (with a sleeve that replicates the original Led Zeppelin III moving wheel), deluxe-edition vinyl and digital download. The group is also putting out a limited-edition "Super Deluxe Boxed Set" of each album that includes all of the audio on CD and vinyl, as well as a high-definition audio download card, a hard-bound book containing rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia and a high-quality print of the album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be numbered. The Super Deluxe edition of Led Zeppelin will also contain a replica of the band's original Atlantic press kit. "The material on the companion discs presents a portal to the time of the recording of Led Zeppelin," Page said in a statement. "It is a selection of work in progress with rough mixes, backing tracks, alternate versions and new material recorded at the time." The deluxe edition of the group's 1969 debut, Led Zeppelin, will feature a concert recording of the group's October 10th, 1969, gig at the Olympia in Paris. The nine-song set list included seven cuts from the album, along with two songs the band would put out on Led Zeppelin II later that month, "Heartbreaker" and "Moby Dick." The group performed a 15-minute version of "Dazed and Confused" at that concert. Led Zeppelin wrote much of their second record while on the road, and they put it out nine months after the release of their debut. The bonus disc for the deluxe edition of Led Zeppelin II includes alternate mixes of five songs that made it onto the album, one that didn't (the previously unreleased "La La") and the backing tracks for "Thank You" and "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)". Almost exactly one year after the release of their second album, the band released Led Zeppelin III, with the record's deluxe edition featuring seven studio outtakes of album tracks alongside three never-before-released tracks: an instrumental precursor to "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" called "Jennings Farm Blues," an instrumental version of "Out on the Tiles" dubbed "Bathroom Sound" and the blues medley "Keys to the Highway/Trouble in Mind." Page first announced that he had been working on the reissues in November 2012. He told Rolling Stone at the time that, in addition to treating his fans to new "sonic and visual thrills," his goal with the reissues was to make them sound better. "The catalog was last remastered 20 years ago," he said. "That's a long time. Everything is being transferred from analog to a higher-resolution digital format. That's one of the problems with the Zeppelin stuff. It sounds ridiculous on MP3. You can't hear what's there properly." Late last year, frontman Robert Plant told the BBC that he had discovered some tapes that featured, among other things, some contributions by another vocalist: bassist John Paul Jones. "So far, he's going to give me two cars and a greenhouse not to get 'em on the album," he said with a laugh. "Oh, John . . . you can't wait to hear yourself singing all over the world." He did not say which recordings feature Jones' vocals. Last month, Page announced via his website that the reissues would come out this year. In addition to the Led Zeppelin albums, Page also said that he would be releasing "some of my own material from the archives," but has yet to detail those releases. Here are the track lists for each of the bonus discs available in the deluxe editions of the albums: 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" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I love Zeppelin, but I'll be interested to see if they'll give proper credit for the origins of the songs on the first album. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXzilla Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Written by plant and page....and that real writer guy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 1969 concert is already out there but it's a good one. I've heard the studio boots before, curious to see what they're picking and what never made it into the hands of bootleggers, or what "La La" is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real McCoy Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I'll be all over these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Meh. I'm more interested in IV and onward. Give me the Presence reissue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesterdays-Civil-War Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I'm actually kinda pumped for this.I know Plant had said he had no plans for 2014. Maybe we'll get a show here or there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmapelian Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 can't fucking wait for these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 For a band that hasn't existed for more than barely a few months since I was born, they've taken so much of my money. Here we go again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 I'll be grabbing the 2LP versions of I, II & III. I may get the expanded versions of everything from IV on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmapelian Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Meh. I'm more interested in IV and onward. Give me the Presence reissue.III is wildly underrated 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Meh. I'm more interested in IV and onward. Give me the Presence reissue.III is wildly underratedwhereas IV is overrated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Meh. I'm more interested in IV and onward. Give me the Presence reissue.III is wildly underratedMaybe, but Presence is the most underrated of their albums, IMO. But III is pretty awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixes Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Meh. I'm more interested in IV and onward. Give me the Presence reissue.III is wildly underratedMaybe, but Presence is the most underrated of their albums, IMO. But III is pretty awesome.Presence just might be their best album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Any chance these will all be released in a boxset someday? Or have they said anything about that yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay410 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Want it all. Page is right about zeppelin in MP3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Any chance these will all be released in a boxset someday? Or have they said anything about that yet?I could see them doing an updated "Complete Albums" box set without the bonus discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew07 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 anyone know if amazon will be selling the 2 disc deluxe editions, all they have is the super box sex that is 120 for each, and while i would like to get one of those, its a bit pricey, they did have some of the 2 disc versions on there the other day but there gone now with only the super expensive one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 1969 concert is already out there but it's a good one. I've heard the studio boots before, curious to see what they're picking and what never made it into the hands of bootleggers, or what "La La" is. I doubt that we'll hear totally unheard materialI just expected well known bits and pieces that ou there for years...I lolled the inverse coloured original album covers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zint Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Really excited for the new songs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 How many times have this band re-mastered their discography? It seems like every year, Page hyping up a bunch of remasters 'using the latest state of the art technology'. It is just a con at the end of the day. I mean The Stones remastered theirs recently and they actually sound worse than the remasters that came out in the 1990s. It is just a con to get your money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 It is just a con to get your money.Sort of like popular music in generally really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 How many times have this band re-mastered their discography? It seems like every year, Page hyping up a bunch of remasters 'using the latest state of the art technology'. It is just a con at the end of the day. I mean The Stones remastered theirs recently and they actually sound worse than the remasters that came out in the 1990s. It is just a con to get your money.It comes down to "Led Zeppelin now remastered for iTunes" vs "Led Zeppelin reissue campaign with previously unreleased music", one has more fanfare than the other. The last reissues were done in 94 for the box set. CDs are a dying format so this is kind of a last hurrah as far as being able to have it in your hands and not just download it to your phone or laptop, and for the collectors as well as people who care more about the vinyl remasters than CD or download.After what Shepard Fairey said about working with Page on "Celebration Day" artwork, he cared more about the vinyl than he did the CD, and even makes it a point to go to the pressing plant.I'm sure Axl did the same thing with ChiDem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdHeartBreaker Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) bumpPretty excited for this, still no leaks? Edited May 14, 2014 by ColdHeartBreaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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