Label: Swan Song Records (Germany), 79.0051-1/UK: a 0051
Style: Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 33:06
Format: Flac Tracks 24/96 kHz
Size: 747 Mb
Charts: UK #4, AUS #9, AUT #17, CAN #3, GER #5, JPN #16, NLD #9, NZ #7, NOR #18, US #6. UK: Silver; US: Platinum.
Coda
is a unique album for us to review. Although it is listed officially as
the ninth and final studio album by Led Zeppelin, it could just as well
be listed as a quasi-compilation of unreleased tracks in the tradition
of The Who’s Odds and Sods or Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes. Like those,
this is a fine and entertaining album, and a must-have for any serious
fan of the artist. But we internally debated whether it was proper to
include Coda with our reviews from 1982. After all, it had been a full
two years since the death of drummer John Bonham and the subsequent
disbandment of Led Zeppelin as a cohesive group. Also, the most recent
recordings on Coda were made four years prior to its November 1982
release, with the earliest recording stretching back to the late 1960s.
The truth is, we simply could not overlook this album. After all, this
IS Led Zeppelin and this band is likely to be the only one which Classic
Rock Review covers every single studio album (I mean, we’ve already
done Presence, what can we possibly exclude?)
The album spans the
band’s entire career, from live performances just after their debut
album to unused songs from In Through the Out Door sessions. However, it
focuses mainly on the bookends of very early material and very recent
material with very little representation from the band’s most popular
“middle” years. This is most likely due to the fact that 1975’s Physical
Graffiti included many unreleased songs from that era.
With such a
chasm between the early and recent material, producer and lead guitarist
Jimmy Page did a great job making it all sound cohesive. This included
extensive, yet not overwhelming, post-production treatment of each
track. According to Page, the album was released because there was so
much bootleg stuff out following the disbandment. However, Coda was not a
comprehensive collection in its original form. The 1982 LP contained
eight tracks and ran at a mere 33 minutes in length. Eleven years later,
four more tracks were added to CD versions of the album, tracks which
were mysteriously excluded originally. Some have suggested it was really
only released to fulfill a contract obligation to Atlantic Records.
(full version: classicrockreview.com/2012/04/1982-led-zeppelin-coda/)
Matrix - side A: R/S Alsdorf 790051-1 A5x LZ RAYS 49; side B: R/S Alsdorf 790051-1 B LZ RAIS.
01. A1 We're Gonna Groove (02:38)
02. A2 Poor Tom (03:03)
03. A3 I Can't Quit You Baby (04:18)
04. A4 Walter's Walk (04:31)
05. B1 Ozone Baby (03:36)
06. B2 Darlene (05:07)
07. B3 Bonzo's Montreux (04:19)
08. B4 Wearing And Tearing (05:29)
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