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{{Infobox Album | {{Infobox Album | ||
|name = BBC Sessions | |name = BBC Sessions | ||
|image = | |image = Image:LZBBCalbum1997.jpg | ||
|caption = | |caption = | ||
|type = Live album | |type = Live album | ||
|artist = | |artist = Led Zeppelin | ||
|released = | |released = 11 November 1997 (US), 18 November 1997 (UK) | ||
|recorded = <small>3 March 1969 - 1 April 1971 at<br>Playhouse Theatre, London;<br>Maida Vale Studio 4, London;<br>Aeolian Hall Studio 2, London;<br>Paris Theatre, London.</small> | |recorded = <small>3 March 1969 - 1 April 1971 at<br>Playhouse Theatre, London;<br>Maida Vale Studio 4, London;<br>Aeolian Hall Studio 2, London;<br>Paris Theatre, London.</small> | ||
|genre = Hard rock, blues rock, folk rock | |genre = Hard rock, blues rock, folk rock | ||
|language = English | |language = English | ||
|length = 153 | |length = 153 minutes 3 seconds | ||
|label = Atlantic Records | |label = Atlantic Records | ||
|catalogue = Atlantic | |catalogue = Atlantic 83061-2 (US), Atlantic 7567-83061-2 (UK) | ||
|producer = | |producer = Jimmy Page, Bernie Andrews, Jeff Griffin, Paul Williams, John Walters | ||
|engineer = Pete Ritzerma, Joe Young, Tony Wilson | |engineer = Pete Ritzerma, Joe Young, Tony Wilson | ||
}} | }} | ||
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'''''BBC Sessions''''' is a | '''''BBC Sessions''''' is a compilation album featuring live studio sessions and a broadcast concert recorded by [[England|English]] rock group Led Zeppelin for the BBC. It was released on 11 November 1997, by Atlantic Records. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
This was the first issue of previously unreleased Led Zeppelin material since the 4 remastered | This was the first issue of previously unreleased Led Zeppelin material since the 4 remastered out-takes in the early 1990s. Disc One consists of songs from four separate 1969 BBC sessions; at the Playhouse Theatre (3 March and 27 June), Maida Vale Studio 4 (24 June), and Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (16 June). Disc Two includes most of the 1 April 1971 concert from the Paris Theatre in Lower Regent Street, London.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lewis|first=Dave|year=2003|chapter=Led Zeppelin at the BBC|title=Led Zeppelin: The 'Tight but Loose' Files': Celebration II|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|pages=8|isbn=1-84449-056-4}}</ref> 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Black Dog', 'Going to California' are all performed at the Paris Theatre prior to the release of their Led Zeppelin IV|fourth album, before an invited audience. | ||
Unofficial Led Zeppelin's BBC session recordings were among the most popular bootleg items of the rock & roll era, appearing on a myriad of illegal records and CDs.<ref>{{ | Unofficial Led Zeppelin's BBC session recordings were among the most popular bootleg items of the rock & roll era, appearing on a myriad of illegal records and CDs.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Christman, Ed|title=Atlantic Zeppelin Set Has Live BBC Performances|year=1997|month=October|journal=Billboard|volume=|issue=11|pages=18|issn=0006-2510|accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref> They were all the more popular because of the lack of official Led Zeppelin live albums. This release was widely welcomed by Led Zeppelin fans as the first live release since ''The Song Remains the Same (album)|The Song Remains the Same'' in 1976. However, due to licensing issues, some of the song medleys from the original broadcasts could not be included, while the masters for the 19 March at the Maida Vale Studio 4 recording were wiped by the BBC, meaning some material such as 'Sunshine Woman' exist only as an audience bootleg.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Dave|year=2012|title=Led Zeppelin: From a Whisper to a Scream|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|pages=133|isbn=978-1-78038-547-1|oclc=782996334}}</ref> | ||
{| class= | ==Reviews== | ||
|colspan= | {|class='wikitable sortable' | ||
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!Reviewer | |||
!Country | |||
!Review | |||
!Year | |||
!Score | |||
|- | |||
|Scott Floman (''Goldmine'') | |||
|United States | |||
|Rock and Soul Album Reviews | |||
|2002 | |||
|align='center'|A- | |||
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==Track list== | |||
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|colspan='2' style='background:#ccffff'|<center>'''Album information'''</center> | |||
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Track listing: | Track listing: | ||
*Disc 1: | *Disc 1: | ||
