The Holy Grail of Led Zeppelin Live Performances in a Fantastic Super Deluxe 5LP and 3CD Set: Remastered With Supervision from Jimmy Page, The Complete BBC Sessions Features Unreleased Performances, 48-Page Book, Hi-Res Download

Nearly 20 years after its original release in 1997 on disc, and more than a decade since the long-out-of-print Classic Records vinyl box set was issued, the Holy Grail of Led Zeppelin live material – the quartet's BBC Sessions – returns bigger and better than ever in a Super Deluxe Edition box set complete with 48-page book, hi-res download, and content on both 180g LP and CD. Featuring a fifth LP (and third CD) of eight previously unreleased performances and comprehensive session-by-session liner notes by Dave Lewis that for the first time provide accurate details and notes about all of the band's BBC sessions, The Complete BBC Sessions outshines any other commercially available Led Zeppelin live record. Akin to the legendary group's entire studio catalog, The Complete BBC Sessions is painstakingly remastered with supervision by the group's guitarist Jimmy Page. The dynamic sound, addition of new audio, and gorgeous book and packaging makes this Deluxe set the end-all-be-all version for all Led Zeppelin fanatics.

Musical highlights on this new, improved collection include the debut of a long-lost radio session that has achieved near-mythic status among fans. Originally broadcast in April 1969, the session includes three songs: "I Can't Quit You Baby," "You Shook Me," and the only recorded performance of "Sunshine Woman." Also included are two unreleased versions of both "Communication Breakdown" and "What Is And What Should Never Be." Separated by two years, the performances vividly demonstrate the young band's rapid evolution over a short period of time.



Jimmy Page spoke about the band's growth in an interview with Guitar World: "The BBC Sessions show in graphic detail just how organic the group was. Led Zeppelin was a band that would change things around substantially each time it played...We were becoming tighter and tighter, to the point of telepathy." Speaking with Wall of Sound, John Paul Jones added: "We'd been on the road a lot by the time those sessions were recorded. The albums were always the starting point of the music, and then we'd take it out and expand it on the road. Then we'd come straight off the road into those BBC studios.""Recalling the BBC experience in an interview with Mojo, Robert Plant said: "The whole thing was very quaint: the politeness of the audience, the technicians fumbling about, proper hallowed low-key introductions. Like there was some sort of holy moment about to occur."



Led Zeppelin continues to be honored for its pivotal role in music history. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, and a year later was awarded the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Founding members Page, Plant, and Jones, and along with Jason Bonham, the son of John Bonham - took the stage at London's O2 Arena in 2007 to headline a tribute concert for Ahmet Ertegun, a dear friend and Atlantic Records' founder. The band was honored for its lifetime contribution to American culture at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012. In January of 2014, the band won their first ever Grammy award as Celebration Day, which captured their live performance at the Ertegun tribute concert, was named Best Rock Album. The last two years saw an unprecedented reissue campaign of all nine of the band's studio albums, which achieved Top 10 chart status around the globe whilst also garnering 5-star reviews and other critical accolades along the way.