Led Zeppelin to release deluxe boxed-set edition of its best album, Physical Graffiti

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      Led Zeppelin announced today that it will release a super-deluxe boxed-set edition of its best album, 1975's Physical Graffiti.

      The package--newly remastered by Jimmy Page and featuring previously unreleased tracks--will hit stores on February 24, 40 years to the day after the release of the original.

      In case you forgot what was so great about it, here's a reminder:

      And here's some promotional bumph from the Zep website:

       

      Generally regarded as one of the greatest double albums of all time, the original 15 tracks represent a creative tour de force that explores the band’s dynamic musical range, from the driving rock of “Custard Pie” and acoustic arrangement of “Bron-Y-Aur” to the Eastern raga of “Kashmir” and funky groove of “Trampled Under Foot.”

      The companion audio disc that accompanies the deluxe edition of Physical Graffiti has seven unreleased tracks, including rough mixes of “In My Time Of Dying” and “Houses Of The Holy,” as well as an early mix of “Trampled Under Foot” called “Brandy & Coke.”

      All the unreleased companion tracks offer fans a chance to hear well-known songs from a different perspective, including the Sunset Sound mix of “Boogie With Stu” and “Driving Through Kashmir,” a rough orchestra mix of the band’s eight minute opus “Kashmir.” Also featured is “Everybody Makes It Through,” a strikingly different early version of “In The Light” with alternate lyrics.

      Track Listing

      Disc One
      01. "Custard Pie"
      02. "The Rover"
      03. "In My Time Of Dying"
      04. "Houses Of The Holy"
      05. "Trampled Under Foot"
      06. "Kashmir"

      Disc Two
      01. "In The Light"
      02. "Bron-Yr-Aur"
      03. "Down By The Seaside"
      04. "Ten Years Gone"
      05. "Night Flight"
      06. "The Wanton Song"
      07. "Boogie With Stu"
      08. "Black Country Woman"
      09. "Sick Again"

      Companion Audio Disc
      01. "Brandy & Coke" (Trampled Under Foot - Initial Rough Mix)
      02. "Sick Again" (Early Version)
      03. "In My Time Of Dying" (Initial Rough Mix)
      04. "Houses Of The Holy" (Rough Mix With Overdubs)
      05. "Everybody Makes It Through" (In The Light Early Version/In Transit)
      06. "Boogie With Stu" (Sunset Sound Mix)
      07. "Driving Through Kashmir" (Kashmir Rough Orchestra Mix)

      Comments

      3 Comments

      Tommy

      Jan 8, 2015 at 11:24am

      Their Best Would definitely have to go to Houses Of The Holy! Way more Catchy, Diversity & Range of Songs such as No Quarter, Over the Hills & Far Away, Dy'er Ma'ker & The Ocean. Personal opinion though. I know to some Die Hards it's either Symbols, II, LZ, or even Presence. Cool thing about LZ is that there's a song for every palate & taste to Heavy Metal, Eastern, Groove, Ballad, Blues, Folk, Jazz, Country, Soul & straight down Rock & Roll!

      Steve Newton

      Jan 8, 2015 at 11:30am

      Houses was pretty awesome too, I'll admit. But for one thing, it didn't have 15 songs

      Coastguarder

      Jan 10, 2015 at 2:28am

      i know of only one other person besides myself who lists LZ III as their favorite album. The lo-fi energy of the Immigrant Song is so startling and raw and Tangerine is gorgeous plus Since I Been Lovin You builds and releases better than any one night stand. Physical Graffiti is a bit too bloated. It would have been a phenomenal single album. Rarely is s double album ever justified. Hell even the White Album could have been severely trimmed to make a better single LP.