Hokeyboy

The remasters sound surprisingly solid to me

Not including "Hey Hey What Can I Do?" on LZIII is a fucking travesty. I guess Page is trying to drum up sales interest on Coda or something.

slop101

They put on Coda in the box-set, so I guess that's where it's gonna stay.

DJLinus

FYI the remastered "Whole Lotta Love" is currently free in the Google Play store.

https://play.google.com/store/music/...iy6t5cn6zzs5pm

JeffTheAlpaca

Will the Super Deluxe Vinyl and CD box sets drop in price or are they something you must grab now?

They are temporarily out of stock at Amazon.

SkullOrchard

The deluxe CDs sound Amazing. It's such a rare thing to hear remasters that aren't overly compressed and loud. These are very crankable with nice dynamic range and clarity.

JOE29

Broke down and bought Led Zep III yesterday at BB. I like it. I do have Led Zep I on order which is due today. So i'm looking forward to that. So obviously i'll be picking up II in a week or two.

mostaccioli

when does the next set of 3 albums come out?

Eddie W

10/28 but it's only IV & Houses of the Holy:

http://www.ledzeppelin.com/buy

JeffTheAlpaca

Has anyone bought or checked out Jimmys new book?

He was on Ellen and the Late Show promoting it.

DVD Josh

No shark = no sale.

Ringmaster

I heard that at book signings he can't be bothered to physically sign them. He's using a stamp. I don't care about about autographs but what a dick move by Page to the people that wait around for him.

Dubya

Not defending him but I recall reading something along the lines of it was originally a special order book for like $400 or so and they were autographed by him. When the publishing company/him/both decided to make it a mass release this was a way of having book "signings" without screwing over those who had paid big money for an exclusive.

JeffTheAlpaca

Maybe the Ellen studio audience did not receive a free promo copy because of the expensive price tag for the book or Jimmy did not want to give away free copies.

slop101

I got the Physical Graffiti vinyl - it sounds fucking awesome! I had an original-pressing vinyl from '75, until about '95, but don't know what happened to it - it was well-worn anyhow, so this is a great compromise. Easily one of my top-5 favorite albums of all time.

hanshotfirst1138

THAT is how you do a double album of glorious rock excess.

Guru Askew

So Jimmy Page is supposedly holding some kind of press event on June 16th and earlier Amazon had several listings for "Artist 123" available for preorder for July 31 coming from Atlantic/Rhino which apparently happened with the earlier reissues.

Apparently the CD configurations had 2 2-disc sets and a 3-disc set, and vinyl configurations to match. People are speculating that Coda is the 3-disc set, with Presence and ITTOD being the 2-disc sets.

That announcement-to-release window is within a week of the PG release and the release date aligns with the new global Friday music release date which takes effect the week before.

JOE29

Been waiting impatiently for Presence. That's probably the last one that I will buy. I have no interest in Coda or In Through the Out Door. Or anything else after that.

stvn1974

Presence and In Through The Out Door are my two favorite Zep albums. Can't wait as the other sets have been great.

slop101

I'm interested in Coda, only because I hear that's where the lions share of new-found tracks will be.

Applejack

I'll definitely get the Presence vinyl because Achilles Last Stand is one of my favorite Zeppelin songs. I don't plan on buying the other two, but, sadly I might just since I have all the others.

Guru Askew

Amazon has leaked the details on the last 3. The July 31 date seems to be legit as well:

Presence

1. Two Ones Are Won
2. For Your Life (Reference Mix)
3. 10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod)
4. Royal Orleans (Reference Mix)
5. Hots On For Nowhere (Reference Mix)

In Through the Out Door

1. In The Evening (Rough Mix)
2. Southbound Piano (South Bound Saurez)
3. Fool In The Rain (Rough Mix)
4. Hot Dog (Rough Mix)
5. The Epic (Carouselambra - Rough Mix)
6. The Hook (All My Love - Rough Mix)
7. Blot (I m Gonna Crawl - Rough Mix)

Coda

1. We're Gonna Groove (Alternate Mix)
2. If It Keeps On Raining (When The Levee Breaks - Rough Mix)
3. Bonzo's Montreux (Mix Construction In Progress)
4. Baby Come On Home
5. Sugar Mama (Mix)
6. Poor Tom (Instrumental Mix)
7. Travelling Riverside Blues (BBC Session)
8. Hey, Hey, What Can I Do?

1. Four Hands (Four Sticks - Bombay Orchestra)
2. Friends (Bombay Orchestra)
3. St. Tristan s Sword (Rough Mix)
4. Desire (The Wanton Song - Rough Mix)
5. Bring It On Home (Rough Mix)
6. Walter's Walk (Rough Mix)
7. Everybody Makes It Through (In The Light - Rough Mix)

slop101

I knew they'd stack Coda, otherwise, no one would buy it.

cdollaz

As far as bonus content goes, this is one of the most unsatisfying reissue campaigns ever.

rw2516

It's been known for decades that there were no unused tracks or alternate versions. What wasn't used to fill out Physical Graffitti to double LP was put on Coda. That left different mixes of the recordings we already have or unfinished works in progress. Nothing to write home about. The best thing about these reissues are the covers. I've been picking up the regular versions for $8-9 just to get cover repros.

It's also know Page has the soundboard of every show they did. A live archive series would be nice. I don't know how expensive or time consuming it is to clean up and remix soundboards for proper release but How The West Was Won is cleaned up soundboard and sounds great.

Also would be nice if we got a deluxe Song Remains The Same with all three complete shows over 6 discs. I hate that both the original version and expanded version are pieced together from three different performances.

Rival11

I don't care what anyone says....Zep 4 is still one of the best albums ever. I never really took to their first album, Love II & III, don't like houses of the holy, in through the out door & presence (and of course CODA although I do dig poor tom). Physical Graffiti is a good album but even with these remasters...it sounds like it was made prior to their first album.

I like listening to the rough overdub mixes as it just sounds so weird to hear the songs I've loved for many years sound so different- definitely don't prefer them but I do like checking them out.

The battle of evermore sounds outstanding now that the backing vocals have been brought up front more.

So many people like to bash this band but they are one of the greatest of all time - music like this sure as hell isn't getting made today - glad the remasters came out in an individual re-issue - this will be the last time I buy the zep albums I love.