Led Zeppelin have added another disc of recordings to its BBC Sessions compilation, reissuing it with extra goodies as The Complete BBC Sessions this month.
The legendary rock group will release updated versions of their acclaimed recordings The Complete BBC Sessions in three formats – 3CD, 5LP or 3CD/5LP - on September 16. These recordings selected from the band’s appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971, will appear on an updated version of the collection that’s been newly remastered with supervision by guitarist Jimmy Page and expanded with eight unreleased BBC recordings, including three rescued from a “lost” session from 1969. The Complete BBC Sessions is available to pre-order now.
We recently revealed one of those unreleased recordings taken from the new third disc - a version of "Communication Breakdown" recorded in 1971 for the John Peel Sunday In Concert programme. Now comes, "Sunshine Woman", a bluesy groover with plenty of honky tonk piano that has never been officially released.
Hear the only recorded performance of this very rare Led Zeppelin track here...
As with Led Zeppelin's previous catalogue reissues, The Complete BBC Sessions will be available in a variety of formats. There's the three-CD deluxe edition, which contains the unreleased recordings mentioned above, but there will also be a 5-LP vinyl, 180-gram edition, a Digital release and a beautifully presented Super Deluxe Edition. The Super duper version contains all the contents of the other versions, as well as a 48-page book featuring photos and details on the recording sessions and a limited edition print of the original album cover. Read more here. If this is tickling your collector's bone, take a look at the "unboxing" video...
