CODA

It’s brilliant. Vinyl sounds excellent, this album only about 34 mins consists of eight cast off tracks from other albums. They are raw and as expected with Zep great to test the speakers with. It’s one of my favourite Zepelin albums, rock “n” roll at its finest!

Of all of the Led Zeppelin albums this one is the most misunderstood one, from why it existed and it's title and what the tracks represented and a lot of this came from the music critics failing to grasp and understand any of it back in the day, no surprise there as Led Zeppelin had a very justified dislike of reviewers and critics from the early years, a typical early example when Jimmy Page read a review of a gig werein the reviewer wrote about what the band were wearing and precious little about the performance he likened it to reviewing a classical concert and reviewing the conductors footware I read the Zeppelin review myself ( yep, I'm that old) and Jimmy was absolutely correct using that metaphoric comparison, Throughout Led Zeppelins career they avoided interviews as much as possible and refused to appear on tv apart from the now famous appearance on Danish tv ( for modern listeners a big thumbs up for YouTube for showing it) . The first thing the critics got wrong was that the tracks were outtakes or some sort of demo track, two tracks: " I can't quit you baby" and " bonzo's montreux" were not intended for inclusion in previous albums the remaining 6 tracks were completed tracks that were left out during the bands formulating the final content of an album and due to the constraints back then of available recording times on vinyl some tracks inevitably had to be left out, this was a common practice for many bands then but the critics labelled " Coda " as an outtakes and not for public listening, I read everything back then in the music press and this crap reporting signalled the end of my purchasing the music rags such as Sounds, Melody maker and the worst one New musical express. " I can't quit you baby " was actually a sound check rehearsal and Led Zeppelin were well known at least in the music industry to perform complete tracks and do so until it came together seamlessly, therefore any sound check would only ever have been saved if it was good enough to listen to again, " Bonzo's montreux " was a studio mix and compilation by Jimmy Page after Bonzo's passing away and is a tribute to him and that's why it's on "Coda " not some sort of a " novelty " track as some of those critics would've had you to believe back then, now the album title..."Coda " the critics absolutely jumped on this one! This is were they showed complete ignorance of musical terms, their meanings and music in general. To them it simply meant -the end. A final conclusion that conveniently brought together the last scraps of whatever was left in the Zeppelin music vaults, one critic even claimed this was true because Led Zeppelin pretty much used up virtually everything available to them recording their albums and this critic agreed with his fellow critics that therefore this album had to be outtakes and stuff not good enough for the light of day, well, since then there's been plenty of stuff in the Vaults that was recorded that is coming to light: Knebworth, Earls court, the BBC concerts now what's with "Coda " ? It's a musical term that means an end but not THE end, it also means a revisit of past musical themes combined with some variation this is why " Coda " is such a great title here you have an album that symbolises the end of the band whilst revisiting it's past and having a variation to the theme in this case " bonzo's montreux " clearly too clever for those critics whom none of them had the nounce to look up the term in a dictionary before they hacked away at thir typewriters when I originally bought " Coda " I really liked it particularly the live performance of " I can't quit you baby " as back when they performed at Knebworth I had a ticket to go but due to illness I had to give it away and at the time there was always going to be another chance, sadly it was not to be, I did see " The song remains the same" 3 evenings running at the local cinema and have the cd, VHS and dvd of it ( my vinyl copy wore out eventually) I STILL like "Coda " but wanted it as near as possible to the vinyl release and being in a digipack it's as close as I'm ever going to get as I'm not planning on going back to vinyl anytime soon.

The best of the Deluxe Reissues by a mile. The original album still sounds decidedly sketchy, although there are underrated tracks on it such as 'Darlene'. However, the extras contain some really pleasant surprises from across the breadth of their career, and the price is almost worth it alone for the mixes on Disc 2 and the superb 'Travelling Riverside Blues' (from a BBC session), and 'Hey, Hey, What Can I Do'. The Bombay Orchestra tracks on Disc 3 will not be to all fans' tastes, but I found them intriguing. If you thought 'Coda' was just a contractual rush job, and a somewhat inglorious end to Led Zeppelin's career, this Jimmy Page re-issue just about redeems it. I would guess that even Robert Plant would be quite happy with it.

