Led Zeppelin Boxed Set

Led Zeppelin is a box set compilation of songs by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 7 September 1990 on Atlantic Records, digitally remastered on four compact discs, six vinyl records, or four cassette tapes. The first compilation album released by Led Zeppelin, selection and remastering of the tracks were supervised by Jimmy Page and took place in New York during early to mid-1990. A 36-page booklet was also included with the release.

This set contains two previously unreleased tracks and one new mix. "Travelling Riverside Blues" was recorded on 24 June 1969 at the BBC Maida Vale Studio. "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" was recorded at the Playhouse Theatre, London on 27 June 1969. The "Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux" mix took place at the Atlantic Synclavier Suite in New York, in May 1990. It also includes the band's only non-album B-side, "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" of the 1970 single "Immigrant Song", previously unavailable on compact disc.

To differentiate this box set from a set of selections taken from it, the Remasters box set released the following month, in some markets this release is listed under the title The Complete Collection. To further the confusion, in both cases this is different from The Complete Studio Recordings box set released three years later, which includes all nine of the band's studio albums on ten discs, with the three extra tracks appended to Coda, along with the 1969 recording "Baby Come On Home", first released on the two-disc Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2. The "Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux" mix is exclusive for this compilation. Also three years after this release, the remaining Led Zeppelin tracks not appearing on this box set were issued on Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2.

In an interview he gave in January 2010, Page made reference to the boxed set:

Oh, I'm now fully aware of the mark Led Zeppelin made on the musical landscape. My awareness was re-heightened when we were remastering the material to do that CD box set in 1990. When you hear it all, song after song, you realise what a textbook it is for musicians who are coming along, and that's so great. The whole thing is about passing it on, because that's how it was done for me when I was learning from all those old blues and rockabilly records. It's all part of how this cultural phenomenon keeps moving on. I think everyone carries the flame on.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Jimmy Page, except for "Travelling Riverside Blues" produced by John Walters, and "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" produced by Jeff Griffin.

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Whole Lotta Love"	John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant	Led Zeppelin II, 1969	5:34
2.	"Heartbreaker"	Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant	Led Zeppelin II	4:14
3.	"Communication Breakdown"	Bonham, Jones, Page	Led Zeppelin, 1969	2:29
4.	"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"	Anne Bredon, Page, Plant	Led Zeppelin	6:42
5.	"What Is and What Should Never Be"	Page and Plant	Led Zeppelin II	4:47
6.	"Thank You"	Page and Plant	Led Zeppelin II	4:50
7.	"I Can't Quit You Baby" (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 9 January 1970)	Dixon	Coda, 1982	4:15
8.	"Dazed and Confused"	Page (inspired by Jake Holmes)	Led Zeppelin	6:27
9.	"Your Time Is Gonna Come" (Early fade-out)	Jones and Page	Led Zeppelin	4:14
10.	"Ramble On"	Page and Plant	Led Zeppelin II	4:23
11.	"Travelling Riverside Blues" (Live at the BBC 24 June 1969)	Robert Johnson, Page, Plant	Previously unreleased, 1969	5:11
12.	"Friends"	Page and Plant	Led Zeppelin III, 1970	3:55
13.	"Celebration Day"	Jones, Page, Plant	Led Zeppelin III	3:29
14.	"Hey, Hey, What Can I Do"	Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant	B-side of "Immigrant Song" single, 1970	3:55
15.	"White Summer/Black Mountain Side" (Live at the BBC 27 June 1969)	Page	Previously unreleased, 1969	8:01

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Black Dog"	Jones, Page, Plant	Led Zeppelin IV, 1971	4:55
2.	"Over the Hills and Far Away"	Page and Plant	Houses of the Holy, 1973	4:50
3.	"Immigrant Song"	Page and Plant	Led Zeppelin III	2:27
4.	"The Battle of Evermore"	Page and Plant	Led Zeppelin IV	5:52
5.	"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp"	Jones, Page, Plant	Led Zeppelin III	4:20
6.	"Tangerine"	Page	Led Zeppelin III	2:57
7.	"Going to California"	Page and Plant	Led Zeppelin IV	3:31
8.	"Since I've Been Loving You"	Jones, Page, Plant	Led Zeppelin III	7:24
9.	"D'yer Mak'er"	Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant	Houses of the Holy	4:23
10.	"Gallows Pole"	traditional, arranged by Page and Plant	Led Zeppelin III	4:58
11.	"Custard Pie"	Page and Plant	Physical Graffiti, 1975	4:13
12.	"Misty Mountain Hop"	Jones, Page, Plant	Led Zeppelin IV	4:38
13.	"Rock and Roll"	Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant	Led Zeppelin IV	3:41
14.	"The Rain Song"	Page and Plant	Houses of the Holy	7:39
15.	"Stairway to Heaven"	Page and Plant	Led Zeppelin IV	8:02

