The Complete Studio Recordings (Led Zeppelin album) explained

The Complete Studio Recordings
Type:	box
Artist:	Led Zeppelin
Cover:	Led Zeppelin - The Complete Studio Recordings.jpg
Alt:	The scaffolding inside of a zeppelin
Recorded:	October 1968 – December 1978
Genre:	Hard rock heavy metal blues rock folk rock
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Jimmy Page
Compiler:	Jimmy Page
Chronology:	Led Zeppelin compilations
Prev Title:	Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	BBC Sessions
Next Year:	1997

The Complete Studio Recordings is a ten compact disc box set by the English rock group Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on 24 September 1993. It contains all nine of the original Led Zeppelin studio albums digitally remastered, plus an expanded version of the posthumous release Coda. The discs are physically paired together in double-disc booklets and arranged in chronological order, with the exception of Presence (placed between Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti) being paired with Houses of the Holy in order to keep the two discs of Physical Graffiti together in the same case.^[1]

Four bonus tracks were added to the Coda disc. These were the previously unreleased "Baby Come On Home" which had appeared on Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2 (1993), along with the previously unreleased tracks that had surfaced on the 1990 box set: "Travelling Riverside Blues" and "White Summer/Black Mountain Side", as well as the "Immigrant Song" B-side "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do". This expanded version of Coda created for the box set was also later released to digital stores in 2007 with the digital release of the full Led Zeppelin catalog, but with "Travelling Riverside Blues" omitted due to it already being included in BBC Sessions (1997).

The set also includes a booklet featuring an extended essay by rock journalist Cameron Crowe and photos of the band.

The album cover depicts the inside structure of a zeppelin.

This title was discontinued just prior to the launch of Mothership, and is now superseded by the Definitive Collection Mini LP Replica CD Boxset, released in September 2008.__TOC__

Personnel

Led Zeppelin

• John Bonham – drums, percussion
• John Paul Jones – bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin
• Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitars, production
• Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica

Additional musicians

• Sandy Denny – vocals on "The Battle of Evermore"
• Viram Jasani – tabla on "Black Mountain Side"
• Ian Stewart – piano on "Rock and Roll" and "Boogie with Stu"

Production

• Yves Beauvais – production
• Chuck Boyd – photography
• Peter Corriston – design and package concept
• Cameron Crowe – liner notes
• Richard Creamer – photography
• Jim Cummins – photography
• Mike Doud – design
• Chris Dreja – photography
• Elliott Erwitt – photography
• BP Fallon – photography
• Peter Grant – executive producer
• Jeff Griffin – production
• George Hardie – cover design
• Roy Harper – photography
• David Juniper – artwork and design
• George Marino – mastering
• Jim Marshall – photography
• Barry Plummer – photography
• Neal Preston – photography
• Michael Putland – photography
• Zal Schreiber – editing
• Eric Spillman – art direction and design
• Jay Thompson – photography
• Neil Zlozower – photography

Release history

Release formats for The Complete Studio Recordings! Region! Date! Label! Format! Catalog #

United States	24 September 1993	Atlantic Records	Compact disc (box set)	82526

External links

• Atlanticrecordscom announcement

Notes and References

1. Book: Lewis, Dave. Led Zeppelin: The Complete Guide to Their Music. 1st . London. Omnibus Press . 2004. 74. The Complete Studio Recordings. 1-84449-141-2.