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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| Name = BBC Sessions
| name = BBC Sessions
| Type = Live
| type = live
| Longtype =
| artist = [[Led Zeppelin]]
| Artist = [[Led Zeppelin]]
| cover = Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions.jpg
| Cover = Led zeppelin bbc sessions cover.jpg
| alt = Line drawings of Led Zeppelin
| Released = 11 November 1997
| released = {{start date|1997|11|17|df=yes}}
| Recorded = [[#Recording information|March and June 1969, 1 April 1971]], [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
| recorded = [[#Recording information|March & June 1969, 1 April 1971]], {{-}} London, England, UK
| studio =
| Genre = [[Hard rock]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[blues rock]], [[folk rock]]
| Length = 138:58
| genre =
*[[Hard rock]]
| Language = [[English language|English]]
*[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
*[[blues rock]]
| Producer = [[Jimmy Page]]
| length = 149:23<br />197:37 (2016 reissue)
<!-- Don't add reviews to the infobox, the reviews parameter has been deprecated. -->
| Compiler = [[Jimmy Page]]
| label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| Chronology = [[Led Zeppelin]] live album
| producer = [[Jimmy Page]]
| compiler = Jimmy Page
| Last album = ''[[The Song Remains the Same (album)|The Song Remains the Same]]''<br />(1976)
| prev_title = [[The Complete Studio Recordings (Led Zeppelin album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]
| This album = '''''BBC Sessions'''''<br />(1997)
| prev_year = 1993
| Next album = ''[[How the West Was Won (Led Zeppelin album)|How the West Was Won]]''<br />(2003)
| next_title = [[The Best of Led Zeppelin]]
| next_year = 1999/2000
}}
}}
'''''BBC Sessions''''' is a [[compilation album]] featuring studio sessions and a live concert recorded by English [[rock group]] [[Led Zeppelin]] for the [[BBC]]. It was released on 17 November 1997, by [[Atlantic Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/730-2162-2|title=BPI}}</ref> Disc one consists of material from four different 1969 BBC sessions. Disc two contains most of the 1 April 1971 concert from the [[Paris Theatre]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Lewis |first=Dave |year=2003 |title=Led Zeppelin: The 'Tight but Loose' Files': Celebration II |chapter=Led Zeppelin at the BBC |edition=1st |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |location=London |page=8 |isbn=1-84449-056-4}}</ref> Disc three was only included in a limited run of album releases and features rare interviews from 1969, 1976/1977, and 1990.
{{Album ratings

| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
Countless [[Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings|bootlegs]] of these recordings circulated for years before the official release. This release was widely welcomed by Led Zeppelin fans as it was the first live release since ''[[The Song Remains the Same (album)|The Song Remains the Same]]'' in 1976. Others have criticized the decision to edit some of the songs and drop others that were recorded for the BBC. Most notable are one session from 1969 which included the unreleased song "Sunshine Woman", and about seven minutes of the "[[Whole Lotta Love]]" medley from 1971.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewis |first=Dave|title=Led Zeppelin: The Complete Guide to Their Music|edition=1st|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2004|page=76|chapter=BBC Sessions|isbn=1-84449-141-2}}</ref> The album was re-released in September 2016 as '''''The Complete BBC Sessions''''' with further BBC recordings, including the "Sunshine Woman" session.
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r318040|label=BBC Sessions}}</ref>

{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r318040|label=BBC Sessions}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2236 {{Dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref>
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2236] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122232858/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2236 |date=November 22, 2005 }}</ref>
| rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev3score = {{Rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=led+zeppelin |title=Robert Christgau: CG: led zeppelin |first=Robert |last=Christgau |work=robertchristgau.com |accessdate=8 August 2011}}</ref>
| rev3score = {{Rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=led+zeppelin |title=Robert Christgau: CG: led zeppelin |first=Robert |last=Christgau |work=robertchristgau.com |access-date=8 August 2011}}</ref>
| rev4 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev4 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
| rev4score = (8.9/10)<ref>http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19320-bbc-sessions {{Dead link|date=August 2011}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev5score = 8.9/10<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19320-bbc-sessions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212120710/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19320-bbc-sessions |date=February 12, 2008 }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Huxley |first=Peter |date=December 1997 |title=Airwave To Heaven |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |page=95 |issue=7}}</ref>

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}}
'''''BBC Sessions''''' is a [[compilation album]] featuring studio sessions and a live concert recorded by [[England|English]] [[rock group]] [[Led Zeppelin]] for the [[BBC]]. It was released on 11 November 1997, by [[Atlantic Records]]. This was the first release of new Led Zeppelin material in seven years. Disc 1 consists of material from four different 1969 BBC sessions. Disc 2 contains most of the 1 April 1971 concert from the [[Paris Theatre]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite book | author= Lewis, Dave| title=Led Zeppelin: The 'Tight but Loose' Files': Celebration II| edition=1st | location=London| publisher= [[Omnibus Press]] | year=2003| page=8| chapter=Led Zeppelin at the BBC| isbn=1-84449-056-4}}</ref> Disc 3 was only included in a limited run of album releases and features rare interviews from 1969, 1976/1977, and 1990.


