Remasters [Import, Original recording remastered]

Led Zeppelin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Atlantic UK
• ASIN: B000026C3T
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,060 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Communication Breakdown

2. Good Times Bad Times

3. Whole Lotta Love

4. Ramble On

5. Celebration Day

6. Black Dog

7. The Battle of Evermore

8. Stairway to Heaven

Disc: 2

1. The Rain Song

2. No Quarter

3. Kashmir

4. Nobody's Fault But Mine

5. All My Love

Editorial Reviews

European only highlights collection compiled from the box-set originally released in 1992 but without the interview disc and at a much better price. 26 tracks on two CDs and featuring the original box-sets cover art. All the big hits are here, including 'Communication Breakdown', 'Heartbreaker', St airway To Heaven', 'Kashmir' and more. Slimline double jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Started me on my way to glory, March 27, 2005

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Stuart Hartley - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remasters (Audio CD)

Apart from a relatively cheap and obscure greatest hits package called 'Greatest Hits: 1969-1972', this was my first real taste of Led Zeppelin. I first heard it as my uncle's house and was so excited that I asked for it for my next birthday. That was some time ago now and Led Zeppelin has become my all-time favourite band. If you are just being introduced to the band, I would say that this package is the perfect place to start. It has everything the casual fans could ever want and more.

If you like this kind of music, these discs will probably have you rushing out to buy all of the band's albums like it did for me. One of the many good things about 'Remasters' is that contains just enough material to placate the casual fan and not too much material to overwhelm them.

Start here and if you like what you hear, keep going until you have everything!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome introduction to Led Zeppelin, April 30, 2007

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R. Gorham "RCG2" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remasters (Audio CD)

THE BAND: Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (guitars), John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards), John Bonham (drums & percussion).

THE DISCS: (1990) 26 songs on 2 discs clocking in at approximately 144 total minutes (about 72 minutes per disc). Included with the discs is a 6-page booklet containing song titles/credits/times, several band photos, and thank you's. This 2-disc set is the (import) European "highlights" portion of the bigger 4-disc (54 total songs) set under the same name. This compilation follows the band from 1969-79. Digitally remastered sound. Produced by Jimmy Page. Label - Atlantic Records.

ALBUM REPRESENTATION: Debut "1" (4 songs), II (3), III (3), IV-Zoso (5), Houses Of The Holy (4), Physical Graffiti (3), Presence (2), In Through The Out Door (2).

COMMENTS: For a rock band as big as Led Zeppelin was, there simply aren't a whole lot of compilations to choose from. Personally, I think that's a good thing. For the true beginner, this mix is a great intro to the band. For the listener wanting a few studio albums - I'd recommend "II", "IV"... and then "Houses Of The Holy and "Physical Graffiti". All of Led Zeppelin's albums are essential in my book - some simply more so than others. Chronological order here is a bonus (the 4-disc set is surprisingly NOT in chronological order) and you can hear the band maturing through the years. Only thing that could have made this 2-disc set better is utilzing the whole disc(s). Both discs left approximately 8 minutes of blank space and why not put another song or two on each - plenty of omitted classic songs to choose from (i.e. "Over The Hills And Far Away", "The Ocean", "In My Time Of Dying", "Fool In The Rain", "Gallows Pole", "Going To California", "Thank You", "Living Loving Maid", "Moby Dick", or anything from "CODA"). The remastered sound is ultra crisp and the songs sound amazing. Looking for a great place to have many a classic Zeppelin song all in one place - look no further (5 stars).

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is better than Early Days/Latter Days, December 21, 2005

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J. Simon (Canton, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remasters (Audio CD)

This is the best double disc Led Zeppelin collection available. Early Days/Latter Days, the American collection, is missing Heartbreaker, Ramble On, D'yer Mak'er, Celebration Day, Misty Mountain Hop, and The Rain Song, all of which are on here. The only songs on that collection that are not on this one are What Is and What Should Never Be, When the Leveee Breaks, and Ten Years Gone. Overall, this is a much better purchase. I know diehard fans consider any retrospective collection an abomination and think that everyone should have at least the first four albums, but for those of us who just want a little bit of Led Zeppelin in our libraries, this is perfect.