LED ZEPPELIN – Coda (Deluxe Edition 3CD Remastered 2015)

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Following the successful recent reissues of the first six LED ZEPPELIN albums, Deluxe Editions of the band’s final three studio albums: Presence, In Through The Out Door, and Coda were just released. As with the previous, all albums have been newly remastered by guitarist & producer Jimmy Page and feature a companion CD audio comprised of previously unreleased music related to the original release selected and compiled by Page.
“Coda” is the last of this Deluxe Edition campaign.

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 U.S.

This reissue campaign ends with a double-barrel blast of Led.
“Coda” it’s 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.

Jimmy Page has done a really great job on the remastering process of these Led Zeppelin classics.
The sound is pristine and clear, balanced with a proper dynamic range.
A Must.

CD 1 : Coda Remastered 2015
01 – We’re Gonna Groove
02 – Poor Tom
03 – I Can’t Quit You Baby
04 – Walter’s Walk
05 – Ozone Baby
06 – Darlene
07 – Bonzo’s Montreux
08 – Wearing And Tearing

CD 2 : The Companion Disc A [prev. unreleased]
01 – We’re Gonna Groove (Alternate Mix)
02 – If It Keeps On Raining (Rough Mix)
03 – Bonzo’s Montreux (Mix Construction In Progress)
04 – Baby Come On Home
05 – Sugar Mama (Mix)
06 – Poor Tom (Instrumental Mix)
07 – Travelling Riverside Blues (BBC Session)
08 – Hey, Hey, What Can I Do

CD 3 : The Companion Disc B [prev. unreleased]
01 – Four Hands (Four Sticks) (Bombay Orchestra)
02 – Friends (Bombay Orchestra)
03 – St. Tristan’s Sword (Rough Mix)
04 – Desire (The Wanton Song) (Rough Mix)
05 – Bring It On Home (Rough Mix)
06 – Walter’s Walk (Rough Mix)
07 – Everybody Makes It Through (Rough Mix)

John Bonham – drums, percussion
John Paul Jones – bass guitar, piano, keyboards
Jimmy Page – guitars, electronic treatments, production
Robert Plant – lead vocals

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