Coda [Remastered]

by Led Zeppelin

Overview

Released two years after the 1980 death of John Bonham, Coda tied up most of the loose ends Led Zeppelin left hanging: it officially issued a bunch of tracks circulating on bootleg and it fulfilled their obligation to Atlantic Records. Coda doesn't contain every non-LP track Zeppelin released -- notably, the B-side "Hey Hey What Can I Do" and anything from the BBC sessions were left untouched (they'd be added to Coda on a 1993 CD revision of the compilation, and also appear on the major three-disc overhaul Jimmy Page masterminded in 2015) -- but it does gather much of what was floating around in the wake of their demise, including three blistering rockers that were rejected for In Through the Out Door. If "Ozone Baby," "Darlene," or "Wearing and Tearing" -- rockers that alternately cut loose, groove, and menace -- had made the cut for In Through the Out Door, that album wouldn't have had its vague progressive edge and when they're included alongside a revival of the band's early raver "We're Gonna Groove," the big-boned funk of the Houses of the Holy outtake "Walter's Walk," and the folk stomp "Poor Tom" (naturally taken from the sessions for Led Zeppelin III), they wind up underscoring the band's often underappreciated lighter side. For heaviness, there's a live version of "I Can't Quit You Baby" and "Bonzo's Montreux," a solo showcase for the departed drummer, and when this pair is added to the six doses of hard-charging rock & roll, it amounts to a good snapshot of much of what made Led Zeppelin a great band: when they were cooking, they really did groove. [Coda was remastered and re-released on CD in 2015.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/31/2015
Label:	Atlantic / Swan Song
UPC:	0081227955854
Rank:	6169

Tracks

1. We're Gonna Groove
2. Poor Tom
3. I Can't Quit You Baby
4. Walter's Walk
5. Ozone Baby
6. Darlene
7. Bonzo's Montreux
8. Wearing and Tearing

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Led Zeppelin   Primary Artist
Jimmy Page   Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Guitar
John Bonham   Drums
John Paul Jones   Bass,Piano,Guitar (Bass)
Robert Plant   Vocals,Harmonica

Technical Credits

Willie Dixon   Composer
Jimmy Page   Effects,Composer,Producer,Group Member,Electronic Treatments
James Albert Bethea   Composer
Eddie Kramer   Engineer
Ben E. King   Composer
Vic Maile   Engineer
John Bonham   Composer,Group Member
John Davis   Remastering Engineer
Peter Grant   Executive Producer
John Timperly   Engineer
Leif Masses   Engineer
James Bethea   Composer
John Timperley   Engineer
John Paul Jones   Composer,Group Member
John Walters   Producer
Mike Fraser   Mixing Engineer
Stuart Epps   Mixing Engineer
George Chkiantz   Engineer
Drew Griffiths   Engineer
Andy Johns   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Bert Berns   Composer
Leif Mases   Engineer
Robert Plant   Composer,Group Member
Robert Johnson   Composer
Ron Nevison   Engineer
Glyn Johns   Engineer
Bob Potter   Assistant Engineer