I do think that this deluxe release is the most interesting and the most improved release of the entire catalogue but the caveats are that it was a truly awful release in the first place and the other deluxe issues don`t exactly set the bar high regarding the ahem "companion" disc material. Firstly to recap the deluxe reissues - Led Zep I is well worth it for the extra live concert from Paris, Led Zep II the extras disc is a waste of time, Led Zep III has some interesting moments so worth the 2 disc set, IV just get the single disc as the extras are garbage. I have yet to hear the other extras on Presence Graffiti and Out Door...so onto Coda. It was the only album I haven`t kept either on vinyl or CD as it was originally 30 minutes of outtakes from sessions for the first album, III and In through the Out Door, released in 1982 a full 2 years after the death of John Bonham - I mean it was barely more an EP and compared to properly conceived albums it was rubbish. A clear contractual obligation release! So I still dont think too much of the remaster as the original album is so uneven but track by track..... Track 1 We`re gonna groove is an excellent track which Jimmy Page took from a live version recorded at Royal Albert Hall in Jan 1970, overdubbing lead guitars and enhancing the vocals and drums for Coda - a studio version was originally going to be recorded for Zep II so this is essential stuff!! This track is repeated on the first Companion disc and despite it being a different mix it sounds pretty identical to me Track 2 Poor Tom is a track from Led Zep III 1970 sessions and was left off the album for a reason - here it sounds unbalanced as the drums are too dominant and guitars pushed back in the mix but anyway its a second rate song tho essential for completists. Some reviewers seem to like it....Emperors New Clothes! Track 3 is I can`t Quit you baby another overdubbed live track from probably June 1969 at an earlier Royal Albert Hall concert - its a great early version. Track 4 Walters Walk stands alone as being a bit odd in that it is credited as a 1972 recording for Houses Of the Holy but the guitar and vocals sound much more like a later recording and it may have had an overdub for the Coda album release. Again interesting but not a great track. Track 5 Ozone Baby is the first of 3 fully worked up tracks for the 1978 Out Door sessions left off for time constraint and is not bad at all - a bit repetitive and noticeably jagged sloppy guitar solo from heroin soaked Jimmy. Track 6 Darlene from the 1978 sessions is an excellent and interesting rockabilly tune with extensive piano from I presume JPJ. Essential! Track 7 Bonzo`s Montreux is a drum solo track taken from a live rehearsal before a concert in Montreux in 1976 and Jimmy Page added annoying electronic effects later for Coda - it should be noted that track 3 on the first Companion disc has an earlier recording of this which is MUCH better than the Coda version! Track 8 Wearing and Tearing is the final track from the 1978 Stockholm sessions and is the most obviously affected by the New Wave/Punk explosion and therefore points the way towards where they might have been going if Bonzo hadnt died. So a 33 minute mixed bag of odds and ends which left me unimpressed at the time but now there`s two more discs to go!! Deep Breath..... Companion disc 1 - Track 1 is an alternate mix of the excellent We`re Gonna groove on Coda but sounds the same to me. Track 2 If it keeps on raining - an early take on When the Levee breaks which has excited a lot of people but it is firmly in the interesting but much worse category - it is very different with low key vocals and quiet guitars and drums but prominent bass - for completists. Track 3 Bonzo`s Montreux - I covered this earlier - its an earlier mix of the rehearsal drum solo but missing later additions and some of discordant high sounds - so much more propulsive and powerful. But it is a drum solo!! Nuff said. Track 4 Baby Come on Home - ah now we`re striking gold- a soul ballad from 1968 sessions so early that the tape canister was labelled “The Yardbirds” and was thought lost until allegedly found in a bin outside Olympic Studios in 1991. Page plays a Leslie guitar with Jones on piano and Hammond organ.....essential!! Tho I can see why it didn`t sit with the other tracks on the first album. Track 5 Sugar Mama is from those same 1968 sessions for the first album and an essential funky piece of history. Track 6 is an instrumental version of Poor Tom from Coda - still suffers from the guitars being too low in the mix but maybe Jimmy was highlighting the drums.... still not worth it in my view. Track 7 Travelling riverside blues - from a John Peel session in 1969 - an excellent track but seems identical to that on the BBC sessions album which I already have in its correct context with the other tracks! Track 8 Hey Hey What can I do - originally a B Side of the Immigrant song recorded in 1970 - and it stylistically bridges Led Zeppelin II and III perfectly - brilliant!! Nearly there!! Now Companion disc 2!! Track 1 Four Hands - the first of 2 tracks recorded with the Bombay Orchestra - an instrumental take of Four sticks which is interesting to listen to once but never again. Track 2 is the Bombay Orchestra with Page on guitar and Plant doing an eastern wail of Friends - hmm not my cup of chai at all but if you liked their later world music experimentation then you might value it. Track 3 is a studio Jam of an instrumental track called St Tristan`s sword from Led Zep III sessions which is the type of thing they did in the middle of songs live to extend improvisation. InterEsting but not essential listening. Track 4 Desire is an early version of the Wanton Song again interesting but adds nothing really. Track 5 Bring it on home is again an early version of Bring it on home without the slow blues progression intro so not essential after first listen. Track 6 is an instrumental version of Walters walk from the Coda disc - so straight into the reject pile for me! Track 7 Everybody makes it through is an early version of Graffiti`s In the Light and doesn`t add anything in my view. So in Summary Coda originally was an appallingly short and inconsistent ragbag but with the extra discs we now can construct a halfway decent testament to the development of this incredible band but there is still a frustrating load of complete garbage to remove. I will rip the essential tracks to my phone and once the filler is removed I will also burn a single CD!

