Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions

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Label:	Atlantic – 8122794389
Format:	3 x CD , Album, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Repress
Country:	Europe
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Genre:	Blues
Style:	Hard Rock

Tracklist

1-1	You Shook Me Written-By – Willie Dixon	5:14
1-2	I Can't Quit You Baby Written-By – Willie Dixon Written-By [Sample Of '19 Years Old'] – Muddy Waters	4:22
1-3	Communication Breakdown Written-By – John Paul Jones	3:12
1-4	Dazed And Confused Written-By – Jimmy Page Written-By [Inspired By] – Jake Holmes	6:39
1-5	The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair Written-By – John Estes*	3:00
1-6	What Is And What Should Never Be Written-By – Robert Plant	4:20
1-7	Communication Breakdown Written-By – John Paul Jones	2:40
1-8	Travelling Riverside Blues Written-By – Robert Plant	5:12
1-9	Whole Lotta Love Written-By – Willie Dixon	6:09
1-10	Somethin' Else Written-By – Sharon Sheeley*	2:06
1-11	Communication Breakdown Written-By – John Paul Jones	3:05
1-12	I Can't Quit You Baby Written-By – Willie Dixon	6:21
1-13	You Shook Me Written-By – Willie Dixon	10:19
1-14	How Many More Times Written-By – John Paul Jones Written-By [Samples From 'The Lemon Song'] – Robert Plant	11:51
2-1	Immigrant Song Written-By – Robert Plant	3:20
2-2	Heartbreaker Written-By – Robert Plant	5:16
2-3	Since I've Been Loving You Written-By – Robert Plant	6:56
2-4	Black Dog Written-By – Robert Plant	5:17
2-5	Dazed And Confused Written-By – Jimmy Page Written-By [Inspired By] – Jake Holmes	18:36
2-6	Stairway To Heaven Written-By – Robert Plant	8:49
2-7	Going To California Written-By – Robert Plant	3:54
2-8	That's The Way Written-By – Robert Plant	5:43
	Whole Lotta Love (Medley)	(13:45)
2-9a	Whole Lotta Love Written-By – Willie Dixon
2-9b	Boogie Chillun' Written-By – Bernard Besman
2-9c	Fixin' To Die Written-By – Bukka White
2-9d	That's Alright Mama Written-By – Arthur Crudup*
2-9e	A Mess Of Blues Written-By – Mort Shuman
2-10	Thank You Written-By – Robert Plant	6:37
3-1	Communication Breakdown Written-By – John Paul Jones	3:00
3-2	What Is And What Should Never Be Written-By – Robert Plant	4:15
3-3	Dazed And Confused Written-By – Jimmy Page Written-By [Inspired By] – Jake Holmes	11:08
3-4	White Summer Written-By – Jimmy Page	8:23
3-5	What Is And What Should Never Be Written-By – Robert Plant	4:44
3-6	Communication Breakdown Written-By – John Paul Jones	4:55
3-7	I Can't Quit You Baby Written-By – Willie Dixon	5:27
3-8	You Shook Me Written-By – Willie Dixon	4:10
3-9	Sunshine Woman Written-By – Willie Dixon	3:06

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – BBC
Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright © – Warner Music Group
Licensed From – BBC Worldwide
Manufactured By – Warner Music Group
Marketed By – Warner Music Group
Mastered At – Metropolis Mastering
Recorded At – Playhouse Theatre
Recorded At – Maida Vale Studios
Recorded At – Aeolian Hall
Recorded At – Paris Theatre, London
Glass Mastered At – Arvato – 56569836
Glass Mastered At – Arvato – 56569833
Glass Mastered At – Arvato – 56569830

Credits

Artwork [Original Artwork & Design], Design [Original Artwork & Design] – Andie Airfix
Compilation Producer – Jimmy Page
Design [2016 Package Design] – Studio Fury
Engineer – Tony Wilson (tracks: 1-6 to 1-9, 1-11 to 1-14, 3-3, 3-4)
Engineer [Additional] – Drew Griffiths
Graphics [Retouching] – Brendan Ryall
Liner Notes [November 1997] – Luis Rey
Liner Notes [Session Notes] – Dave Lewis (8)
Mastered By – John Davis (4)
Photography By [Original Cover Photography] – Pennie Smith
Photography By [Sleeve Photography] – Jean-Pierre Leloir
Producer – Paul Williams (3) (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 1-10, 3-2)
Research [Editorial Research] – Sheryl Farber
Research [Original Photographic Research] – Ross Halfin
Research [Photographic Research] – Dave Brolan*
Research [Session Notes Research] – Mike Tremaglio
Tape Op – Bob Conduct (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 3-1)

Notes

Tracks 3-1, 1-4, 1-1, and 1-2
Venue: Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London.
Recording date: Monday, March 3, 1969, 2.30-6.00 p.m.
Original broadcast date: Sunday, March 23, 1969, between 3.00 and 5.00 p.m. on John Peel's Top Gear.

