We’re in the final throes of Led Zeppelin re-releases – a labour of love for Jimmy Page who’s overseen the extensive remastering process – which began last year.
Various rarities, alternative takes and early mixes have been issued by the band since the classic three-pronged attack of ‘Led Zeppelin‘, ‘Led Zeppelin II‘ and ‘Led Zeppelin III‘ set the ball rolling in the late spring of 2014 and now, with the final, 1982 studio album ‘Coda‘ ready to go on July 31st, a bare-bones version of ‘When The Levee Breaks’, under the working title ‘If It Keeps On Raining‘, has been premiered to UK readers of The Guardian at this link. It was recorded at London’s Island Studios in November 1970.
‘Coda’ was a ragbag collection of until-then unused material stretching back to early 1970. It was first released in November 1982, two years after the untimely death of legendary drummer John Bonham had brought the group to an abrupt end.