== Track listing ==
Countless [[Led Zeppelin bootleg recordings|bootleg]]s of these recordings circulated for years before the official release. This release was widely welcomed by Led Zeppelin fans as the first live release since ''[[The Song Remains the Same (album)|The Song Remains the Same]]'' in 1976. Others have criticized the decision to edit some of the songs and drop others that were recorded for the BBC. Most notable are one session from 1969 which included the unreleased song "Sunshine Woman," and about 7 minutes of the "[[Whole Lotta Love]]" medley from 1971.<ref>{{cite book | author= Lewis, Dave| title=Led Zeppelin: The Complete Guide to Their Music| edition=1st | location=London| publisher= Omnibus Press | year=2004| page=76| chapter=BBC Sessions| isbn=1-84449-141-2}}</ref>
=== Standard edition ===
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc one
| title1 = [[You Shook Me]]
| writer1 = [[Willie Dixon]], [[J. B. Lenoir]]
| length1 = 5:14
| title2 = [[I Can't Quit You Baby]]
| writer2 = Dixon
| length2 = 4:22
| title3 = [[Communication Breakdown]]
| writer3 = [[John Bonham]], [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]], [[Jimmy Page]]
| length3 = 3:12
| title4 = [[Dazed and Confused (Jake Holmes song)|Dazed and Confused]]
| writer4 = Page, inspired by [[Jake Holmes]]
| length4 = 6:39
| title5 = [[The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair]]
| writer5 = Bonham, Dixon, [[Sleepy John Estes]], [[Robert Johnson]], Jones, Page, [[Robert Plant]]
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 = [[What Is and What Should Never Be]]
| writer6 = Page, Plant
| length6 = 4:20
| title7 = Communication Breakdown
| writer7 = Bonham, Jones, Page
| length7 = 2:40
| title8 = [[Travelling Riverside Blues#Led Zeppelin version|Travelling Riverside Blues]]
| writer8 = Johnson, Page, Plant
| length8 = 5:12
| title9 = [[Whole Lotta Love]]
| writer9 = Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant
| length9 = 6:09
| title10 = [[Somethin' Else (Eddie Cochran song)|Somethin' Else]]
| writer10 = [[Eddie Cochran]], [[Sharon Sheeley]]
| length10 = 2:06
| title11 = Communication Breakdown
| writer11 = Bonham, Jones, Page
| length11 = 3:05
| title12 = I Can't Quit You Baby
| writer12 = Dixon
| length12 = 6:21
| title13 = You Shook Me
| writer13 = Dixon, Lenoir
| length13 = 10:19
| title14 = [[How Many More Times]]
| writer14 = Bonham, Jones, Page
| length14 = 11:51
| total_length = 73:10
}}


==Track listing==
{{Track listing
;Disc one
| headline = Disc two
| title1 = [[Immigrant Song]]
#"[[You Shook Me]]" ([[Willie Dixon|Dixon]]/[[J. B. Lenoir|Lenoir]])&nbsp;– 5:14
| writer1 = Page, Plant
#"[[I Can't Quit You Baby]]" (Dixon)&nbsp;– 4:22
| length1 = 3:20
#"[[Communication Breakdown]]" (Bonham/Jones/Page)&nbsp;– 3:12
| title2 = [[Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin song)|Heartbreaker]]
#"[[Dazed and Confused (song)#Led Zeppelin studio recording|Dazed and Confused]]" (Page)&nbsp;– 6:39
| writer2 = Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant
#"[[The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair]]" (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham/[[Sleepy John Estes|Estes]])&nbsp;– 3:00
| length2 = 5:16
#"[[What Is and What Should Never Be]]" (Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 4:20
| title3 = [[Since I've Been Loving You]]
#"[[Communication Breakdown]]" (Bonham/Jones/Page)&nbsp;– 2:40
| writer3 = Jones, Page, Plant
#"[[Travelling Riverside Blues]]" ([[Robert Johnson|Johnson]]/Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 5:12
| length3 = 6:56
#"[[Whole Lotta Love]]" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 6:09
| title4 = [[Black Dog (Led Zeppelin song)|Black Dog]]
#"[[Somethin' Else (Eddie Cochran song)|Somethin' Else]]" ([[Eddie Cochran|Cochran]]/[[Sharon Sheeley|Sheeley]])&nbsp;– 2:06
| writer4 = Jones, Page, Plant
#"[[Communication Breakdown]]" (Bonham/Jones/Page)&nbsp;– 3:05
| length4 = 5:17
#"[[I Can't Quit You Baby]]" (Dixon)&nbsp;– 6:21
| title5 = Dazed and Confused
#"[[You Shook Me]]" (Dixon/Lenoir)&nbsp;– 10:19
| writer5 = Page, inspired by Holmes
#"[[How Many More Times]]" (Bonham/Jones/Page)&nbsp;– 11:51
| length5 = 18:36
| title6 = [[Stairway to Heaven]]
| writer6 = Page, Plant
| length6 = 8:49
| title7 = [[Going to California]]
| writer7 = Page, Plant
| length7 = 3:54
| title8 = [[That's the Way (Led Zeppelin song)|That's the Way]]
| writer8 = Page, Plant
| length8 = 5:43
| title9 = Whole Lotta Love"/"[[Boogie Chillen'|Boogie Chillun']]"/"[[Fixin' to Die (song)|Fixin' to Die]]"/"[[That's Alright Mama]]"/"[[A Mess of Blues]]
| writer9 = Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant/[[John Lee Hooker]]/[[Bukka White]]/[[Arthur Crudup]]/[[Doc Pomus]], [[Mort Shuman]]
| length9 = 13:45
| title10 = [[Thank You (Led Zeppelin song)|Thank You]]
| writer10 = Page, Plant
| length10 = 6:37
| total_length = 76:13
}}


