Led Zeppelin News

Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains The Same has been expanded and remastered for a four LP heavyweight (180g) vinyl box set, released today (July 22), and 100 copies have been made as limited edition white vinyl.

The reissue of the soundtrack to their 1976 concert film which documents Led Zep’s three Madison Square Gardens concerts features six additional tracks, not on the original version.

The deluxe four LP reissue also includes liner notes by Cameron Crowe and the remastering was overseen personally by band guitarist Jimmy Page with Kevin Shirley.

The six songs that were not on the original release are:
Black Dog
Over The Hills And Far Away
Misty Mountain Hop
Since I’ve Been Loving You
The Ocean
Heartbreaker

There have only been 200 copies of the limited edition white vinyl version of The Song Remains the Same, with only 100 of these being made available for sale through LedZeppelin.com.

100 fans who order the LP box set will be chosen at random to receive the white viyl edition.

Also, Led Zeppelin are to issue a 4 LP heavyweight edition of their hugely succesful 22-track remastered song collection Mothership. This deluxe set will be available on August 26, 2008.

http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/led_zeppelin/news/11906

Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” is up against 11 other albums including “Raising Sand” by Alison Krauss and former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, in this year’s Nationwide Mercury Prize.

Also on the shortlist for album of the year is “The Age of the Understatement” by The Last Shadow Puppets, featuring Miles Kane of The Rascals and Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys.

Chairman of the judges Simon Frith said: “This turns out to be a remarkably rich year for British music.

“What is most striking is the continued resilience and flexibility of the album as a way of organising music-making. It remains an unrivalled source of musical invention and imagination, a way of linking songs, exploring themes and developing sounds.”

The shortlist of 12 albums of the year was chosen by an independent panel from more than 240 entries by UK artists.

Previous winners of the award include the Klaxons, Arctic Monkeys, Antony and the Johnsons and Franz Ferdinand.

This year’s Nationwide Mercury Prize winners announcement will be broadcast live on BBC2 on September 9.

The full shortlist for album of the year is as follows:
- Elbow (”The Seldom Seen Kid”)
- Radiohead (”In Rainbows”)
- British Sea Power (”Do You Like Rock Music?”)
- Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (”Raising Sand”)
- Burial (”Untrue”)
- Estelle (”Shine”)
- Adele (”19″)
- Laura Marling (”Alas I Cannot Swim”)
- Rachel Unthank & The Winterset (”The Bairns”)
- Neon Neon (”Stainless Style”)
- Portico Quartet (”Knee-Deep In The North Sea”)
- The Last Shadow Puppets (”The Age Of The Understatement”)

http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL2289343120080722?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=10171&sp=true

Warner Music (JDS) is releasing the Led Zeppelin 40th Anniversary SHM-CD Mini-LPs on Sept. 10, 2008.

Price is approx. $248 US, plus tax and shipping.

Cardboard sleeve reissue box set from Led Zeppelin featuring all ten albums of the “Led Zeppelin 40th Anniversary SHM-CD Cardboard Sleeve Reissue Series” in the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (fully compatible with standard CD players), advanced cardboard sleeve replicas of the original UK E-style album jackets, plus six bonus cardboard sleeves including five alternate jackets for “In Through The Out Door” and one alternate jacket for “Led Zepplin I” utilizing the original ink.

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=WPCR-13142