Rare Led Zeppelin 'CODA' 1982 1st pressing with embossed sleeve Swan 79.0051-1
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Rare Led Zeppelin 'CODA' 1982 1st pressing with embossed sleeve Swan 79.0051-1. Condition is Used. Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class. This LP is an original 1982 pressing where the 'CODA' is embossed on the cover. Both the vinyl and the sleeves are in excellent condition, although there is a tiny mark on the inner sleeve, see photo. In fact, bar a couple of minor scuff marks on the sleeve, this album is in exceptional condition.
Coda is a rarities compilation album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. The album is a collection of unused tracks from various sessions during Led Zeppelin's twelve-year career. It was released in 1982, 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 the title.
The fifth Swan Song Records album for the band, Coda was released to honour contractual commitments to Atlantic Records and also to cover tax demands on previous monies earned. It cleared away nearly all of the leftover tracks from the various studio sessions of the 1960s and 1970s. The album was a collection of eight tracks spanning the length of Zeppelin's twelve-year history. Atlantic counted the release as a studio album, as Swan Song had owed the label a final studio album from the band.
Guitarist 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". As 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" (info courtesy of Wikipaedia)
Side 1 We're Gonna Groove Poor Tom I can't quit you Baby Walter's WalkSide 2 Ozone Baby Darlene Bonzo's Montreux Wearing and Tearing
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