IMPORTANT TBL NEWS UPDATE:  LED ZEPPELIN – THE FINAL THREE REISSUES:

Atlantic/Swan Song have today officially announced the full details, track listing, formats and release date for the final three Led Zeppelin releases in the Led Zeppelin reissue series.

Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda will be issued across multi formats on July 31, 2015.

Here is all the info via the official press release embargoed until 3pm today:

Reissue Program Concludes With Deluxe Editions Of

Presence, In Through The Out Door, And Coda, Each Newly Remastered By Jimmy Page, With Previously Unreleased Companion Audio

Multiple CD, Vinyl, And Digital Formats,

Including Limited Edition Super Deluxe Boxed Set, Available July 31st

Deluxe editions of Led Zeppelin’s final three studio albums: Presence, In Through The Out Door, and Coda will be released in July. The reaction to the first six Led Zepplin album reissues has been extraordinary, with albums charting in the Top 10 around the globe whilst also garnering 5-star reviews and other critical accolades along the way.

As with the previous deluxe editions, Presence, In Through The Out Door, and Coda have been newly remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page and are accompanied by companion audio comprised of previously unreleased music related to the original release selected and compiled by Page.

Presence, In Through The Out Door, and Coda will each be available July 31 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.
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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. 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 U.S.

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 honored 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

Presence

Track Listing

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

Track Listing

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

Track Listing

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)

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Initial DL Thoughts:

Now for the finale…

Unlike the sheer bravado of the first three Led Zeppelin albums, the assured confidence of Led Zeppelin IV and Houses Of The Holy and the embarrassment of riches to be found on Physical Graffiti, the final three Led Zeppelin studio albums were entirely different propositions.

Due to various misfortunes and tragic events, for Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul jones and John Bonham, what had once been so effortless, was now something of an effort.

Therefore, Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda were more challenging than their previous releases. I know I have gone through periods of falling in and out of love with these albums to varying degrees over varying times.

Led Zeppelin was never about perfection. You had to really work at fully appreciating the content during this era, but when it all came together all three hit home – and in some ways, these are the most fulfilling albums of their career -not least due to the circumstances that they came into being.

As for the Presence – this is the Page-driven Led Zeppelin as a pure unadulterated rock and roll band firing in the studio as never before… and as they never would again. It’s also the nearest they ever got to capturing, over a complete album, the unpredictable edge and power of their on-stage performances within a studio environment.

On Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda, the fragility and vulnerability of Led Zeppelin is laid bare for all to hear. This is the real heart and soul of the band and there is so much to admire…

With all that in mind, the opportunity to re investigate the final three Led Zeppelin studio albums in newly remastered and reissued form, is going to be an absolutely enlightening experience for fans the world over.

As for the Companion Discs…

Presence:

Two Ones Are Won  the working reference mix version of Achilles last Stand – a truly mouth-watering prospect – as is the bizarrely titled 10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod) – a seven minute instrumental – where an earth has that been hiding!

In Through the Out Door:

Plenty of rough mixes on here and nice to see working titles deployed for Carouselambra, All My Love and I’m Gonna Crawl. No doubt Jimmy will elaborate on all this in the coming weeks media blitz.

Coda:

As we all hoped, Jimmy has used Coda as something of a catch all with two Companion Discs. This is a fascinating outpouring of the archive – great to see Sugar Mama and the two Bombay Session tracks Four Hands (Four Sticks) and Friends given an official release after so many years on bootleg. It will be interesting to hear how If It Keeps On Raining (When The Levee Breaks Rough Mix) and Everybody Makes It Through (In the Light Rough Mix) differ from the already released alternate versions. Aside from the welcomed Coda companion material, Bring it On Home (Rough Mix) and Desire (The Wanton Song Rough Mix) adds to the diverse nature of the line up. Then there is St Tristan’s Sword – something I really thought was a myth but hey what do I know…because here it is, a Page instrumental recorded at Island Studios in December 1970 – a final surprise.

Bring ’em on!

As you can tell – I’m well excited – as I am sure you are too.

The summer of Led Zeppelin 2015?  Yes indeed.

Let me know your initial thoughts on the announcement and content of these final three reissues.

I am going to absolutely revel in the prospect ahead in the coming weeks and as usual, the various TBL forums of the TBL website, Facebook and magazine will be reflecting on all this and building the expectation.

So, in keeping with previous reissue releases – it’s time for the countdown to begin:  

TBL countdown to the release of the final three Led Zeppelin reissue  – Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda  –  58 days to go and counting:

Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda are coming…so get ready to party like it’s 1976, 1979 and 1982… 

Dave Lewis  –   June 3, 2015.

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Until next time…Keep listening, keep reading…

Dave Lewis/Gary Foy – June 3, 2015

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