The Compact Disc edition contains the same track listing and order as the vinyl release, with disc one comprising sides one, two and three; disc two being sides four, five, and six; disc three being sides seven, eight, and nine; and disc four being final three.

Sales chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	48
US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart	18
Japanese Albums Chart	17
Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart	16
Australian ARIA Top 50 Album Charts	46

Sales certifications

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog #
United States	7 September 1990	Atlantic Records Atlantic Records Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...	6LP (33 rpm)	82144-1
			4 Compact Disc Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	82144-2
			4 Cassette	82144-4
United Kingdom			4 Compact Disc	7567-82144-2
France
Germany
Japan				AMCY-170/3
Germany	1990	East West Records East West Records East West Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under WMG's Independent Label Group.-History:...		7567-80566-2

Personnel

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

• John Bonham
  John Bonham
  John Henry Bonham was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast right foot, distinctive sound, and "feel" for the groove...
  
   – Drums and percussion.
• John Paul Jones
  John Paul Jones (musician)
  John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...
  
   – Bass guitar, keyboards, and mandolin.
• Jimmy Page
  Jimmy Page
  James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
  
   – Acoustic and electric guitars, producer, remastering, and digital remastering.
• Robert Plant
  Robert Plant
  Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...
  
   – Vocals and harmonica.

Additional musicians

• Sandy Denny
  Sandy Denny
  Sandy Denny , born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention...
  
   – vocals on "The Battle of Evermore"
• Ian Stewart
  Ian Stewart (musician)
  Ian Andrew Robert Stewart was a Scottish keyboardist, co-founder of The Rolling Stones and inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
  
   – piano on "Rock and Roll"

Production

• Bob Alford – photography
• Yves Beauvais – producer
• Bruce Buchanan – engineering
  Audio engineering
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• Richard Creamer – photography
• Cameron Crowe
  Cameron Crowe
  Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American screenwriter and film director. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes....
  
   – liner notes
  Liner notes
  Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...
  
  
• Jim Cummins – photography
• Chris Dreja
  Chris Dreja
  Chris Dreja was the rhythm guitarist, and later bassist, in the 1960s British band, The Yardbirds.-Early life:...
  
   – photography
• Robert Ellis – photography
• Larry Fremantle – design
• Peter Grant – executive producer
  Executive producer
  An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
  
  
• Jeff Griffin – producer
• Bob Gruen – photography
• Chris Houston – engineering
• Richard "Hutch" Hutchison – design co-ordinator
• Neil Jones – photography
• John Kubick – digital transfers
• Kurt Loder
  Kurt Loder
  Kurt Loder is an American film critic, author, columnist, and television personality. He served in the 1980s as editor at Rolling Stone, during a tenure that Reason later called "legendary". He has contributed to articles in Reason, Esquire, Details, New York, and Time. He has also made cameos on...
  
   – liner notes
• Janet Macoska – photography
• John Mahoney – Programming
  Programming (music)
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   and engineering ("Moby Dick"/"Bonzo's Montreux")
• George Marino – remastering
  Audio mastering
  Mastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
  
   and digital remastering
• Jennifer Moore – photography and imaging
• Terry O'Neil – photography
• Robert Palmer – liner notes
• Barry Plummer – photography
• Neal Preston – photography
• Michael Putland – photography
• Rhonda Schoen – digital editing and transfers
• Peter Simon – photography
• Pennie Smith
  Pennie Smith
  Pennie Smith is an English photographer, known for having photographed several rock musicians. She specialises in black-and-white photography.Smith attended Twickenham Art school in the late 1960s, studying graphics and fine art...
  
   – photography
• Jay Thompson – photography
• Chris Walter – photography
• Tony Wilson – engineering ("Travelling Riverside Blues" and "White Summer")
• Chris Wroe – photography and imaging
• Neil Zlozower – photography

External links

• Atlanticrecords.com announcement