Tracks 3-9, 3-7, and 3-8
Venue: Maida Vale Studio 4, Delaware Road, London.
Recording date: Wednesday, March 19, 1969, 5.30-9.00 p.m.
Original broadcast date: Monday, April 14, 1969, on BBC World Service's Rhythm And Blues.

Tracks 1-5, 1-3, 1-10, and 3-2
Venue: Aeolian Hall Studio 2, New Bond Street, London
Recording date: Monday, June 16, 1969, 7.30-11.00 p.m.
Original broadcast date: Sunday, June 22, 1969, between 10.00 a.m. and 12 midday on Chris Grant's Tasty Pop Sundae.

Tracks 1-9, 1-7, 1-6, and 1-8
Venue: Maida vale Studio 4, Delaware Road, London
Recording date: Tuesday, June 24, 1969, 2.30-9.30 p.m.
Original broadcast date: Sunday, June 29, 1969, between 7.00 and 9.00 p.m. on Top Gear, introduced by John Peel

Tracks 1-11, 1-12, 3-3, 3-4, 1-13, and 1-14
Venue: Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London.
Recording date: Friday, June 27, 1969: rehearsal 7.00 p.m., recording 8.45-10.15 p.m.
Original broadcast date: Sunday, August 10, 1969, between 8.00 and 9.00 p.m. for the pilot One Night Stand part of Top Gear, introduced by John Peel.

Tracks 2-1 to 2-8, 3-5, 2-9, 2-10, 3-6:
Venue: Paris Cinema, Lower Regent Street, London
Recording date: Thursday, April 1, 1971: rehearsal 3:00 p.m., recording 9.00-10.45 p.m.
Original broadcast date: Sunday, April 4, 1971, between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. on the John Peel Sunday In Concert programme.

This release ℗ 2016 BBC. Licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide. [...] © 2016 Atlantic Recording Corporation, a Warner Music Group Company.
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Foldout cardboard sleeve (8-s), 24-page booklet.

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	BBC Sessions (2×CD, Album)	Atlantic	7567-83061-2	Australia	1997
Recently Edited	BBC Sessions (2×CD, Album)	Atlantic	83061-2	US	1997
Recently Edited	BBC Sessions + Rare Interviews (2×CD, Album, CD, Promo, All Media, Limited Edition, Slipcase)	MasterTone	830742	US	1997
	BBC Sessions (2×CD, Album)	Atlantic	7567-83061-2	Europe	1997
	BBC Sessions (2×CD, Album, Promo)	Atlantic	PROP350/1, 7567-83061-2, PROP350/2	Europe	1997

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RoomSounds Apr 6, 2024
There’s not much I can add to the rivers of ink that have been spilled about Led Zeppelin, their seminal relevance and how, together with Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, paved the way to the hard and heavy rock scenes (and beyond) in a way that still resonates more than 50 years after the release of their debut albums.

They were also a breed of musicians that considered stages not as “just” places to replicate their studio works in front of an audience, but as a place to reinvent and reconceive their songs.

As such, a Led Zeppelin gig was a musical trip where pretty much anything could happen, where adlibs could extent for minutes while Plant, Page, Bonham and Jones communicated among themselves and with the audience through their voice and instruments, making these wail, scream, sing and howl in both pain and pleasure, turning 5 minute songs into suites.

Therefore, the band’s BBC live sessions were a very much sought treasure, as people knew that the band’s earlier performances were a legendary precious vault of unleashed energy and raw creativity.
And yet, the first 1997 release of these live recordings- expanded in 2016 with further 8 performances- sured even the more optimistic expectations.
These sessions, recorded during the band’s heyday in 1969 and 1971, are an incredible testimony to the pure genius of four hungry musicians in an unparalleled state of grace and communion, lifting off from their blues grounds and flying over the skies of slight psychedelia and new born hard rock, while they soar not only through their own songs (listen to the priceless 18 minutes of “Dazed And Confused”), but also daring to integrate some blues standards into them, as they do in “Whole Lotta Love” or the deep cut “The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair”.

All in all, these are essential releases to any serious music collection, and a remembrance of a time where ion, instinct and true musicianship were considered and highly regarded as vital to popular music.

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