=== ''The Complete Sessions'' edition – bonus disc ===
;Disc two
Nine recordings from a conglomerate of 1969 sessions, including "Dazed and Confused", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "You Shook Me" and "Sunshine Woman" along with two versions of both "Communication Breakdown" and "What Is and What Should Never Be" (recorded two years apart) were released on 16 September 2016, comprising a third disc of the previously two-disc ''BBC Sessions'' compilation. Eight of the nine songs were previously unreleased; "White Summer" was previously released in 1990 on the ''[[Led Zeppelin Boxed Set]]'' and the expanded 1993 reissue of ''[[Coda (Led Zeppelin album)|Coda]]'' from ''[[The Complete Studio Recordings (Led Zeppelin album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]'' and ''[[Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection]]'' (2008) [[box set]]s. The lost March 1969 three-song session – by all accounts erased from its master tapes – appears on the disc sourced from a reputed AM radio recording. This session contains the oft-bootlegged, boogieing blues rocker "Sunshine Woman," a track that Zeppelin never formally released previously, and renditions of Willie Dixon's "I Can't Quit You Baby" and "You Shook Me."
#"[[Immigrant Song]]" (Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 3:20
{{Track listing
#"[[Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin song)|Heartbreaker]]" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 5:16
| headline = Disc three
#"[[Since I've Been Loving You]]" (Jones/Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 6:56
| title1 = Communication Breakdown
#"[[Black Dog (song)|Black Dog]]"(Jones/Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 5:17
| writer1 = Bonham, Jones, Page
#"[[Dazed and Confused (song)#Led Zeppelin studio recording|Dazed and Confused]]" (Page)&nbsp;– 18:36
| length1 = 3:00
#"[[Stairway to Heaven]]" (Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 8:49
| title2 = What Is and What Should Never Be
#"[[Going to California]]" (Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 3:54
| writer2 = Page, Plant
#"[[That's the Way (Led Zeppelin song)|That's the Way]]" (Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 5:43
| length2 = 4:14
#"[[Whole Lotta Love]] {inc. [[Boogie Chillen'|Boogie Chillun']] ([[John Lee Hooker]]), Fixin' to Die ([[Bukka White|Bukkah White]]), [[That's Alright Mama]] ([[Arthur Crudup]]), A Mess of Blues ([[Doc Pomus]], [[Mort Shuman]])" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 13:45
| title3 = Dazed and Confused
#"[[Thank You (Led Zeppelin song)|Thank You]]" (Page/Plant)&nbsp;– 6:37
| writer3 = Page, inspired by Holmes
| length3 = 11:08
| title4 = [[White Summer#Led Zeppelin renditions|White Summer]]
| writer4 = Page
| length4 = 8:22
| title5 = What Is and What Should Never Be
| writer5 = Page, Plant
| length5 = 4:44
| title6 = Communication Breakdown
| writer6 = Bonham, Jones, Page
| length6 = 4:54
| title7 = I Can't Quit You Baby
| writer7 = Dixon
| length7 = 5:26
| title8 = You Shook Me
| writer8 = Dixon, Lenoir
| length8 = 4:10
| title9 = Sunshine Woman
| writer9 = Bonham, Dixon, Johnson, Jones, Plant, Page
| length9 = 3:06
| total_length = 48:14
}}


==Recording information==
== Recording information ==
;Session one
; Session one
:[[John Peel]]'s ''[[Top Gear (radio show)|Top Gear]]''
: [[John Peel]]'s ''[[Top Gear (radio show)|Top Gear]]''
*Venue: Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London
* Venue: Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London
*Recording date: Monday 3 March 1969
* Recording date: Monday 3 March 1969
*Original broadcast: Sunday 23 March 1969 (in a show with sessions from [[Free (band)|Free]], [[the Moody Blues]] and [[Deep Purple]])
* Original broadcast: Sunday 23 March 1969 (in a show with sessions from [[Free (band)|Free]], [[the Moody Blues]] and [[Deep Purple]])
* Tracks: "Communication Breakdown" (disc 3, track 1), "Dazed and Confused" (disc 1, track 4), "You Shook Me" (disc 1, track 1), "I Can't Quit You Baby" (disc 1, track 2).
*Tracks: Disc 1; 1, 2 and 4. Also included a version of "Communication Breakdown".
*Producer: [[Bernie Andrews]]
* Producer: [[Bernie Andrews]]
*Engineer: Pete Ritzema
* Engineer: Pete Ritzema
*Tape operator: Bob Conduct
* Tape operator: Bob Conduct


