Led Zeppelin Coda U.S Classic Records 200 Gram Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac With Bonus
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Coda
Studio album by Led Zeppelin
Released 19 November 1982
Recorded 9 January 1970 21 November 1978
Genre Hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, heavy metal
Length 33:04
Language English
Label Swan Song
Producer Jimmy Page
Coda is the ninth and final studio album[1] by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in 1982. This collection of outtakes from various sessions during Led Zeppelin's twelve-year career was released two years after the group had officially disbanded following the death of drummer John Bonham. The word coda, meaning a passage that ends a musical piece following the main body, was therefore chosen as a title.
Contents
Overview
Led Zeppelin guitarist and producer Jimmy Page explained that part of the reasoning for the album's release related to the popularity of unofficial Led Zeppelin recordings which continued to be circulated by fans:
Coda was released, basically, because there was so much bootleg stuff out. We thought, "Well, if there's that much interest, then we may as well put the rest of our studio stuff out".
Led Zeppelin bass player John Paul Jones recalled:
They were good tracks. A lot of it was recorded around the time punk was really happening... basically there wasn't a lot of Zeppelin tracks that didn't go out. We used everything.[2]
According to the Led Zeppelin biography Hammer of the Gods, the band also owed Atlantic Records one more album from the five album deal that created Swan Song Records in 1974. As such, Coda can be seen as a contractual fulfilment.
"We're Gonna Groove" opens the album and, according to the album notes, was recorded at Morgan Studios in June, 1969. It was later acknowledged to have come from a January, 1970 concert at the Royal Albert Hall, with the guitar parts overdubbed and the original guitar part removedthis can be heard in the original Royal Albert Hall show on 9 January 1970.
"Poor Tom" is from sessions for Led Zeppelin III, having been recorded at Olympic Studios in June 1970.
"I Can't Quit You Baby" is taken from the same concert as "We're Gonna Groove" but was listed as a rehearsal in the original liner notes. The recording was edited to remove overall "live" feel: the crowd noise as well as the beginning and ending of the song were deleted. Crowd tracks were muted on the multitrack mixdown on this recording as with "We're Gonna Groove".
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[3]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[4]
Robert Christgau (B+)[5]
Track listing
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "We're Gonna Groove" (live) Ben E. King, James A. Bethea 2:42
2. "Poor Tom" Page, Plant 3:03
3. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (live) (edit) Willie Dixon 4:18
4. "Walter's Walk" Page, Plant 4:31
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Ozone Baby" Page, Plant 3:35
2. "Darlene" Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant 5:07
3. "Bonzo's Montreux" Bonham 4:19
4. "Wearing and Tearing" Page, Plant 5:32
Also Included All Vinyl Sourced Except Track 9 (C1 Baby Come On Home)
No. Title Writer(s) Length
9. "Baby Come On Home" (recorded 1968, appeared on Boxed Set 2, 1993) Bert Berns, Page, Plant 4:30
10. "Travelling Riverside Blues" (recorded 1969, appeared on Boxed Set, 1990) Johnson, Page, Plant 5:11
11. "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" (recorded live in June 1969, appeared on Boxed Set, 1990) Page 8:01
12. "Hey Hey What Can I Do" (recorded 1970, appeared on b-side to "Immigrant Song" single, 1970) Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant 3:55
Sales chart performance
Album
Chart (1982)? Peak Position?
Norwegian Albums Chart[6] 18
UK Albums Chart[7] 4
Japanese Albums Chart[8] 16
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums Chart[9] 6
Canadian RPM Top 100 Albums Chart[10] 3
New Zealand Top 50 Albums Chart[11] 7
German Albums Chart[12] 43
French Albums Chart[13] 18
US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart[14] 6
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart 9
Singles
No commercial or promotional singles were issued, although three tracks received independent radio airplay. These songs were Led Zeppelin's debut on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, as the chart did not exist prior to 21 March 1981.
Year Single Chart Position
1982 "Darlene" Billboard Mainstream Rock 4[citation needed]
1982 "Ozone Baby" Billboard Mainstream Rock 14[citation needed]
1982 "Poor Tom" Billboard Mainstream Rock 18[citation needed]
[edit] Sales certifications
Region? Certification? Sales/shipments?
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[16] Platinum 1,000,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Personnel
Led Zeppelin
John Bonham drums, percussion
John Paul Jones bass guitar, piano, keyboards
Jimmy Page acoustic and electric guitar, production, electronic treatments
Robert Plant lead vocals, harmonica
Additional personnel
Stuart Epps engineering
Peter Grant producer, executive producer
Andy Johns engineering
Eddie Kramer engineering
Vic Maile engineering
Leif Mases engineering
John Timperley engineering
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