The Led Zeppelin reissue campaign ends with presence, in through the outdoor and CODA. Out of these three, Coda is the album I would recommend anyone to get the deluxe edition, whether it be the cd, vinyl or super deluxe box set. In the deluxe edition, you get not one, but two bonus disks/ lps featuring alternative tracks, out takes and rough mixes. It also includes a few finished, yet unreleased songs. The highlight of the bonus material is two songs that were done in 1972 with the Bombay orchestra when Robert Plant and Jimmy Page visited. There is also the unreleased 'St tristian's sword' and instrumental from the Led Zeppelin III sessions. Never bootlegged, heard or described by the general public until now, it's a great little jam session. The songs from the 1990's release of coda make a return, with the exception of white summer. There is also 'Sugar Mama', a song from the Led Zeppelin I sessions. It's a fun little song, but it's obvious why it was left off the debut album. There are also some other surprises which I won't spoil, so you will have to buy it to hear the last tracks In conclusion, the 2015 deluxe edition of CODA is the highlight of the reissues. If you're a fan of Led Zeppelin, then you will enjoy this a lot.

In terms of packaging, quality and value I think this should get 5 stars, Jimmy Page has done a first class job, with attention to detail. I'm a Zep fan, so slightly biased, but will admit Coda is not their greatest material, but Led Zeppelin never did anything bad and most of these left overs are actually really good, especially Wearing and Tearing, which was so relevant at the time. I remember playing that at work over twenty years ago and this guy who was a big Punk fan really liked it (he couldn't believe it was Led Zeppelin), it's such a shame they didn't get the single out. It completes the collection and the extra tracks on the Deluxe version make this even more complete.

Magnificent! The real deal! CODA companion discs are nothing but the most valuable amongst the whole reissues releases! If you're doubtful, just check the track list of both companion discs. For those who claim that Zepp's posthumous album is nothing but a bunch of sloppy leftovers, this box wil take this toll on them! Imho, "Four Hands (Four Sticks)" and "Friends" themselves, featuring the Bombay Orchestra, are worth the box. Every penny is well spent here. Moreover, the art/booklet is nothing but one of a kind! In Jimmpy Page we trust! Cheers!

Led Zeppelin reissue of the Coda album. Not their best album, I must admit it took me a long time to buy the album, just to complete my collection when it first came out in CD format. Now I am buying it purely for the two extra CDs with the out-takes. There is two extra discs with this album, maybe a reflection on the quality of the original album. From the extras some good cuts going way back prior to the Coda album, 'If it Keeps on Raining', 'Travelling Riverside Blues', 'Four Hands - [Four Stick]s', 'Friends', 'Everybody Makes it Through - [In the Light]' and a belter of a rough cut of 'Bring it on Home'. A bit of a mixed bag but no doubt a pleasure for die hard fans, not one for anyone new to Led Zep.

Ótimo disco, capa dupla, para apreciar vários períodos da banda

Super, wznowione,wydanie, polecam!

Edición magnífica remasterizada. Imprescindible

CD set arrived in excellent condition and within the scheduled time frame. As for the contents of the CD, as the last studio release from Led Zeppelin, this deluxe version's 3 CDs show the band over their full career, with good songs that just didn't quite fit in at the time of of their normal albums. These LZ leftovers compare well with the what they did put out normally, and in some cases show how wide ranging their interests in music actually were.