;Session two
; Session two
:[[Alexis Korner]]'s ''Rhythm and Blues'', ([[BBC World Service]])
: [[Alexis Korner]]'s ''Rhythm and Blues'', ([[BBC World Service]])
*Venue: Maida Vale Studio 4, Delaware Road, London
* Venue: Maida Vale Studio 4, Delaware Road, London
*Recording date: Wednesday 19 March 1969
* Recording date: Wednesday 19 March 1969
*Original broadcast: Monday 14 April 1969
* Original broadcast: Monday 14 April 1969
*Tracks: "I Can't Quit You Baby", "You Shook Me" and "Sunshine Woman". The session was wiped or lost by the BBC, although recordings survive on bootlegs. The show was re-run later in 1969, adding the recording of "What Is And What Should Never Be" from the June 16 session.
* Tracks: "Sunshine Woman" (disc 3, track 9), "I Can't Quit You Baby" (disc 3, track 7), "You Shook Me" (disc 3, track 8). The session was wiped or lost by the BBC, although recordings survive on bootlegs. The show was re-run later in 1969, adding the recording of "What Is And What Should Never Be" from the June 16 session.
*Producer: Jeff Griffin
* Producer: Jeff Griffin


;Session three
; Session three
:Chris Grant's ''Tasty Pop Sundae'' (although originally commissioned for Dave Symond's ''Symonds On Sunday'' show)
: Chris Grant's ''Tasty Pop Sundae'' (originally commissioned for Dave Symond's ''Symonds On Sunday'' show)
*Venue: Aeolian Hall studio 2, Bond Street, London
* Venue: Aeolian Hall Studio 2, Bond Street, London
*Recording Date: Monday 16 June 1969
* Recording Date: Monday 16 June 1969
*Original Broadcast: Sunday 22 June 1969
* Original Broadcast: Sunday 22 June 1969
*Tracks: Disc 1; 3,5 and 10. The session also included a prototype version of "What Is and What Should Never Be".
* Tracks: "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" (disc 1, track 5), "Communication Breakdown" (disc 1, track 3), "Somethin' Else" (disc 1, track 10), "What Is and What Should Never Be" (disc 3, track 2).
*Producer: Paul Williams
* Producer: Paul Williams


;Session four
; Session four
:John Peel's ''Top Gear'' (Double recording session)
: John Peel's ''Top Gear'' (Double recording session)
*Venue: Maida Vale studio 4, Delaware Road, London
* Venue: Maida Vale Studio 4, Delaware Road, London
*Recording date: Tuesday 24 June 1969
* Recording date: Tuesday 24 June 1969
*Original broadcast: Sunday 29 June 1969
* Original broadcast: Sunday 29 June 1969
* Tracks: "Whole Lotta Love" (disc 1, track 9), "Communication Breakdown" (disc 1, track 7), "What Is and What Should Never Be" (disc 1, track 6), "Travelling Riverside Blues" (disc 1, track 8). "Travelling Riverside Blues" had previously been released on the [[Led Zeppelin Boxed Set|''Led Zeppelin'' box set]] and expanded versions of [[Coda (Led Zeppelin album)|''Coda'']].
*Tracks: Disc 1; 6-9. (track 8; Travelling Riverside Blues, is the same version that appears on the reissued/remaster of Coda as a bonus track)
*Producer: John Walters
* Producer: John Walters
*Engineer: Tony Wilson
* Engineer: Tony Wilson


;Session five
; Session five
:''One Night Stand''
: ''One Night Stand''
*Venue: Playhouse Theatre
* Venue: Playhouse Theatre
*Recording date: Friday 27 June 1969
* Recording date: Friday 27 June 1969
*Original broadcast: Sunday 10 August 1969
* Original broadcast: Sunday 10 August 1969
*Tracks: Disc 1; 11-14. Also included a version of "Dazed and Confused", plus "White Summer"/"Black Mountain Side" (which was released on the 1990 [[Led Zeppelin (box set)|Led Zeppelin]] boxed set.)
* Tracks: "Communication Breakdown" (disc 1, track 11), "I Can't Quit You Baby" (disc 1, track 12), "Dazed and Confused" (disc 3, track 3), "White Summer" (disc 3, track 4), "You Shook Me" (disc 1, track 13), "How Many More Times" (disc 1, track 14). "White Summer" had previously been released as "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" on the ''Led Zeppelin'' box set and expanded versions of ''Coda'', but with 15 seconds cut out.


