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BBC Sessions
Live album by Led Zeppelin
Released	November 11, 1997
Recorded	Disc 1: March, June 1969 Disc 2: April 1, 1971
Genre	Hard rock Folk rock Blues rock
Length	138:58
Label	Atlantic
Producer(s)	Jimmy Page
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Complete Studio Recordings (1993)	Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions (1997)	Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One (1999)

Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions is a compilation album featuring studio sessions and a live concert recorded by English rock group Led Zeppelin for the BBC. It was released on November 11, 1997 by Atlantic Records. Disc 1 consists of material from three different 1969 BBC sessions. Disc 2 contains most of the April 1, 1971 concert from the Paris Theatre in London.

Countless bootlegs of these recordings circulated for years before the official release. This release was widely welcomed by Led Zeppelin fans as the first live release since The Song Remains the Same in 1976. Others have criticized the decision to edit some of the songs and drop others that were recorded for the BBC. Most notable are one session from 1969 which included the unreleased song "Sunshine Woman," and large portions of the "Whole Lotta Love" medley from 1971.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Recording Information 3 Credits 4 See also 5 External links

1. "You Shook Me" (Dixon/Lenoir) – 5:14
2. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon) – 4:22
3. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham/Jones/Page) – 3:12
4. "Dazed and Confused" (Page) – 6:39
5. "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" (Bonham/Estes/Jones/Page/Plant) – 3:00
6. "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page/Plant) – 4:20
7. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham/Jones/Page) – 2:40
8. "Travelling Riverside Blues" (Johnson/Page/Plant) – 5:12
9. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant) – 6:09
10. "Somethin' Else" (Cochran/Sheeley) – 2:06
11. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham/Jones/Page) – 3:05
12. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon) – 6:21
13. "You Shook Me" (Dixon/Lenoir) – 10:19
14. "How Many More Times" (Bonham/Jones/Page) – 11:51

1. "Immigrant Song" (Page/Plant) – 3:20
2. "Heartbreaker" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant) – 5:16
3. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 6:56
4. "Black Dog"(Jones/Page/Plant) – 5:17
5. "Dazed and Confused" (Page) – 18:36
6. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page/Plant) – 8:49
7. "Going to California" (Page/Plant) – 3:54
8. "That's the Way" (Page/Plant) – 5:43
9. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant) – 13:45
10. "Thank You" (Page/Plant) – 6:37

Session 1: John Peel's Top Gear

• Venue: Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London
• Recording Date: Monday March 3, 1969
• Original Broadcast: Sunday March 23, 1969 (in a show with sessions from Free, the Moody Blues and Deep Purple)
• Tracks: Disk 1, 1-4
• Producer: Bernie Andrews
• Engineeer: Pete Ritzema
• Tape Operator: Bob Conduct

Session 2: Alexis Korner's Rhythm and Blues, (BBC World Service)

• Venue: Maida Vale studio 4, Delaware Road, London
• Recording Date: Wednesday March 19, 1969
• Original Broadcast: Monday April 14, 1969
• Tracks: I can't Quit you Baby, You shook me and Sunshine Woman. The first two tracks were wiped or lost by the BBC. The last was not released.
• Producer: Jeff Griffin

Session 3: Chris Grant's "Tasty Pop Sundae" (although originally commissioned for Dave Symond's Symonds On Sunday show)

• Venue: Aeolian Hall studio 2, Bond Street, London
• Recording Date: Monday June 16, 1969
• Original Broadcast: Sunday June 22, 1969
• Tracks: Disk 1, 5 & 10. The session also included Communication Breakdown and a prototype version of What is and should never be.
• Producer: Paul Williams

Session 4: John Peel's Top Gear (Double recording session)

• Venue: Maida Vale studio 4, Delaware Road, London
• Recording Date: Sunday June 29, 1969
• Original Broadcast: Sunday June 29, 1969
• Tracks: Disk 1, 6,8 & 9. Also included a version of Communication Breakdown.
• Producer: John Walters
• Engineeer: Tony Wilson

Session 5: One Night Stand

• Venue: Playhouse Theatre
• Recording Date: Friday June 27, 1969
• Original Broadcast: Sunday August 10, 1969
• Tracks: Disk 1,11-14. Also included a version of Dazed and Confused, White Summer/Black Mountain Side

Session 6: In Concert (Emcee John Peel)

• Venue: Paris Cinema, Lower Regent Street, London
• Recording Date: Thursday April 1, 1971
• Original Broadcast: Sunday April 4, 1971
• Tracks: Disk 2, all tracks. Also included a version of Communication Breakdown and What is and what should never be.
• Producer: Jeff Griffin
• Engineeer: Tony Wilson

• Led Zeppelin:
  • Jimmy Page - Electric and acoustic guitars, Mastering, Compilation Producer
  • Robert Plant - Vocals
  • John Paul Jones - Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Mandolin
  • John Bonham - Drums
• Jon Astley - Mastering
• Chris Walter - Photography
• Andie Airfix - Art Direction, Design
• Luis Rey - Liner Notes

• Queen at the Beeb

• The Garden Tapes - analysis of live tracks edits for the album

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