Led Zeppelin, released on 29 October 1990, is a boxed set of the English rock group Led Zeppelin's popular songs digitally remastered, on six vinyl albums, four compact discs, and four cassette formats. Compilation and remastering of the tracks took place in New York during early-to-mid 1990. A 30-page booklet was included for the vinyl and CD releases.
This boxed set contains two previously unreleased tracks and a new mix. "Travelling Riverside Blues" was recorded on 24 June 1969 at the BBC Maida Vale Studio. "White Summer" 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.
To differentiate this release from the future Remasters box sets, some world recording industry associations have listed this under the title The Complete Collection (not to be confused with the later 1993 release The Complete Studio Recordings).
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.
Track listing[]
| Disc one | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Whole Lotta Love" | John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones,Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant | from Led Zeppelin II, 1969 | 5:34 | ||||||
| 2. | "Heartbreaker" | Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant | from Led Zeppelin II, 1969 | 4:14 | ||||||
| 3. | "Communication Breakdown" | Bonham, Jones, and Page | from Led Zeppelin, 1969 | 2:29 | ||||||
| 4. | "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" | Anne Bredon, Page, and Plant | from Led Zeppelin, 1969 | 6:42 | ||||||
| 5. | "What Is and What Should Never Be" | Page and Plant | from Led Zeppelin II, 1969 | 4:47 | ||||||
| 6. | "Thank You" | Page and Plant | from Led Zeppelin II, 1969 | 4:50 | ||||||
| 7. | "I Can't Quit You Baby" (live 9 January 1970) | Dixon | from Coda, 1982 | 4:15 | ||||||
| 8. | "Dazed and Confused" | Page | from Led Zeppelin, 1969 | 6:27 | ||||||
| 9. | "Your Time Is Gonna Come" | Jones and Page | from Led Zeppelin, 1969 | 4:14 | ||||||
| 10. | "Ramble On" | Page and Plant | from Led Zeppelin II, 1969 | 4:23 | ||||||
| 11. | "Travelling Riverside Blues" (live at the BBC 24 June 1969) | Robert Johnson, Page, and Plant | previously unreleased, 1969; later included on BBC Sessions | 5:11 | ||||||
| 12. | "Friends" | Page and Plant | from Led Zeppelin III, 1970 | 3:55 | ||||||
| 13. | "Celebration Day" | Jones, Page, and Plant | from Led Zeppelin III, 1970 | 3:29 | ||||||
| 14. | "Hey Hey What Can I Do" | Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant | appeared on b-side to "Immigrant Song" single, 1970 | 3:55 | ||||||
| 15. | "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" (live at the BBC 27 June 1969) | Page | previously unreleased, 1969; later included as a bonus track on the 1993 boxed set The Complete Studio Recordings. | 8:01 | ||||||
| Disc two | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Black Dog" | Jones, Page, and Plant | from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971 | 4:55 | ||||||
| 2. | "Over the Hills and Far Away" | Page and Plant | from Houses of the Holy, 1973 | 4:50 | ||||||
| 3. | "Immigrant Song" | Page and Plant | from Led Zeppelin III, 1970 | 2:27 | ||||||
| 4. | "The Battle of Evermore" | Page and Plant | from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971 | 5:52 | ||||||
| 5. | "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" | Jones, Page, and Plant | from Led Zeppelin III, 1970 | 4:20 | ||||||
| 6. | "Tangerine" | Page | from Led Zeppelin III, 1970 | 2:57 | ||||||
| 7. | "Going to California" | Page and Plant | from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971 | 3:31 | ||||||
| 8. | "Since I've Been Loving You" | Jones, Page, and Plant | from Led Zeppelin III, 1970 | 7:24 | ||||||
| 9. | "D'yer Mak'er" | Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant | from Houses of the Holy, 1973 | 4:23 | ||||||
| 10. | "Gallows Pole" | trad., arr. Page and Plant | from Led Zeppelin III, 1970 | 4:58 | ||||||
| 11. | "Custard Pie" | Page and Plant | from Physical Graffiti, 1975 | 4:13 | ||||||
| 12. | "Misty Mountain Hop" | Jones, Page, and Plant | from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971 | 4:38 | ||||||
| 13. | "Rock and Roll" | Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant | from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971 | 3:41 | ||||||
| 14. | "The Rain Song" | Page and Plant | from Houses of the Holy, 1973 | 7:39 | ||||||
| 15. | "Stairway to Heaven" | Page and Plant | from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971 | 8:02 | ||||||
| Disc three | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Kashmir" | Bonham, Page, and Plant | from Physical Graffiti, 1975 | 8:32 | ||||||
| 2. | "Trampled Under Foot" | Jones, Page, and Plant | from Physical Graffiti, 1975 | 5:37 | ||||||
| 3. | "For Your Life" | Page and Plant | from Presence, 1976 | 6:24 | ||||||
| 4. | "No Quarter" | Jones, Page, and Plant | from Houses of the Holy, 1973 | 7:00 | ||||||
| 5. | "Dancing Days" | Page and Plant | from Houses of the Holy, 1973 | 3:43 | ||||||
| 6. | "When the Levee Breaks" | Bonham, Jones, Memphis Minnie, Page, and Plant | from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971 | 7:07 | ||||||
| 7. | "Achilles Last Stand" | Page and Plant | from Presence, 1976 | 10:25 | ||||||
| 8. | "The Song Remains the Same" | Page and Plant | from Houses of the Holy, 1973 | 5:32 | ||||||
| 9. | "Ten Years Gone" | Page and Plant | from Physical Graffiti, 1975 | 6:32 | ||||||
| 10. | "In My Time of Dying" | Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant | from Physical Graffiti, 1975 | 11:05 | ||||||
| Disc four | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "In the Evening" | Jones, Page and Plant | from In Through the Out Door, 1979 | 6:49 | ||||||
| 2. | "Candy Store Rock" | Page and Plant | from Presence, 1976 | 4:11 | ||||||
| 3. | "The Ocean" | Bonham, Jones, Page and Plant | from Houses of the Holy, 1973 | 4:31 | ||||||
| 4. | "Ozone Baby" | Page and Plant | from Coda, 1982 | 3:35 | ||||||
| 5. | "Houses of the Holy" | Page and Plant | from Physical Graffiti, 1975 | 4:02 | ||||||
| 6. | "Wearing and Tearing" | Page and Plant | from Coda, 1982 | 5:31 | ||||||
| 7. | "Poor Tom" | Page and Plant | from Coda, 1982 | 3:03 | ||||||
| 8. | "Nobody's Fault but Mine" | Page and Plant | from Presence, 1976 | 6:27 | ||||||
| 9. | "Fool in the Rain" | Jones, Page and Plant | from In Through the Out Door, 1979 | 6:12 | ||||||
| 10. | "In the Light" | Jones, Page and Plant | from Physical Graffiti, 1975 | 8:46 | ||||||
| 11. | "The Wanton Song" | Page and Plant | from Physical Graffiti, 1975 | 4:07 | ||||||
| 12. | "Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux" | Bonham, Jones and Page | remix of two recordings | 3:50 | ||||||
| 13. | "I'm Gonna Crawl" | Jones, Page and Plant | from In Through the Out Door, 1979 | 5:30 | ||||||
| 14. | "All My Love" | Jones and Plant | from In Through the Out Door, 1979 | 5:51 | ||||||