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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 11 November 1997, by Atlantic Records. Disc one consists of material from four different 1969 BBC sessions. Disc two contains most of the 1 April 1971 concert from the Paris Theatre in London.[1] Disc three was only included in a limited run of album releases and features rare interviews from 1969, 1976/1977, and 1990.

BBC Sessions
Live album by
Led Zeppelin
Released11 November 1997 (1997-11-11)
RecordedMarch & June 1969, 1 April 1971,
London, England, UK
GenreHard rock, heavy metal, blues rock
Length149:23
197:37 (2016 reissue)
LabelAtlantic
ProducerJimmy Page
CompilerJimmy Page
Led Zeppelin chronology
The Complete Studio Recordings
(1993)		 BBC Sessions
(1997)		 The Best of Led Zeppelin
(1999/2000)
Singles from BBC Sessions
  1. "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair"
    Released: 11 November 1997

Countless bootlegs of these recordings circulated for years before the official release. This release was widely welcomed by Led Zeppelin fans as it was 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 about seven minutes of the "Whole Lotta Love" medley from 1971.[2] The album was re-released in September 2016 as The Complete BBC Sessions with further BBC recordings, including the "Sunshine Woman" session.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Blender[4]
Robert Christgau[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Pitchfork Media8.9/10[7]

Track listing



Standard edition


Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Shook Me"Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir5:14
2."I Can't Quit You Baby"Dixon4:22
3."Communication Breakdown"John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page3:12
4."Dazed and Confused"Page, inspired by Jake Holmes6:39
5."The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair"Bonham, Dixon, Sleepy John Estes, Robert Johnson, Jones, Page, Robert Plant3:00
6."What Is and What Should Never Be"Page, Plant4:20
7."Communication Breakdown"Bonham, Jones, Page2:40
8."Travelling Riverside Blues"Johnson, Page, Plant5:12
9."Whole Lotta Love"Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant6:09
10."Somethin' Else"Eddie Cochran, Sharon Sheeley2:06
11."Communication Breakdown"Bonham, Jones, Page3:05
12."I Can't Quit You Baby"Dixon6:21
13."You Shook Me"Dixon, Lenoir10:19
14."How Many More Times"Bonham, Jones, Page11:51
Total length:73:10
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Immigrant Song"Page, Plant3:20
2."Heartbreaker"Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant5:16
3."Since I've Been Loving You"Jones, Page, Plant6:56
4."Black Dog"Jones, Page, Plant5:17
5."Dazed and Confused"Page, inspired by Holmes18:36
6."Stairway to Heaven"Page, Plant8:49
7."Going to California"Page, Plant3:54
8."That's the Way"Page, Plant5:43
9."Whole Lotta Love"/"Boogie Chillun'"/"Fixin' to Die"/"That's Alright Mama"/"A Mess of Blues"Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant/John Lee Hooker/Bukka White/Arthur Crudup/Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman13:45
10."Thank You"Page, Plant6:37
Total length:76:13

The Complete Sessions edition – bonus disc


Nine recordings from a conglomerate of 1969 sessions, including "Dazed and Confused", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "You Shook Me" and "Sunshine Woman" along with two versions of both "Communication Breakdown" and "What Is and What Should Never Be" (recorded two years apart) were released on 16 September 2016, comprising a third disc of the previously two-disc BBC Sessions compilation. Eight of the nine songs were previously unreleased; "White Summer" was previously released in 1990 on the Led Zeppelin Boxed Set and the expanded 1993 reissue of Coda from The Complete Studio Recordings and Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection (2008) box sets. The lost March 1969 three-song session – by all accounts erased from its master tapes – appears on the disc sourced from a reputed AM radio recording. This session contains the oft-bootlegged, boogieing blues rocker "Sunshine Woman," a track that Zeppelin never formally released previously, and renditions of Willie Dixon's "I Can't Quit You Baby" and "You Shook Me."

Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Communication Breakdown"Bonham, Jones, Page3:00
2."What Is and What Should Never Be"Page, Plant4:14
3."Dazed and Confused"Page, inspired by Holmes11:08
4."White Summer"Page8:22
5."What Is and What Should Never Be"Page, Plant4:44
6."Communication Breakdown"Bonham, Jones, Page4:54
7."I Can't Quit You Baby"Dixon5:26
8."You Shook Me"Dixon, Lenoir4:10
9."Sunshine Woman"Bonham, Dixon, Johnson, Jones, Plant, Page3:06
Total length:48:14

Recording information


Session one
John Peel's Top Gear
Session two
Alexis Korner's Rhythm and Blues, (BBC World Service)
Session three
Chris Grant's Tasty Pop Sundae (originally commissioned for Dave Symond's Symonds On Sunday show)
Session four
John Peel's Top Gear (Double recording session)
Session five
One Night Stand
Session six
In Concert (Emcee John Peel)

Personnel


Led Zeppelin

Additional personnel


Chart positions


1997 sales chart performance for BBC Sessions
Chart (1997) Peak position
Japanese Albums Chart[8] 10
French Albums Chart[9] 38
New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Albums Chart[10] 26
Finnish Albums Chart[11] 28
Swedish Albums Chart[12] 50
UK Albums Chart[13] 23
Norwegian Albums Chart[14] 36
US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart[15] 12
Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart[16] 30
2016 sales chart performance for BBC Sessions
Chart (2016) Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 34
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[18] 32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] 12
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21] 32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 7
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[24] 11
Irish Albums (IRMA)[25] 93
Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 14
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[27] 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 21
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[29] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC)[30] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[31] 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 18
UK Albums (OCC)[33] 3
US Billboard 200[34] 21

Certifications


Sales certifications for BBC Sessions
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[35] Gold 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[37] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


Release history


Release formats for BBC Sessions
Region Date Label Format Catalog #
United States 11 November 1997 Atlantic Records 4 LP 83061-1
2 Compact Disc 83061-2
2 Cassette 83061-4
3 Compact Disc 83074-2
United Kingdom 2 Compact disc 7567-83061-2
Japan WEA Japan 2 Compact disc 11756-7

References


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  2. Lewis, Dave (2004). "BBC Sessions". Led Zeppelin: The Complete Guide to Their Music (1st ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. 76. ISBN 1-84449-141-2.
  3. BBC Sessions at AllMusic
  4. Archived November 22, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: led zeppelin". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  6. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  7. Archived February 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Top 100 Albums – 15 November 1998". Oricon. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  9. "Top 200 Albums – 22 November 1997". lescharts.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  10. "Top 50 Albums – 23 November 1997". RIANZ. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  11. "Top 40 Albums – 23 November 1997". finnishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  12. "Top 100 Albums – 28 November 1997". swedishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  13. Warwick, Neil (2004). "Led Zeppelin – 29 November 1997". The Complete Book of the British Charts (3rd ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. 627. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
  14. "Top 40 Albums – 30 November 1997". norwegiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  15. "The 200 Chart – 6 December 1997". Billboard. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  16. "RPM Albums Chart – 1 December 1997". RPM. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  17. "Australiancharts.com – Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  18. "Austriancharts.at – Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  19. "Ultratop.be – Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  20. "Ultratop.be – Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  21. "Led Zeppelin Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  22. "Dutchcharts.nl – Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  23. "Offiziellecharts.de – Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  24. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2016. 38. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  25. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 38, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  26. "Italiancharts.com – Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  27. "Weekly Foreign Albums Chart". oricn ME inc. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  28. "Charts.nz – Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  29. "Portuguesecharts.com – Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  30. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  31. "TOP 100 ALBUMES — SEMANA 38: del 16.09.2016 al 22.09.2016" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  32. "Swisscharts.com – Led Zeppelin – The Complete BBC Sessions". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  33. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  34. "Led Zeppelin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  35. "Japanese album certifications – Led Zeppelin – BBC Sessions" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1997年12月 on the drop-down menu
  36. "British album certifications – Led Zeppelin – BBC Sessions". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  37. "American album certifications – Led Zeppelin – BBC Sessions". Recording Industry Association of America.



На других языках

- [en] BBC Sessions (Led Zeppelin album)

[es] BBC Sessions (álbum de Led Zeppelin)

Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions es un triple álbum de grabaciones de estudio y de conciertos para la BBC, de la banda británica Led Zeppelin. Fue publicado el 11 de noviembre de 1997 por Atlantic Records.

[ru] BBC Sessions (альбом Led Zeppelin)

BBC Sessions — альбом британской рок-группы Led Zeppelin, выпущен 11 ноября 1997 года фирмой Atlantic Records. На диск собраны некоторые концертные и студийные записи группы, для BBC. Это первый релиз Led Zeppelin после пятнадцатилетнего перерыва. На первом диске собраны записи с четырёх различных сессий группы в BBC в 1969. Второй диск в основном собран из записей на концерте группы в Paris Theatre в Лондоне (1 апреля 1971).


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