Disc three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Kashmir"	Bonham, Page, Plant	Physical Graffiti	8:32
2.	"Trampled Under Foot"	Jones, Page, Plant	Physical Graffiti	5:37
3.	"For Your Life"	Page and Plant	Presence, 1976	6:24
4.	"No Quarter"	Jones, Page, Plant	Houses of the Holy	7:00
5.	"Dancing Days"	Page and Plant	Houses of the Holy	3:43
6.	"When the Levee Breaks"	Bonham, Memphis Minnie, Jones, Page, Plant	Led Zeppelin IV	7:07
7.	"Achilles Last Stand"	Page and Plant	Presence	10:25
8.	"The Song Remains the Same"	Page and Plant	Houses of the Holy	5:32
9.	"Ten Years Gone"	Page and Plant	Physical Graffiti	6:32
10.	"In My Time of Dying"	Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant	Physical Graffiti	11:05

Disc four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"In the Evening"	Jones, Page, Plant	In Through the Out Door, 1979	6:49
2.	"Candy Store Rock"	Page and Plant	Presence	4:11
3.	"The Ocean"	Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant	Houses of the Holy	4:31
4.	"Ozone Baby"	Page and Plant	Coda	3:35
5.	"Houses of the Holy"	Page and Plant	Physical Graffiti	4:02
6.	"Wearing and Tearing"	Page and Plant	Coda	5:31
7.	"Poor Tom"	Page and Plant	Coda	3:03
8.	"Nobody's Fault but Mine"	Page and Plant	Presence	6:27
9.	"Fool in the Rain"	Jones, Page, Plant	In Through the Out Door	6:12
10.	"In the Light"	Jones, Page, Plant	Physical Graffiti	8:46
11.	"The Wanton Song"	Page and Plant	Physical Graffiti	4:07
12.	"Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux"	Bonham, Jones, Page	Previously unreleased remix of two recordings, 1990	3:50
13.	"I'm Gonna Crawl"	Jones, Page, Plant	In Through the Out Door	5:30
14.	"All My Love"	Jones and Plant	In Through the Out Door	5:51

Sales chart performance

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link

Chart (1990)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[2]	48
US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart^[3]	18
Japanese Albums Chart^[4]	17
Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart^[5]	16
Australian ARIA Top 50 Album Charts^[6]	46

Sales certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)^[7]	Gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)^[8]	10× Platinum	2,500,000
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog #
United States	7 September 1990	Atlantic Records	6LP (33 rpm)	82144-1
			4 Compact disc	82144-2
			4 Cassette	82144-4
United Kingdom			4 Compact disc	7567-82144-2
France
Germany
Japan				AMCY-170/3
Germany	1990	East West Records		7567-80566-2

Personnel

Led Zeppelin

John Bonham — drums, percussion, backing vocals
John Paul Jones — bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin
Jimmy Page — acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, production, digital remastering
Robert Plant — vocals and harmonica

Additional musicians

Sandy Denny — vocals on "The Battle of Evermore"
Ian Stewart — piano on "Rock and Roll"

Technical personnel

Bob Alford – photography
Yves Beauvais – producer
Bruce Buchanan – engineering
Richard Creamer – photography
Cameron Crowe – liner notes
Jim Cummins – photography
Chris Dreja – photography
Robert Ellis – photography
Larry Fremantle – design
Peter Grant – executive producer
Jeff Griffin – producer
Bob Gruen – photography
Chris Houston – engineering
Richard "Hutch" Hutchison – design co-ordinator
Neil Jones – photography
John Kubick – digital transfers
Kurt Loder – liner notes
Janet Macoska – photography
John Mahoney – Programming and engineering on "Moby Dick"/"Bonzo's Montreux"
George Marino – remastering and digital remastering
Jennifer Moore – photography and imaging
Terry O'Neil – photography
Robert Palmer – liner notes
Barry Plummer – photography
Neal Preston – photography
Michael Putland – photography
Rhonda Schoen – digital editing and transfers
Peter Simon – photography
Pennie Smith – photography
Jay Thompson – photography
Chris Walter – photography
Tony Wilson – engineering on "Travelling Riverside Blues" and "White Summer"
Chris Wroe – photography and imaging
Neil Zlozower – photography

References

↑ Jonathan Wingate, Interview: Guitarist Jimmy Page, Scotsman.com, 5 January 2010.
↑ "Top 100 Albums - 10 November 1990". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
↑ "The Billboard 200 - 12 November 1990". Billboard. Archived from the original on 1 January 1970. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
↑ "Top 100 Albums - 15 November 1990". Oricon. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
↑ "RPM Albums Chart - 17 November 1990". RPM. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
↑ "Top 50 Albums - 16 December 1990". ARIA. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
↑ "Canadian album certifications – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin". Music Canada.
↑ "American album certifications – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

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"Good Times Bad Times" / "Communication Breakdown"
"Whole Lotta Love" / "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"
"Immigrant Song" / "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do"
"Black Dog" / "Misty Mountain Hop"
"Rock and Roll" / "Four Sticks"
"Over the Hills and Far Away" / "Dancing Days"
"D'yer Mak'er" / "The Crunge"
"Trampled Under Foot" / "Black Country Woman"
"Candy Store Rock" / "Royal Orleans"
"Fool in the Rain" / "Hot Dog"
"Travelling Riverside Blues"
"Baby Come On Home"
"The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair"

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