Led Zeppelin recorded five sessions for the BBC in 1969, as well as a live performance in 1971, but when they were originally collated for release in 1997, some tracks weren’t included. This remastered reissue restores almost all the missing material (save around seven minutes of a Whole Lotta Love/ old blues standards medley), including a dazzling 11-minute take on Dazed and Confused. But of greater interest to aficionados are the three tracks from a session recorded for Alexis Korner in March 1969, long presumed to be lost, featuring the only recorded version of Sunshine Woman. Perhaps it’s no surprise that the band didn’t return to its unremarkable bluesy boogie. Almost everything else, however, is a treat, the successive iterations of Communication Breakdown and Dazed… showcasing the evolving chemistry of one of Britain’s greatest ever bands.
