The last of the remastered and expanded Led Zeppelin albums have been scheduled for reissue on July 31, 2015.
The release of ‘Presence’, ‘In Through The Outdoor’ and the posthumous ‘Coda’ will complete the reissue of the entire Led Zeppelin catalogue of studio albums.
Technically ‘In Through The Out Door’ was the last Zeppelin album. It was released in 15 August 1979. Drummer John Bonham died on 25 September 1980 and the band disbanded.
‘Coda’, released in November 1982, was a compilation of unused led Zeppelin songs from the twelve years the band was together. The word ‘coda’ is a musical term meaning “a passage that ends a musical piece of a main body”.
Presence, In Through The Out Door, and Coda will each be available from Atlantic/Swan Song in the following formats:
• Single CD – Remastered original album. Presence and Coda will be packaged in a gatefold card wallet. All CD and LP versions of In Through The Out Door will be wrapped in a brown paper page replicating its initial release.
• Deluxe Edition (2CD and 3CD) – Remastered album, plus a second disc of unreleased companion audio. Coda will feature two companion audio discs.
• Single LP – Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl, packaged in a sleeve that replicates the LP’s first pressing in exacting detail. All vinyl versions of In Through The Out Door will also include the water-sensitive insert that replicates the inner sleeve from the album’s initial release.
• Deluxe Edition Vinyl – Remastered album and unreleased companion audio on 180-gram vinyl. Coda will feature two companion LPs.
• Digital Download – Remastered album and companion audio will both be available.
• Super Deluxe Boxed Set – This collection includes:
◦ Remastered album on CD in vinyl replica sleeve.
◦ Companion audio on CD in card wallet.
◦ Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl in a sleeve replicating first pressing.
◦ Companion audio on 180-gram vinyl.
◦ High-def audio download card of all content at 96kHz/24 bit.
◦ Hard bound, 72+ page book filled with rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia.
High quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.
Complete Track Listings
Presence
1.“Achilles Last Stand”
2.“For Your Life”
3.“Royal Orleans”
4.“Nobody’s Fault But Mine”
5.“Candy Store Rock”
6.“Hots On For Nowhere”
7.“Tea For One”
Companion Audio
1.“Two Ones Are Won” (Achilles Last Stand – Reference Mix)
2.“For Your Life” (Reference Mix)
3.“10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod)” (Reference Mix)
4.“Royal Orleans” (Reference Mix)
5.“Hots On For Nowhere” (Reference Mix)
In Through The Out Door
1.“In The Evening”
2.“South Bound Saurez”
3.“Fool In The Rain”
4.“Hot Dog”
5.“Carouselambra”
6.“All My Love”
7.“I’m Gonna Crawl”
Companion Audio
1.“In The Evening” (Rough Mix)
2.“Southbound Piano” (South Bound Saurez – Rough Mix)
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”
2.“Poor Tom”
3.“I Can’t Quit You Baby”
4.“Walter’s Walk”
5.“Ozone Baby”
6.“Darlene”
7.“Bonzo’s Montreux”
8.“Wearing And Tearing
Companion Audio
Disc One
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”
Disc Two
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)
Led Zeppelin reissue information
Originally released in 1976, Presence was recorded during a whirlwind 18-day session at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany. The album—which peaked at #1 in both the U.S. and UK and was certified triple platinum—crackles with energy on Zeppelin classics like Nobody’s Fault But Mine and Achilles Last Stand and delivers powerful jolts of the group at its visceral best.
The companion audio disc that accompanies Presence has five unreleased reference mixes from the sessions, which reveal works in progress. Along with alternate incarnations of For Your Life, Achilles Last Stand and Royal Orleans, there is also the previously unheard instrumental curiously titled 10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod).
On its release in the summer of 1979, In Through The Out Door topped the U.S. and UK album charts and has since been certified six-times platinum in the US and double platinum in Australia. Sadly, it would be the last album that Led Zeppelin recorded prior to drummer John Bonham’s passing the following year. Among the seven album tracks are Fool In The Rain and All My Love, two songs that remain rock radio staples to this day.
The album’s companion audio disc features an unreleased rough mix of every track from the original album, including early versions with working titles such as The Hook (All My Love), The Epic (Carouselambra), and Blot (I’m Gonna Crawl).
The appropriately titled Coda was Led Zeppelin’s final album of studio recordings. Released in 1982, it was comprised of eight unreleased tracks recorded between 1970 and 1978. It peaked at #6 on the album charts and has been certified platinum in the US.
The reissue campaign ends with a double-barrel blast of Led. Coda will be the only Led Zeppelin deluxe edition to include two companion discs, featuring 15 tracks recorded between 1968 and 1974. The oldest song in the collection is also perhaps the most interesting. The frenetic blues jam Sugar Mama was recorded in 1968 at Olympic Studios during sessions for the band’s eponymous debut. The song was completed but never officially released until now. Baby Come On Home from the same session is also included in the set. Also included is the previously unreleased St. Tristan’s Sword, a rollicking instrumental recorded during the Led Zeppelin III sessions in 1970.
In 1972, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page took a fabled trip to India to perform with the Bombay Orchestra and now, for the first time, recordings from these sessions will be officially released with dynamic takes on Friends and Four Hands (Four Sticks from Led Zeppelin IV). Among the many other highlights featured here is an early version of When The Levee Breaks from 1970 titled If It Keeps On Raining; rough mixes of The Wanton Song and In The Light, from the Physical Graffiti sessions at Headley Grange, the latter a different alternate version than the one included in the Physical Graffiti deluxe edition; and an instrumental mix of Poor Tom from 1970.
In 1968, Jimmy Page formed Led Zeppelin, one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, having sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. The band rose from the ashes of The Yardbirds, when Page brought in Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones. In 1969, Led Zeppelin released its self-titled debut. It marked the beginning of a 12-year reign, during which the group was widely considered to be the biggest and most innovative rock band in the world.
Led Zeppelin continues to be honoured for its pivotal role in music history. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, and a year later was awarded with the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Founding members Page, Plant, and Jones, and along with Jason Bonham, the son of John Bonham – took the stage at London’s O2 Arena in 2007 to headline a tribute concert for Ahmet Ertegun, a dear friend and Atlantic Records’ founder. The band was honored for its lifetime contribution to American culture at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012. In January of 2014, the band won their first ever Grammy award as Celebration Day, which captured their live performance at the Ertegun tribute concert, was named Best Rock Album.
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