Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One

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Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One
Compilation album by Led Zeppelin
Released	November 23, 1999
Recorded	1969 - 1971
Genre	Rock
Length	68:09
Label	Atlantic
Producer(s)	Jimmy Page
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Led Zeppelin chronology
Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions (1997)	Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One (1999)	Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two (2000)

Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One is a compilation album by English rock group Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on November 23, 1999. These tracks are selected from the 1969 to 1972 period in the band's history. On the cover of the album, Robert Plant and John Bonham's outfits sport the American flag even though the band was British.

The album was #71 on debut on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Good Times, Bad Times" (Bonham/Jones/Page) – 2:48
2. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (Bredon) – 6:41
3. "Dazed and Confused" (Jake Holmes|Holmes)/(Page) – 6:27
4. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham/Jones/Page) – 2:29
5. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham/Dixon/Jones/Page/Plant) – 5:34
6. "What Is and What Should Never Be" (Page/Plant)– 4:44
7. "Immigrant Song" (Page/Plant) – 2:25
8. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page/Plant/Jones) – 7:24
9. "Black Dog" (Page/Plant/Jones) – 4:54
10. "Rock and Roll" (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham) – 3:41
11. "The Battle of Evermore" (Page/Plant) – 5:52
12. "When the Levee Breaks" (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham/Memphis Minnie/Kansas Joe McCoy) – 7:08
13. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page/Plant) – 8:02

[edit] Credits

• Jimmy Page - Acoustic and electric guitars, producer
• Robert Plant - Vocals and harmonica
• John Paul Jones - Bass guitar, keyboards, and mandolin
• John Bonham - Drums and percussion
• Sandy Denny - Vocals on "Battle of Evermore"

[edit] Additional notes

Enhanced CD contains a promo video for the studio version of "Communication Breakdown", matched to television footage from Sweden 1969.

On the compilation, the first four songs were originally released on the band's eponymous debut, the next two on Led Zeppelin II, the next two from Led Zeppelin III, and the final five from their untitled fourth album.

Catalogue: Atlantic 7567832682

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