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First Three Albums Newly Remastered By Jimmy Page,
Each With An Additional Disc Of Previously Unreleased
Companion Audio
Multiple CD, Vinyl, And Digital Formats,
Including Limited Edition Super Deluxe Boxed Set, Available June 3
John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant came together in 1968 as Led Zeppelin. Over the next decade, the band would become one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, selling more than 300 million albums worldwide. Their songs are some of the most celebrated in rock ‘n’ roll history that, to this day, resonate with fans young and old around the globe. Still, no matter how many times you may have listened to their music, you’ve never heard Led Zeppelin like this before.
With the June 3 release of deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin III, the band will launch an extensive reissue program of all nine of its studio albums in chronological order, each remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. Led Zeppelin will also open its vaults to share dozens of unheard studio and live recordings, with each album featuring a second disc of companion audio comprised entirely of unreleased music related to that album.
“The material on the companion discs presents a portal to the time of the recording of Led Zeppelin,” says Page. “It is a selection of work in progress with rough mixes, backing tracks, alternate versions, and new material recorded at the time”
The nine tracks featured on Led Zeppelin III’s companion audio continue to offer a window into the band’s recording process with seven studio outtakes of songs from the album as well as three previously unheard compositions: “Jennings Farm Blues” (an instrumental forerunner of “Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp”), “Bathroom Sound” (an instrumental version of “Out On The Tiles”), and their take on the blues classics “Keys To The Highway/Trouble In Mind.”
So glad Jimmy Page doesn’t feel the need to master any of the new Led
Zeppelin remasters with “loudness war” brickwall-style compression. And
it’s done nothing to reduce the band’s reputation as one of the best
heaviest groups of all time, only increase it. Aspiring mastering
engineers, take note.
Link Ray
Wow! I thought the original version kicked total ass. This blows the
original out of the water.
some people just dont get it. the re-issues stuff is different versions and
often the same stuff, minus the guitar layers. jimmy is all about the
layering and it is very cool to hear this stuff in a less refined fashion.
it sounds very punk and cutting edge. i love everything they did as a group
and these 2014 re-isues especially. just listen and enjoy the different
sounds that you may have missed before. its a gift folks, you dont have to
receive it .
This version is less busy. Vibrato guitar stands out much more. I like it.
how many times does page think we should buy these recordings??
when Zep catalog first came out on Cd ,Atlantic didnt have the master
tapes,then Page coughed them up n we had to buy all the CDs again,now this
??!!
So heavy a guitar solo was not needed!
DRY BABY!
I really love this version. Very clean.
Another “GARBAGE” “NOTHING SPECIAL” bullshit gimmick job by Jimmy Page &
Co. …. Oh of course you’re going to get the hardcore Led Zeppelin fan
that will swear up & down & every which way that these deluxe editions are
amazing & blah blah blah but in the end so far I have seen nothing at all
great about any of these releases… If anything just buy the regular
remastered single disc editions & stay away from these ridiculous rip off
deluxe editions….
This sounds pretty cool. Not as good as the original but that’s why it
wasn’t used. Was this an alternative mix from back then that wasn’t used or
a recent re-mix that Page did for the reissue?
This is now my door bell at home
I’m sorry I kinda like this mix better than the orig with the exception of
the end vox that could have stayed the same.
There’s way more ghosts at the end on this one
only noticed no reverb on the vocals and that outro…thats it?????
I don’t think this was released to say that this version is better…..but
to say hey heres another way of looking at this masterpiece.
This is not better. I’m not that kinda person who just loves the old stuff
because it’s old. But seriously. So much reverb has been taken out. Now
every instrument is smack in the face. There’s no sense of depth anymore.
It sounds clearer, yes. But that’s mainly because reverb sounds muddy in a
mix, which has been taken out, but it needs to be there to give depth.
The old version was more artistic. And no wonder, genius mixing engineer’s
work, vs. jimmy page who is a retired guitarist who needed something to do.
Celebration Day DVD failed because he can’t play for shit anymore, as if
that wasn’t bad enough, now he’s going back trying to change history for
worse. Just stop it. Either he’s become deranged, or it’s a money thing.
Try and start each version from the beginning and listen to 3-4 seconds of
each and take note how big/small each sound. The original sounds more live,
like in a bigger place = more epic. This is one of the things that were
special about Led Zeppelin.
More balls than the original mix
Live Jimmy Page went into a guitar solo towards the end.
Excelente
Original LP was fine, lol.
gay