LED ZEPPELIN BBC Sessions (Classic Records) RARE 1997 US 1st Pressing MINT

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LED ZEPPELIN BBC Sessions (Classic Records SD 83061 1) RARE 1997 US 1st Pressing MINT

As-new copy of the Led Zeppelin live set "BBC Sessions", released on Classic Records (November 1997). This is the original first edition featuring 180 grams vinyl, not the 2005 reissue.

Led Zeppelin live in concert at BBC Studios and the Playhouse Theatre, London (1969), as well as the Paris Theater, London in early April, 1971.

"For anyone who hadn't heard the recordings, the mystique of Zeppelin's BBC sessions was somewhat mystifying, but the official 1997 release of the 4-LP BBC Sessions offered revelations for any fan who hadn't yet heard this music. While some collectors will be dismayed by the slight trimming on the "Whole Lotta Love Medley," almost all of the group's sessions are included here, and they prove why live Led Zeppelin was the stuff of legend. The 1969 sessions, recorded shortly after the release of the first album, are fiery and dynamic, outstripping the studio record for sheer power. Early versions of "You Shook Me," "Communication Breakdown," "What Is and What Should Never Be," and "Whole Lotta Love" hit harder than their recorded counterparts, while covers of Sleepy John Estes' "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair," Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside Blues," and Eddie Cochran's "Something Else" are welcome additions to the Zeppelin catalog, confirming their folk, blues, and rockabilly roots as well as their sense of vision. 

Led Zeppelin's grand vision comes into sharper relief on discs three and four, which are comprised of their 1971 sessions. They still have their primal energy, but they're more adventurous, branching out into folk, twisted psychedelia, and weird blues-funk. Certainly, BBC Sessions is the kind of album that will only appeal to fans, but anyone who's ever doubted Zeppelin's power or vision will be set straight with this record." - Steven Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com

- A few minute specks of storage wear on the back cover only, as shown.

 MINT(-) COVERS in unhandled, perfect condition.

- Original lightly laminated record sleeves, still in their original plastic outers. 

- All records in MINT polylined inner sleeves.

- Also includes the original insert/track listing in MINT(-) condition.

MINT(-) RECORDS in absolutely as-new condition.

- All four records were played exactly once when copying to hard-disc.

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