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Going to California: Led Zeppelin Goes Super Deluxe with "How the West Was Won"

January 24, 2018 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

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Fifteen years ago, Led Zeppelin issued How the West Was Won, premiering performances from the band's June 25 and 27, 1972 concerts at the Los Angeles Forum and Long Beach Arena.  Now, those seminal tracks have been newly remastered under the supervision of Jimmy Page for a surprise addition to the band's Super Deluxe library - as well as in a variety of formats, all of which are due from Atlantic/Swan Song on March 23 including the first-ever Blu-ray Audio and vinyl editions.  The remastered How the West Was Won arrives in advance of the band's official 50th anniversary celebration, which will kick off this September.

How the West Was Won (a No. 1 album in the U.S. and a No. 5 in the U.K.) sequenced material from the Los Angeles and Long Beach concerts to replicate a single concert from start to finish as the band introduced songs from its then-unreleased fifth album, Houses of the Holy (which would be released nine months later), and looked back on its already-storied catalogue.  Among its 18 tracks are a 25-minute version of "Dazed and Confused," a 21-minute blues medley built around "Whole Lotta Love," and fiery takes on "Rock and Roll," "Moby Dick," "Immigrant Song," "Black Dog," and of course, "Stairway to Heaven."

The remastered How the West Was Won will be available in the following versions:

  • CD - Remastered audio on three CDs;
  • Vinyl - Remastered audio on four 180-gram vinyl LPs;
  • Blu-Ray Audio - 96kHz/24 bit 5.1 (DTS-HD Master Audio Surround) and stereo mixes (PCM Stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo);
  • Streaming & Digital Download - Remastered audio; and
  • Super Deluxe Boxed Set:

o Remastered audio on three CDs and four 180-gram vinyl LPs.
o DVD of album in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and PCM Stereo, plus photo gallery.
o High-def download card of all stereo audio content at 96kHz/24 bit.
o A book filled with rare and previously unpublished photos of the band at each of the concert locations, plus memorabilia and ephemera.
o High-quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.

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Look for all formats from Atlantic/Swan Song on March 23, and watch this space for information on further Led Zeppelin releases as the band's  50th anniversary approaches!

Led Zeppelin, How the West Was Won (Atlantic/Swan Song 83587-2, 2003 - reissued 2018)

3 CDs: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
4 Vinyl LPs: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Blu-ray Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Super Deluxe Edition (3 CD/4 LP/1 DVD):  Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

  1. LA Drone
  2. Immigrant Song
  3. Heartbreaker
  4. Black Dog
  5. Over the Hills and Far Away
  6. Since I've Been Loving You
  7. Stairway to Heaven
  8. Going to California
  9. That's the Way
  10. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
  11. Dazed and Confused/Walter's Walk/The Crunge
  12. What Is and What Should Never Be
  13. Dancing Days
  14. Moby Dick
  15. Whole Lotta Love/Boogie Chillun/Let's Have a Party/Hello Mary Lou/Going Down Slow
  16. Rock and Roll
  17. The Ocean
  18. Bring It on Home/Bring It on Back

Categories: News Formats: Blu-Ray Audio, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, DVD, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Led Zeppelin

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Patrick Shirley says

    January 24, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    It's a great listen to be sure. Sounded wonderful as is. Without anything extra I can't fathom purchasing it again.

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  2. Joe says

    January 24, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    I may consider getting the Blu-ray, but with no extra content I am content with my CD version from 2003. No need to re-buy it. I remember when this came out in June of 2003. It came out the same day as the Led Zep DVD compilation (with Royal Albert, Earls Court footage, etc,). Both the CD and DVD went to number 1 on its respective charts! Amazing for a band that, at the time, had been broken up for 23 years.

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  3. Eddie says

    January 26, 2018 at 5:43 am

    It's badly in need of remastering.

    The current version is horribly loud and compressed.

    Reply
  4. peter chrisp says

    January 30, 2018 at 6:58 pm

    Have to agree it sounded great when it first arrived way back in 2003 not sure if i will buy a second copy it would be good i guess to hear it in surround sound?

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