;Session six
; Session six
:''In Concert'' (Emcee John Peel)
: ''In Concert'' (Emcee John Peel)
*Venue: Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street, London
* Venue: Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street, London
*Recording date: Thursday 1 April 1971
* Recording date: Thursday 1 April 1971
*Original broadcast: Sunday 4 April 1971
* Original broadcast: Sunday 4 April 1971
*Tracks: Disc 2; all tracks. Also included a version of "Communication Breakdown" and "What Is and What Should Never Be". The "Whole Lotta Love" medley has had "For What It's Worth", "Trucking Little Mama" and "Honey Bee" edited out, shortening the medley by about 7 minutes.
* Tracks: "Immigrant Song", "Heartbreaker", "Since I've Been Loving You", "Black Dog", "Dazed and Confused", "Stairway to Heaven", "Going to California", "That's the Way" (disc 2, tracks 1–8), "What Is and What Should Never Be" (disc 3, track 5), "Whole Lotta Love" (medley, disc 2, track 9), "Thank You" (disc 2, track 10), "Communication Breakdown" (disc 3, track 6). The "Whole Lotta Love" medley has had "For What It's Worth", "Trucking Little Mama" and "Honey Bee" edited out, shortening the medley by seven minutes.
*Producer: Jeff Griffin
* Producer: Jeff Griffin
*Engineer: Tony Wilson
* Engineer: Tony Wilson


== Personnel ==
==Sales chart performance==
'''Led Zeppelin'''
{|class="wikitable"
* [[John Bonham]]{{snd}}drums, percussion, backing vocals
!Year
* [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]]{{snd}}bass guitar, [[bass pedals]], keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals
!Chart
* [[Jimmy Page]]{{snd}}acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, [[Audio mastering|mastering]], [[Record producer|production]]
!align="center"|Peak position
* [[Robert Plant]]{{snd}}vocals, harmonica
'''Additional personnel'''
* Andie Airfix{{snd}}[[art direction]], [[Art design|design]]
* [[Jon Astley]]{{snd}}[[Audio mastering|mastering]]
* John Davis – mastering (''The Complete BBC Sessions'' 2016 reissue)
* [[Luis Rey]]{{snd}}[[liner notes]]
* [[Chris Walter]]{{snd}}photography

== Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+1997 weekly chart performance for ''BBC Sessions''
! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|30|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=BBC Sessions|chartid=3394|rowheader=true|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
| 1997
| Japanese Albums Chart<ref name="Japanese albums chart">{{cite web | url = http://www.oricon.co.jp/ | title = Top 100 Albums - 15 November 1998 | publisher = Oricon | accessdate = 2009-01-19| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090118165536/http://www.oricon.co.jp/| archivedate= 18 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Finland|28|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
| 1997
| French Albums Chart<ref name="France albums chart">{{cite web | url = http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=How+The+West+Was+Won&cat=a | title = Top 200 Albums - 22 November 1997 | publisher = lescharts.com | accessdate = 2009-01-19| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090211001042/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=How+The+West+Was+Won&cat=a| archivedate= 11 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
|align="center"|38
|-
|-
{{Album chart|France|38|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
| 1997
| New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Albums Chart<ref name="New Zealand albums chart">{{cite web | url = http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a | title = Top 50 Albums - 23 November 1997 | publisher = RIANZ | accessdate = 2009-01-17| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090212211014/http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a| archivedate= 12 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
|align="center"|26
|-
|-
! scope="row"|Italian Albums (''[[Musica e Dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=July 8, 2023}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Led Zeppelin".</ref>
| 1997
| align="center"| 24
| Finnish Albums Chart<ref name="Finland albums chart">{{cite web | url = http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a | title = Top 40 Albums - 23 November 1997 | publisher = finnishcharts.com | accessdate = 2009-01-19| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090204164523/http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a| archivedate= 4 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
|align="center"|28
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| 1997
| align="center"| 10
| Swedish Albums Chart<ref name="Sweden albums chart">{{cite web | url = http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a | title = Top 100 Albums - 28 November 1997 | publisher = swedishcharts.com | accessdate = 2009-01-19| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090210234920/http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a| archivedate= 10 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
|align="center"|50
|-
|-
{{Album chart|New Zealand|26|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|refname=NZ1|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
| 1997
| UK Albums Chart<ref name="UK albums chart">{{cite book | author= Warwick, Neil| title=The Complete Book of the British Charts| edition=3rd | location=London| publisher= Omnibus Press | year=2004| page=627| chapter=Led Zeppelin - 29 November 1997| isbn=1-84449-058-0}}</ref>
|align="center"|23
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Norway|36|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
| 1997
| Norwegian Albums Chart<ref name="Norway albums chart">{{cite web | url = http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a | title = Top 40 Albums - 30 November 1997 | publisher = norwegiancharts.com | accessdate = 2009-01-19| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090206212124/http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Led+Zeppelin&titel=BBC+Sessions&cat=a| archivedate= 6 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
|align="center"|36
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|50|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
| 1997
| US ''Billboard'' The 200 Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3029009&cdi=7260519&cid=12%2F06%2F1997 | title = The 200 Chart - 6 December 1997| publisher = ''Billboard'' | accessdate = 2009-01-17| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090203114058/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3029009&cdi=7260519&cid=12%2F06%2F1997| archivedate= 3 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
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{{Album chart|UK2|23|date=19971123|rowheader=true|refname=LEDUK1|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
| 1997
| Canadian ''RPM'' Top 100 Chart<ref name="Canadian rpm chart">{{cite web | url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3394&volume=66&issue=13&issue_dt=December%2001%201997&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=hrg50o22lgammqcogv27ve6d95 | title = RPM Albums Chart - 1 December 1997 | publisher = ''RPM'' | accessdate = 2009-01-17| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090204224244/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3394&volume=66&issue=13&issue_dt=December%2001%201997&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=hrg50o22lgammqcogv27ve6d95| archivedate= 4 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
|align="center"|30
|-
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|12|artist=Led Zeppelin|rowheader=true|refname=US1|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
==Certifications==
|+2016 weekly chart performance for ''The Complete BBC Sessions''
{{Certification Table Top}}
! scope="col"| Chart (2016)
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=BBC Sessions|artist=Led Zeppelin|type=album|award=Silver|autocat=yes}}
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=BBC Sessions|artist=Led Zeppelin|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|autocat=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes|nounspecified=yes}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
!Region
!Date
!Label
!Format
!Catalog #
|-
|-
{{album chart|Australia|34|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=28 September 2016}}
|rowspan="4" align="center" |United States
|rowspan="6" align="center" |11 November 1997
|rowspan="5" align="center" |[[Atlantic Records]]
|4 [[LP album|LP]]
|align="center" | 83061-1
|-
|-
{{album chart|Austria|32|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=28 September 2016}}
|2 [[Compact Disc]]
|align="center" | 83061-2
|-
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|15|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2016}}
|2 Cassette
|align="center" | 83061-4
|-
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|12|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2016}}
|3 [[Compact Disc]]
|align="center" | 83074-2
|-
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|32|artist=Led Zeppelin|rowheader=true|access-date=27 September 2016}}
|rowspan="1" align="center" |United Kingdom
|2 Compact disc
|align="center" | 7567-83061-2
|-
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|41|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2016}}
| align="center" |Japan
| align="center" |[[Warner Music Group|WEA]] Japan
|2 Compact disc
| align="center" | 11756-7
|-
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|7|id=313234|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|11|year=2016|week=38|rowheader=true|access-date=1 October 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Ireland|93|year=2016|week=38|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Italy|14|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=24 September 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Oricon|3|M|artist=Led Zeppelin|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/wa/enwiki/w/2016-09-26/|title=Weekly Foreign Albums Chart|date=2016-09-26|rowheader=true|publisher=oricn ME inc.|access-date=25 September 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|21|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Portugal|18|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=30 September 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|6|date=2016-09-23|rowheader=true|access-date=24 September 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Spain|28|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=30 September 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|18|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=The Complete BBC Sessions|rowheader=true|access-date=28 September 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|3|date=2016-09-23|rowheader=true|access-date=24 September 2016}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|21|artist=Led Zeppelin|rowheader=true|access-date=27 September 2016}}
|}
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== Certifications ==
==Personnel==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''BBC Sessions''}}
;Led Zeppelin
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=Led Zeppelin|title=BBC Sessions|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=1997|certmonth=12}}
*[[John Bonham]]&nbsp;– [[Drum kit|drums]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=BBC Sessions|artist=Led Zeppelin|type=album|award=Gold|id=730-2162-2|certyear=2013|access-date=12 September 2021}}
*[[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]]&nbsp;– [[bass guitar]], [[bass pedals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[mandolin]], backing vocals
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=BBC Sessions|artist=Led Zeppelin|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|multidisc=2}}
*[[Jimmy Page]]&nbsp;– [[Acoustic guitar|acoustic]] and [[Electric guitar|electric]] [[guitar]], backing vocals, [[Audio mastering|mastering]], [[Record producer|production]]
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}
*[[Robert Plant]]&nbsp;– [[Singing|vocals]], [[harmonica]]


== Release history ==
;Additional personnel
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
*Andie Airfix&nbsp;– [[art direction]], [[Art design|design]]
|+Release formats for ''BBC Sessions''
*[[Jon Astley]]&nbsp;– mastering
! Region
*[[Luis Rey]]&nbsp;– [[liner notes]]
! Date
*[[Chris Walter]]&nbsp;– photography
! Label
! Format
! Catalog #
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | United States
| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 17 November 1997
| rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| 4 [[LP album|LP]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 83061-1
|-
| 2 [[Compact Disc]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 83061-2
|-
| 2 Cassette
| style="text-align: center;" | 83061-4
|-
| 3 [[Compact Disc]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 83074-2
|-
! scope="row" | United Kingdom
| 2 Compact disc
| style="text-align: center;" | 7567-83061-2
|-
! scope="row" | Japan
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] Japan
| 2 Compact disc
| style="text-align: center;" | 11756-7
|}


