''The Complete Studio Recordings'' is a ten compact disc

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by the English rock group

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, released by

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on 24 September 1993. It contains all nine of the original Led Zeppelin studio albums digitally remastered, plus an expanded version of the

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release ''

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''. The discs are physically paired together in double-disc booklets and arranged in chronological order, with the exception of '' Presence'' (placed between ''

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'' 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. 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

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and photos of the band. The album cover depicts the inside structure of a

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. This title was discontinued just prior to the launch of ''

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'', and is now superseded by the '' Definitive Collection Mini LP Replica CD Boxset'', released in September 2008. __TOC__

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– drums, percussion *

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– bass guitar, keyboards,

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Jimmy Page James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Page is prolific in creating guitar riffs. His style involves various alternative ...

– acoustic and electric guitars, production * Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica ;Additional musicians *

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– vocals on "The Battle of Evermore" * Viram Jasani –

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on "Black Mountain Side" * Ian Stewart – piano on "Rock and Roll" and "Boogie with Stu" ;production *Yves Beauvais – production *Chuck Boyd – photography *

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– design and package concept *

–

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*Richard Creamer – photography *Jim Cummins – photography *Mike Doud – design *

Chris Dreja Christopher Walenty Dreja (born 11 November 1945 in Surbiton, Surrey) is an English musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist and bassist for rock band the Yardbirds for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. E ...

– photography *

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– 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

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