# | #'You Shook Me' (Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir) – 5:14 | ||
# | #'I Can't Quit You Baby' (Willie Dixon) – 4:22 | ||
# | #'Communication Breakdown' (Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 3:12 | ||
# | #'Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin song)|Dazed and Confused' (Jimmy Page) – 6:39 | ||
# | #'The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, John Estes) – 3:00 | ||
# | #'What Is and What Should Never Be' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 4:20 | ||
# | #'Communication Breakdown' (Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 2:40 | ||
# | #'Travelling Riverside Blues' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) – 5:12 | ||
# | #'Whole Lotta Love' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 6:09 | ||
# | #'Somethin' Else (song)|Somethin' Else' (Bob Cochran, Sharon Sheeley) – 2:06 | ||
# | #'Communication Breakdown' (Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 3:05 | ||
# | #'I Can't Quit You Baby' (Willie Dixon) – 6:21 | ||
# | #'You Shook Me' (Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir) – 10:19 | ||
# | #'How Many More Times' (Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 11:51 | ||
*Disc 2: | *Disc 2: | ||
# | #'Immigrant Song' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 3:20 | ||
# | #'Heartbreaker (song)|Heartbreaker' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 5:16 | ||
# | #'Since I've Been Loving You' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) – 6:56 | ||
# | #'Black Dog' (Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant) – 5:17 | ||
# | #'Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin song)|Dazed and Confused' (Jimmy Page) – 18:36 | ||
# | #'Stairway to Heaven' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 8:49 | ||
# | #'Going to California' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 3:54 | ||
# | #'That's the Way' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 5:43 | ||
# | #'Whole Lotta Love' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Willie Dixon) <small>[inc. 'Boogie Chillen' (John Lee Hooker), 'Fixin' to Die' (Bukka White), 'That's Alright Mama' (Arthur Crudup), 'A Mess of Blues' (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)]</small> – 13:45 | ||
# | #'Thank You (song)|Thank You' (Page/Plant) – 6:37 | ||
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==Chart history== | ==Chart history== | ||
===Album=== | ===Album=== | ||
{| class= | {|class='wikitable sortable' | ||
!Chart (1997) | !Chart (1997) | ||
!align= | !align='center'|Peak position | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Japanese Albums Chart<ref name= | |Japanese Albums Chart<ref name='Japanese albums chart'>{{Cite web|url= http://www.oricon.co.jp/|title=Top 100 Albums - 15 November 1998|publisher=Oricon|accessdate= 2009-01-19}}</ref> | ||
|align= | |align='center'|10 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| French Albums Chart<ref name= | |French Albums Chart<ref name='France albums chart'>{{Cite web|url= http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=How+The+West+Was+Won&cat=a| title=Top 200 Albums - 22 November 1997|publisher=lescharts.com|accessdate=2009-01-19}}</ref> | ||
|align= | |align='center'|38 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Albums Chart<ref name= | |New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Albums Chart<ref name='New Zealand albums chart'>{{Cite web|url= http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a|title=Top 50 Albums - 23 November 1997|publisher=RIANZ|accessdate=2009-01-17}}</ref> | ||
|align= | |align='center'|26 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Finnish Albums Chart<ref name= | |Finnish Albums Chart<ref name='Finland albums chart'>{{Cite web|url= http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a|title= Top 40 Albums - 23 November 1997|publisher=finnishcharts.com|accessdate=2009-01-19}}</ref> | ||
|align= | |align='center'|28 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Swedish Albums Chart<ref name= | |Swedish Albums Chart<ref name='Sweden albums chart'>{{Cite web|url= http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a|title= Top 100 Albums - 28 November 1997|publisher=swedishcharts.com|accessdate=2009-01-19}}</ref> | ||
|align= | |align='center'|50 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| UK Albums Chart<ref name= | |UK Albums Chart<ref name='UK albums chart'>{{Cite book|author=Warwick, Neil|title=The Complete Book of the British Charts|edition=3rd|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2004| page=627|chapter=Led Zeppelin - 29 November 1997|isbn=1-84449-058-0}}</ref> | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| Norwegian Albums Chart<ref name= | |Norwegian Albums Chart<ref name='Norway albums chart'>{{Cite web|url= http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a|title= Top 40 Albums - 30 November 1997|publisher=norwegiancharts.com|accessdate=2009-01-19}}</ref> | ||
