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''BBC Sessions'' is a
compilation album featuring studio sessions and a live concert recorded by English
rock group
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Led Zeppelin
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. It was released on 11 November 1997, by
Atlantic Records. Disc one consists of material from four different 1969 BBC sessions. Disc two contains most of the 1 April 1971 concert from the
Paris Theatre
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in
London
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. Disc three was only included in a limited run of album releases and features rare interviews from 1969, 1976/1977, and 1990.
Countless
bootlegs of these recordings circulated for years before the official release. This release was widely welcomed by Led Zeppelin fans as it was the first live release since ''
The Song Remains the Same'' in 1976. Others have criticized the decision to edit some of the songs and drop others that were recorded for the BBC. Most notable are one session from 1969 which included the unreleased song "Sunshine Woman", and about seven minutes of the "
Whole Lotta Love
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" medley from 1971.
The album was re-released in September 2016 as ''The Complete BBC Sessions'' with further BBC recordings, including the "Sunshine Woman" session.
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Track listing
Standard edition
''The Complete Sessions'' edition – bonus disc
Nine recordings from a conglomerate of 1969 sessions, including "Dazed and Confused", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "You Shook Me" and "Sunshine Woman" along with two versions of both "Communication Breakdown" and "What Is and What Should Never Be" (recorded two years apart) were released on 16 September 2016, comprising a third disc of the previously two-disc ''BBC Sessions'' compilation. Eight of the nine songs were previously unreleased; "White Summer" was previously released in 1990 on the ''
Led Zeppelin Boxed Set
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'' and the expanded 1993 reissue of ''
Coda'' from ''
The Complete Studio Recordings'' and ''
Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection'' (2008)
box sets. The lost March 1969 three-song session – by all accounts erased from its master tapes – appears on the disc sourced from a reputed AM radio recording. This session contains the oft-bootlegged, boogieing blues rocker "Sunshine Woman," a track that Zeppelin never formally released previously, and renditions of Willie Dixon's "I Can't Quit You Baby" and "You Shook Me."
Recording information
; Session one
:
John Peel's ''
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''
* Venue: Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London
* Recording date: Monday 3 March 1969
* Original broadcast: Sunday 23 March 1969 (in a show with sessions from
Free,
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and
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* Tracks: "Communication Breakdown" (disc 3, track 1), "Dazed and Confused" (disc 1, track 4), "You Shook Me" (disc 1, track 1), "I Can't Quit You Baby" (disc 1, track 2).
* Producer:
Bernie Andrews
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* Engineer: Pete Ritzema
* Tape operator: Bob Conduct
; Session two
:
Alexis Korner
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's ''Rhythm and Blues'', (
BBC World Service)
* Venue: Maida Vale Studio 4, Delaware Road, London
* Recording date: Wednesday 19 March 1969
* Original broadcast: Monday 14 April 1969
* Tracks: "Sunshine Woman" (disc 3, track 9), "I Can't Quit You Baby" (disc 3, track 7), "You Shook Me" (disc 3, track 8). The session was wiped or lost by the BBC, although recordings survive on bootlegs. The show was re-run later in 1969, adding the recording of "What Is And What Should Never Be" from the June 16 session.
* Producer: Jeff Griffin
; Session three
: Chris Grant's ''Tasty Pop Sundae'' (originally commissioned for Dave Symond's ''Symonds On Sunday'' show)
* Venue: Aeolian Hall Studio 2, Bond Street, London
* Recording Date: Monday 16 June 1969
* Original Broadcast: Sunday 22 June 1969
* Tracks: "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" (disc 1, track 5), "Communication Breakdown" (disc 1, track 3), "Somethin' Else" (disc 1, track 10), "What Is and What Should Never Be" (disc 3, track 2).
* Producer: Paul Williams
; Session four
: John Peel's ''Top Gear'' (Double recording session)
* Venue: Maida Vale Studio 4, Delaware Road, London
* Recording date: Tuesday 24 June 1969
* Original broadcast: Sunday 29 June 1969
* Tracks: "Whole Lotta Love" (disc 1, track 9), "Communication Breakdown" (disc 1, track 7), "What Is and What Should Never Be" (disc 1, track 6), "Travelling Riverside Blues" (disc 1, track 8). "Travelling Riverside Blues" had previously been released on the
''Led Zeppelin'' box set and expanded versions of
''Coda''.
* Producer: John Walters
* Engineer: Tony Wilson
; Session five
: ''One Night Stand''
* Venue: Playhouse Theatre
* Recording date: Friday 27 June 1969
* Original broadcast: Sunday 10 August 1969
* Tracks: "Communication Breakdown" (disc 1, track 11), "I Can't Quit You Baby" (disc 1, track 12), "Dazed and Confused" (disc 3, track 3), "White Summer" (disc 3, track 4), "You Shook Me" (disc 1, track 13), "How Many More Times" (disc 1, track 14). "White Summer" had previously been released as "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" on the ''Led Zeppelin'' box set and expanded versions of ''Coda'', but with 15 seconds cut out.
; Session six
: ''In Concert'' (Emcee John Peel)
* Venue: Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street, London
* Recording date: Thursday 1 April 1971
* Original broadcast: Sunday 4 April 1971
* Tracks: "Immigrant Song", "Heartbreaker", "Since I've Been Loving You", "Black Dog", "Dazed and Confused", "Stairway to Heaven", "Going to California", "That's the Way" (disc 2, tracks 1–8), "What Is and What Should Never Be" (disc 3, track 5), "Whole Lotta Love" (medley, disc 2, track 9), "Thank You" (disc 2, track 10), "Communication Breakdown" (disc 3, track 6). The "Whole Lotta Love" medley has had "For What It's Worth", "Trucking Little Mama" and "Honey Bee" edited out, shortening the medley by seven minutes.
* Producer: Jeff Griffin
* Engineer: Tony Wilson
Personnel
Led Zeppelin
*
John Bonham
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drums, percussion, backing vocals
*
John Paul Jones
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bass guitar,
bass pedals
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, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals
*
Jimmy Pageacoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals,
mastering,
production
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*
Robert Plantvocals, harmonica
Additional personnel
* Andie Airfix
art direction,
design
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*
Jon Astley
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mastering
* John Davis – mastering (''The Complete BBC Sessions'' 2016 reissue)
*
Luis Reyliner notes
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*
Chris Walterphotography
Chart positions
Certifications
Release history
References
External links
*
Ledzeppelin.com BBC Sessions
The Garden Tapes– analysis of live tracks edits for the album
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Albums produced by Jimmy Page
BBC Radio recordings
Led Zeppelin compilation albums
Led Zeppelin live albums
1997 live albums
1997 compilation albums
Atlantic Records live albums
Atlantic Records compilation albums
Folk rock compilation albums
Live folk rock albums