Um es gleich vorweg zu nehmen: Die 2015er Neufassung von Coda ist ein Knaller und der absolute Höhepunkt der 2014/2015 Remasters Serie aller Led Zeppelin Studioalben! Alle Wiederveröffentlichungen haben einen deutlich verbesserten Sound sowie einige unveröffentlichte Highlights (alternative Mixes zumeist, einige Instrumentalversionen, gelegentlich auch alternative Takes und ganz wenige neue Stücke) auf den Bonus Discs bzw. Companion Discs. Aber die neue Coda bietet eine reiche Fülle bisher offiziell nicht erhältlicher Raritäten: Auf zwei Bonus CDs werden insgesamt 15 bisher unveröffentlichte Aufnahmen geboten, unveröffentlichte / neue Songs, alternative Takes und Mixes, und die meisten davon haben es in sich! Deshalb hier mal ein etwas ausführlicherer Review: Disc 1: Das Originalalbum von 1982, wie alle anderen Studioalben der Reissue Serie mit transparenterem Sound. Bessere Stereo-Separation und tendeziell mehr Bass und Schlagzeug als auf dem 82er Original Release. Highlights: Der poppige Heavy-Rocker "Ozone Baby" aus den 1978er In Through The Out Door Sessions, sowie "Wearing and Tearing" - Led Zeppelin goes Punk-Metal, ebenfalls von 1978. Beide Songs haben deutlich mehr Energie als alles was auf In Through The Out Door 1979 veröffentlicht wurde. Disc 2: Einige Songs, die zuvor nicht auf den regulären Studioalben veröffenlicht wurden, die aber in dem einen oder anderen Box Set schon erhältlich waren: "Baby Come On Home" (1968), "Travelling Riverside Blues" (BBC, 1969) und "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" (1970). Deutlich unterschiedliche Mixes von Original Coda Songs wie "We're Gonna Groove" (1970), "Bonzo's Montreux" (1976) und "Poor Tom" (1970, Instrumental). Das bislang völlig unveröffentlichte "Sugar Mama" (1968, psychedelic Blues Jam von den Sessions fürs erste Album). Highlight: "If It Keeps On Raining" (1970), eine frühe, völlig anders klingende, Uptempo-Version von "When The Levee Breaks" mit fantastischen Basslines und Drumgrooves. Disc 3: Höhepunkt des neuen Coda Sets und der gesamten Reissue Reihe. Zunächst gibt es zwei Tracks von den 72er Sessions mit indischen Musikern in Bombay, "Friends" und "Four Sticks" (Instrumental). Insbesondere "Friends" ist exotischer und interessanter als alle (durchaus gelungenen) World Music Experimente von Page und Plant Jahrzehnte später auf "No Quarter - Unledded". Plant's Gesang in Kombination mit den indischen Instrumenten klingt wie Musik von einem anderen Stern - außerirdisch! "St. Tristan's Sword" ist eine schnelle, rockige Instrumentalnummer von 1970 mit langem, sehr gutem Gitarrensolo, und (besonders gegen Ende) sehr hohem Tempo. Mit Gesang hätte der Song das Zeug zum Zeppelin Klassiker gehabt, vielleicht mein Favorit auf Disc 3. Dann "Desire", ein früher Rohmix von "The Wanton Song" aus dem Jahr 1974. Clavinet statt Bass, laute, harte Drums und ein unbearbeiteter, roher Gesang - exzellente Alternativ-Version! "Bring It On Home", das nächste Highlight, hier nur der harte, rockige Mittelteil des Songs von 1969, ohne das bluesige Intro und Outro. Klingt mehr wie eine Live-Aufname, extrem rauer Sound, improvisierte Vocals und Bonham am Schlagzeug völlig außer Rand und Band. "Walter's Walk" als Instrumental, noch heavier und kürzer als die Fassung mit Gesang auf Disc 1. "Everybody Makes It Through" ist eine Zwischenversion irgendwo zwischen der ganz frühen Fassung von der Physical Graffiti Companion Disc und der finalen Fassung von "In The Light". Keyboard Sounds der finalen Version kombiniert mit Vocals der Urfassung, dazu zusätzlich noch schräge, mittelalterlich klingende Keyboardmotive. Die Entwicklung eines komplexen Stückes wie "In The Light" wird mit dieser weiteren Version nun komplett nachvollziehbar. Highlights: Die gesamte Disc 3, eine absolute Entdeckung und eine echte Zeitreise durch die Musik von Led Zeppelin. Mit Abstand das Beste was die 2014/2015 Remaster Serie zu bieten hat, unbedingt empfehlenswert.