Led Zeppelin Boxed Set

Led Zeppelin is a boxed set by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was the first compilation of songs by the band (not counting Coda, which some sources list as a studio album)^[a] and the selection and remastering of the tracks were supervised by Jimmy Page. Atlantic Records released it on 29 October 1990 on several formats: four compact discs, six vinyl records, or four cassette tapes. A 36-page booklet was also included with the release.

Led Zeppelin
Box set by Led Zeppelin
Released	29 October 1990[1]
Recorded	October 1968 – December 1978
Genre	Hard rock heavy metal blues rock folk rock
Length	4:49:05
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jimmy Page
Compiler	Jimmy Page
Led Zeppelin chronology
Coda (1982) Led Zeppelin (1990) Led Zeppelin Remasters (1990)
Singles from Led Zeppelin
"Travelling Riverside Blues" Released: 8 October 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Debuting at number 40 on the Billboard 200, the box set was described by Los Angeles Times journalist Dennis Hunt as "one of the most expensive albums ever to reach the Top 40", noting its retail price of $65 on CD and $55 on cassette.^[4]

Background

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.

The set was released the same month as Remasters, a two-disc set containing selections from this one, plus a remastered version of "Good Times Bad Times." To differentiate between the two sets, in some markets the larger set 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 also included in the promotional interview album Profiled (1990). 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.

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 Plant	Led Zeppelin II	4:47
6.	"Thank You"	Page 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 Page	Led Zeppelin	4:14
10.	"Ramble On"	Page 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 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	"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 Plant	Houses of the Holy, 1973	4:50
3.	"Immigrant Song"	Page Plant	Led Zeppelin III	2:27
4.	"The Battle of Evermore"	Page 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 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 Plant	Led Zeppelin III	4:58
11.	"Custard Pie"	Page 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 Plant	Houses of the Holy	7:39
15.	"Stairway to Heaven"	Page Plant	Led Zeppelin IV	8:02

Disc three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Kashmir"	Bonham Page Plant	Physical Graffiti	8:33
2.	"Trampled Under Foot"	Jones Page Plant	Physical Graffiti	5:37
3.	"For Your Life"	Page Plant	Presence, 1976	6:24
4.	"No Quarter"	Jones Page Plant	Houses of the Holy	7:00
5.	"Dancing Days"	Page 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 Plant	Presence	10:25
8.	"The Song Remains the Same"	Page Plant	Houses of the Holy	5:32
9.	"Ten Years Gone"	Page 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 Plant	Presence	4:11
3.	"The Ocean"	Bonham Jones Page Plant	Houses of the Holy	4:31
4.	"Ozone Baby"	Page Plant	Coda	3:35
5.	"Houses of the Holy"	Page Plant	Physical Graffiti	4:02
6.	"Wearing and Tearing"	Page Plant	Coda	5:31
7.	"Poor Tom"	Page Plant	Coda	3:03
8.	"Nobody's Fault but Mine"	Page 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 Plant	Physical Graffiti	4:07
12.	"Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux"	Bonham Jones Page	Previously unreleased remix of both recordings, 1990	3:50
13.	"I'm Gonna Crawl"	Jones Page Plant	In Through the Out Door	5:30
14.	"All My Love"	Jones Plant	In Through the Out Door	5:51

Personnel

• John Bonham – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• John Paul Jones – bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin
• Jimmy Page – guitars, backing vocals, production, digital remastering
• Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica
• Sandy Denny – vocals on "The Battle of Evermore"
• Ian Stewart – piano on "Rock and Roll"
• Yves Beauvais – producer
• Bruce Buchanan – engineering
• Peter Grant – executive producer
• Jeff Griffin – producer
• Chris Houston – engineering
• John Mahoney – Programming and engineering on "Moby Dick"/"Bonzo's Montreux"
• George Marino – remastering and digital remastering
• Tony Wilson – engineering on "Travelling Riverside Blues" and "White Summer"
• Bob Alford – photography
• Richard Creamer – photography
• Cameron Crowe – liner notes
• Jim Cummins – photography
• Chris Dreja – photography
• Robert Ellis – photography
• Larry Fremantle – design
• Neil Jones – photography
• John Kubick – digital transfers
• Kurt Loder – liner notes
• Janet Macoska – photography
• Richard "Hutch" Hutchison – design co-ordinator
• 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
• Bob Gruen – photography
• Chris Wroe – photography and imaging
• Neil Zlozower – photography

Charts

1990 weekly chart performance for Led Zeppelin Boxed Set

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	46
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[6]	16
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7]	17
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	48
US Billboard 200[9]	18

2011 weekly chart performance for Led Zeppelin Boxed Set

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[10]	36

Certifications

Certifications for Led Zeppelin Boxed Set

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[11]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] 2001 release	Silver	60,000^
United States (RIAA)[13]	Diamond	2,500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release formats for Led Zeppelin Boxed Set

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog #
United States	29 October 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

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

Notes

1. While some external sources categorise Coda as a compilation album, Led Zeppelin's official album label, Atlantic Records, categorises it as a studio album. See for example the liner notes for Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2 and the label attached to The Complete Studio Recordings boxed set.