|align= | |align='center'|36 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| US ''Billboard'' The 200 Albums Chart<ref>{{ | |US ''Billboard'' The 200 Albums Chart<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3029009&cdi=7260519&cid=12%2F06%2F1997|title=The 200 Chart - 6 December 1997|publisher=''Billboard''|accessdate=2009-01-17}}</ref> | ||
|align= | |align='center'|12 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Canadian ''RPM'' Top 100 Chart<ref name= | |Canadian ''RPM'' Top 100 Chart<ref name='Canadian rpm chart'>{{Cite web|url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3394&volume=66&issue=13&issue_dt=December%2001%201997&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=hrg50o22lgammqcogv27ve6d95|title=RPM Albums Chart - 1 December 1997|publisher=''RPM''|accessdate=2009-01-17}}</ref> | ||
|align= | |align='center'|30 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Certifications== | ==Certifications== | ||
{|class= | {|class='wikitable sortable' | ||
! Country | !Country | ||
!align= | !align='center'|Sales | ||
!align= | !align='center'|Certification | ||
|- | |- | ||
| United Kingdom ( | |United Kingdom (British Phonographic Industry|BPI) | ||
|align= | |align='center'|150,000+ | ||
|align= | |align='center'|Gold<ref name='BPI'>[http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=27230 'BPI BBC Sessions certification' 19 December 1997]</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| United States ( | |United States (RIAA) | ||
|align= | |align='center'|2,000,000+ | ||
|align= | |align='center'|2× Multi-Platinum<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS|title=Riaa.org Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions - 7 August 2001|publisher=RIAA|accessdate=2009-01-17}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |||
===Certification history=== | |||
{|class='wikitable' | |||
!Organization | |||
!Level | |||
!Date | |||
|- | |||
|RIAA – USA | |||
|align='center'|Gold | |||
|16 December 1997 | |||
|- | |||
|RIAA – USA | |||
|align='center'|Platinum | |||
|16 December 1997 | |||
|- | |||
|RIAA – USA | |||
|align='center'|2× Platinum | |||
|7 August 2001 | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==Credits== | ==Credits== | ||
{| class= | {|class='wikitable' | ||
|colspan= | |colspan='2' style='background:#ccffcc'|<center>'''Personnel'''</center> | ||
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**John Bonham - drums, percussion, backing vocals | **John Bonham - drums, percussion, backing vocals | ||
*Production: | *Production: | ||
** | **Peter Grant – executive producer on original recordings | ||
**Bernie Andrews - producer | **Bernie Andrews - producer | ||
**Jeff Griffin - producer | **Jeff Griffin - producer | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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BBC Sessions is a compilation album featuring live studio sessions and a broadcast concert recorded by English rock group Led Zeppelin for the BBC. It was released on 11 November 1997, by Atlantic Records. OverviewThis was the first issue of previously unreleased Led Zeppelin material since the 4 remastered out-takes in the early 1990s. Disc One consists of songs from four separate 1969 BBC sessions; at the Playhouse Theatre (3 March and 27 June), Maida Vale Studio 4 (24 June), and Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (16 June). Disc Two includes most of the 1 April 1971 concert from the Paris Theatre in Lower Regent Street, London.[1] 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Black Dog', 'Going to California' are all performed at the Paris Theatre prior to the release of their Led Zeppelin IV|fourth album, before an invited audience. Unofficial Led Zeppelin's BBC session recordings were among the most popular bootleg items of the rock & roll era, appearing on a myriad of illegal records and CDs.[2] They were all the more popular because of the lack of official Led Zeppelin live albums. This release was widely welcomed by Led Zeppelin fans as the first live release since The Song Remains the Same (album)|The Song Remains the Same in 1976. However, due to licensing issues, some of the song medleys from the original broadcasts could not be included, while the masters for the 19 March at the Maida Vale Studio 4 recording were wiped by the BBC, meaning some material such as 'Sunshine Woman' exist only as an audience bootleg.[3] Reviews
Track list
Chart historyAlbum
Certifications
Certification history
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