The Song Remains the Same (album)

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The Song Remains the Same
The Song Remains the Same cover
Live album by Led Zeppelin
Released October 22, 1976
Recorded July 27, July 28 and July 29, 1973 at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York.
Genre Hard rock
Length Disc 1: 49:06
Disc 2: 50:39
Label Swan Song Records
Producer(s) Jimmy Page
Professional reviews
Led Zeppelin chronology
Presence
(1976)
The Song Remains the Same
(1976)
In Through the Out Door
(1979)


The Song Remains the Same is the soundtrack album of the concert film by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. The recording of the album and the film took place during three nights of concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1973, during the band's Houses of the Holy tour. All songs were recorded by Eddie Kramer and later mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York and Trident Studios in London

The album was released on September 28, 1976, by Swan Song Records. The sleeve design depicted a dilapidated movie house based on Old Street Studios in London, used by the group as a rehearsal theatre prior to its 1973 tour.

The film includes "Black Dog", but not "Celebration Day". The soundtrack album includes "Celebration Day", but not "Black Dog". The film also includes "Since I've Been Loving You", the introduction to "Heartbreaker", the instrumental "Bron-Yr-Aur" (which appeared on Physical Graffiti) and a hurdy gurdy piece called "Autumn Lake", none of which feature on the album. Of the songs that both the album and the film have in common, some of the recordings featured on the album are of different performances from those in the film. Other tracks which were recorded, but omitted from both the film and the soundtrack album, include "The Ocean" and "Misty Mountain Hop". A comprehensive study of the sources of the album and the edits is available at The Garden Tapes.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "Rock and Roll" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant) – 4:03
  2. "Celebration Day" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 3:49
  3. "The Song Remains the Same" (Page/Plant) – 6:00
  4. "The Rain Song" (Page/Plant) – 8:25

[edit] Side two

  1. "Dazed and Confused" (Holmes/Page) – 26:53

[edit] Side three

  1. "No Quarter" (Jones/Page/Plant) – 12:30
  2. "Stairway to Heaven" (Page/Plant) – 10:58

[edit] Side four

  1. "Moby Dick" (Bonham/Jones/Page) – 12:47
  2. "Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham/Dixon/Jones/Page/Plant) – 14:25

[edit] Credits

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1976 Pop Albums (Billboard 200) 2

[edit] See also

The Song Remains the Same (film)

[edit] External link

  • The Garden Tapes - a study of sources of the live material and the edits for release on this album.
Led Zeppelin
Jimmy Page · Robert Plant · John Paul Jones · John Bonham
Discography - (Category)
Studio albums: Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin II · Led Zeppelin III · Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin IV) · Houses of the Holy · Physical Graffiti · Presence · In Through the Out Door

Live albums: The Song Remains the Same · BBC Sessions · How the West Was Won
Compilations: Box Set · Profiled · Remasters · Box Set 2 · Complete Studio Recordings · Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One · Latter Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two · Coda

Films
The Song Remains the Same · Led Zeppelin DVD
Other
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