==References==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
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==External links==
== External links ==
*{{Discogs master|type=album|4529|name=BBC Sessions}}
*[http://discography.ledzeppelin.com/disc_bbcsessions.html Ledzeppelin.com BBC Sessions]
* [http://discography.ledzeppelin.com/disc_bbcsessions.html Ledzeppelin.com BBC Sessions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920114644/http://discography.ledzeppelin.com/disc_bbcsessions.html |date=2019-09-20 }}
*[http://www.thegardentapes.co.uk/ The Garden Tapes] - analysis of live tracks edits for the album
* [http://www.thegardentapes.co.uk/ The Garden Tapes] – analysis of live tracks edits for the album


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Latest revision as of 05:30, 31 August 2024

BBC Sessions
Line drawings of Led Zeppelin
Live album by
Led Zeppelin
Released17 November 1997 (1997-11-17)
RecordedMarch & June 1969, 1 April 1971,
London, England, UK
Genre
Length149:23
197:37 (2016 reissue)
LabelAtlantic
ProducerJimmy Page
CompilerJimmy Page
Led Zeppelin chronology
The Complete Studio Recordings
(1993) 		BBC Sessions
(1997) 		The Best of Led Zeppelin
(1999/2000)

BBC Sessions is a compilation album featuring studio sessions and a live concert recorded by English rock group Led Zeppelin for the BBC. It was released on 17 November 1997, by Atlantic Records.[1] Disc one consists of material from four different 1969 BBC sessions. Disc two contains most of the 1 April 1971 concert from the Paris Theatre in London.[2] Disc three was only included in a limited run of album releases and features rare interviews from 1969, 1976/1977, and 1990.

Countless bootlegs of these recordings circulated for years before the official release. This release was widely welcomed by Led Zeppelin fans as it was the first live release since The Song Remains the Same in 1976. Others have criticized the decision to edit some of the songs and drop others that were recorded for the BBC. Most notable are one session from 1969 which included the unreleased song "Sunshine Woman", and about seven minutes of the "Whole Lotta Love" medley from 1971.[3] The album was re-released in September 2016 as The Complete BBC Sessions with further BBC recordings, including the "Sunshine Woman" session.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Blender[5]
Robert Christgau(neither)[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Pitchfork8.9/10[8]
Uncut[9]

Track listing

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Standard edition

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Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Shook Me"Willie Dixon, J. B. Lenoir5:14
2."I Can't Quit You Baby"Dixon4:22
3."Communication Breakdown"John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page3:12
4."Dazed and Confused"Page, inspired by Jake Holmes6:39
5."The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair"Bonham, Dixon, Sleepy John Estes, Robert Johnson, Jones, Page, Robert Plant3:00
6."What Is and What Should Never Be"Page, Plant4:20
7."Communication Breakdown"Bonham, Jones, Page2:40
8."Travelling Riverside Blues"Johnson, Page, Plant5:12
9."Whole Lotta Love"Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant6:09
10."Somethin' Else"Eddie Cochran, Sharon Sheeley2:06
11."Communication Breakdown"Bonham, Jones, Page3:05
12."I Can't Quit You Baby"Dixon6:21
13."You Shook Me"Dixon, Lenoir10:19
14."How Many More Times"Bonham, Jones, Page11:51
Total length:73:10
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Immigrant Song"Page, Plant3:20
2."Heartbreaker"Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant5:16
3."Since I've Been Loving You"Jones, Page, Plant6:56
4."Black Dog"Jones, Page, Plant5:17
5."Dazed and Confused"Page, inspired by Holmes18:36
6."Stairway to Heaven"Page, Plant8:49
7."Going to California"Page, Plant3:54
8."That's the Way"Page, Plant5:43
9."Whole Lotta Love"/"Boogie Chillun'"/"Fixin' to Die"/"That's Alright Mama"/"A Mess of Blues"Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant/John Lee Hooker/Bukka White/Arthur Crudup/Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman13:45
10."Thank You"Page, Plant6:37
Total length:76:13

The Complete Sessions edition – bonus disc

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Nine recordings from a conglomerate of 1969 sessions, including "Dazed and Confused", "I Can't Quit You Baby", "You Shook Me" and "Sunshine Woman" along with two versions of both "Communication Breakdown" and "What Is and What Should Never Be" (recorded two years apart) were released on 16 September 2016, comprising a third disc of the previously two-disc BBC Sessions compilation. Eight of the nine songs were previously unreleased; "White Summer" was previously released in 1990 on the Led Zeppelin Boxed Set and the expanded 1993 reissue of Coda from The Complete Studio Recordings and Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection (2008) box sets. The lost March 1969 three-song session – by all accounts erased from its master tapes – appears on the disc sourced from a reputed AM radio recording. This session contains the oft-bootlegged, boogieing blues rocker "Sunshine Woman," a track that Zeppelin never formally released previously, and renditions of Willie Dixon's "I Can't Quit You Baby" and "You Shook Me."

Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Communication Breakdown"Bonham, Jones, Page3:00
2."What Is and What Should Never Be"Page, Plant4:14
3."Dazed and Confused"Page, inspired by Holmes11:08
4."White Summer"Page8:22
5."What Is and What Should Never Be"Page, Plant4:44
6."Communication Breakdown"Bonham, Jones, Page4:54
7."I Can't Quit You Baby"Dixon5:26
8."You Shook Me"Dixon, Lenoir4:10
9."Sunshine Woman"Bonham, Dixon, Johnson, Jones, Plant, Page3:06
Total length:48:14

Recording information

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Session one
John Peel's Top Gear
  • Venue: Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London
  • Recording date: Monday 3 March 1969
  • Original broadcast: Sunday 23 March 1969 (in a show with sessions from Free, the Moody Blues and Deep Purple)
  • Tracks: "Communication Breakdown" (disc 3, track 1), "Dazed and Confused" (disc 1, track 4), "You Shook Me" (disc 1, track 1), "I Can't Quit You Baby" (disc 1, track 2).
  • Producer: Bernie Andrews
  • Engineer: Pete Ritzema
  • Tape operator: Bob Conduct
Session two
Alexis Korner's Rhythm and Blues, (BBC World Service)
  • Venue: Maida Vale Studio 4, Delaware Road, London
  • Recording date: Wednesday 19 March 1969
  • Original broadcast: Monday 14 April 1969
  • Tracks: "Sunshine Woman" (disc 3, track 9), "I Can't Quit You Baby" (disc 3, track 7), "You Shook Me" (disc 3, track 8). The session was wiped or lost by the BBC, although recordings survive on bootlegs. The show was re-run later in 1969, adding the recording of "What Is And What Should Never Be" from the June 16 session.
  • Producer: Jeff Griffin
Session three
Chris Grant's Tasty Pop Sundae (originally commissioned for Dave Symond's Symonds On Sunday show)
  • Venue: Aeolian Hall Studio 2, Bond Street, London
  • Recording Date: Monday 16 June 1969
  • Original Broadcast: Sunday 22 June 1969
  • Tracks: "The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair" (disc 1, track 5), "Communication Breakdown" (disc 1, track 3), "Somethin' Else" (disc 1, track 10), "What Is and What Should Never Be" (disc 3, track 2).
  • Producer: Paul Williams
Session four
John Peel's Top Gear (Double recording session)
  • Venue: Maida Vale Studio 4, Delaware Road, London
  • Recording date: Tuesday 24 June 1969
  • Original broadcast: Sunday 29 June 1969
  • Tracks: "Whole Lotta Love" (disc 1, track 9), "Communication Breakdown" (disc 1, track 7), "What Is and What Should Never Be" (disc 1, track 6), "Travelling Riverside Blues" (disc 1, track 8). "Travelling Riverside Blues" had previously been released on the Led Zeppelin box set and expanded versions of Coda.
  • Producer: John Walters
  • Engineer: Tony Wilson
Session five
One Night Stand
  • Venue: Playhouse Theatre
  • Recording date: Friday 27 June 1969
  • Original broadcast: Sunday 10 August 1969
  • Tracks: "Communication Breakdown" (disc 1, track 11), "I Can't Quit You Baby" (disc 1, track 12), "Dazed and Confused" (disc 3, track 3), "White Summer" (disc 3, track 4), "You Shook Me" (disc 1, track 13), "How Many More Times" (disc 1, track 14). "White Summer" had previously been released as "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" on the Led Zeppelin box set and expanded versions of Coda, but with 15 seconds cut out.
Session six
In Concert (Emcee John Peel)
  • Venue: Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street, London
  • Recording date: Thursday 1 April 1971
  • Original broadcast: Sunday 4 April 1971
  • Tracks: "Immigrant Song", "Heartbreaker", "Since I've Been Loving You", "Black Dog", "Dazed and Confused", "Stairway to Heaven", "Going to California", "That's the Way" (disc 2, tracks 1–8), "What Is and What Should Never Be" (disc 3, track 5), "Whole Lotta Love" (medley, disc 2, track 9), "Thank You" (disc 2, track 10), "Communication Breakdown" (disc 3, track 6). The "Whole Lotta Love" medley has had "For What It's Worth", "Trucking Little Mama" and "Honey Bee" edited out, shortening the medley by seven minutes.
  • Producer: Jeff Griffin
  • Engineer: Tony Wilson

Personnel

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Led Zeppelin

Additional personnel

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for BBC Sessions
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[38] Gold 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[40] 2× Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release formats for BBC Sessions
Region Date Label Format Catalog #
United States 17 November 1997 Atlantic 4 LP 83061-1
2 Compact Disc 83061-2
2 Cassette 83061-4
3 Compact Disc 83074-2
United Kingdom 2 Compact disc 7567-83061-2
Japan WEA Japan 2 Compact disc 11756-7

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