The final trio of Led Zeppelin albums may not be the most anticipated part of the band’s epic reissue programme, but fans will not be disappointed by the extra material that has been unearthed for the newly remastered versions, due on 31 July.
Rumours had long been swirling that Jimmy Page had been saving the best unissued material for the new version of Coda, the posthumous compilation issued in 1982, not least because it seemed unlikely to attract many new buyers without some revelatory new material.
Coda becomes the first album in the reissues programme to get two companion discs, featuring a previously unreleased track, Sugar Mama, from the sessions from the first Led Zeppelin album, plus recordings from the 1972 sessions in Bombay – Friends, and a version of Four Sticks entitled Four Hands. There are also early versions of When the Levee Breaks (called If It Keeps on Raining) and In the Light (called Everybody Makes It Through).
As well as Coda, Led Zeppelin will also be releasing remastered editions of 1976’s Presence and 1979’s In Through the Out Door. The companion disc to Presence features a previously unreleased intrumental, 10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod).
The full tracklisting for the companion discs is:
Presence
1 Two Ones Are Won (Achilles Last Stand – Reference Mix)
2 For Your Life (Reference Mix)
3 10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod) (Reference Mix)
4 Royal Orleans (Reference Mix)
5 Hots on for Nowhere (Reference Mix)
In Through the Out Door
1 In the Evening (Rough Mix)
2 Southbound Piano (South Bound Saurez – Rough Mix)
3 Fool in the Rain (Rough Mix)
4 Hot Dog (Rough Mix)
5 The Epic (Carouselambra – Rough Mix)
6 The Hook (All My Love – Rough Mix)
7 Blot (I’m Gonna Crawl – Rough Mix)
Coda
Disc One
1 We’re Gonna Groove (Alternate Mix)
2 If It Keeps on Raining (When the Levee Breaks – Rough Mix)
3 Bonzo’s Montreux (Mix Construction In Progress)
4 Baby Come on Home
5 Sugar Mama (Mix)
6 Poor Tom (Instrumental Mix)
7 Travelling Riverside Blues (BBC Session)
8 Hey, Hey, What Can I Do
Disc Two
1 Four Hands (Four Sticks - Bombay Orchestra)
2 Friends (Bombay Orchestra)
3 St Tristan’s Sword (Rough Mix)
4 Desire (The Wanton Song – Rough Mix)
5 Bring It on Home (Rough Mix)
6 Walter’s Walk (Rough Mix)
7 Everybody Makes It Through (In the Light – Rough Mix)
