Track Listing 1. Good Times Bad Times 2. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You 3. Dazed and Confused 4. Communication Breakdown 5. Whole Lotta Love 6. What Is and What Should Never Be 7. Immigrant Song 8. Since I've Been Loving You 9. Black Dog 10. Rock and Roll 11. Battle of Evermore, The 12. When the Levee Breaks 13. Stairway to Heaven
| Details | | Producer: | Jimmy Page (Compilation) | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant (vocals); Jimmy Page (guitar); John Paul Jones (keyboards, bass); John Bonham (drums). This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Considering the band's significance in rock history, it is surprising that Led Zeppelin has never had a greatest-hits record. The band has been given box set treatments, but EARLY DAYS is its first single-disc best-of compilation. EARLY DAYS, which is made up of remastered songs and includes several rare photos, is an indispensable collection. "Good Times, Bad Times," from the band's 1969 debut, thunderously ushers in the era known as acid rock. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is a fine example of the group's equally vital acoustic side. "Communication Breakdown" features a Jimmy Page riff that launched a thousand metal tunes. "What Is and What Should Never Be" and "Since I've Been Loving You" represent two of Zeppelin's many fine contributions to British blues. All of Zep's FM staples are included here, alongside the Middle Eastern flavored "The Battle of Evermore" and John Bonham's trademark drum sound on "When the Levee Breaks." EARLY DAYS represents the first chapter of a truly "classic" rock band.
Editorial Reviews 5 stars out of 5 - ...an ideal primer for those who fancy hearing what all the fuss was about....astonishingly durable songs which...remain unsullied by one too many spins on the provincial biker pub jukebox... Q (02/01/2000)
...constitutes such a monumental oeuvre that [one disc seems hardly enough]...But with so many bona fide classics...on tap, why complain? - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (12/17/1999)
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