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Main articles: Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One and Latter Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two
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Early Days & Latter Days is a combined box set of two compilation compact discs released on November 19, 2002 by the band Led Zeppelin. It contains the best known songs from their début album Led Zeppelin to In Through the Out Door. In 2007, it was superseded by Mothership.

About the Set

Early Days & Latter Days was released by Atlantic Recording Corporation in 2002. This third installment in the Best of Led Zeppelin series is actually just a repackaging of Led Zeppelin's two previous compilation CDs, Early Days and Latter Days; released in 1999 and 2000, respectively. Early Days & Latter Days was produced by Jimmy Page.

Appearance

Sleeve

The sleeve that holds the two CDs is made of cardstock. The cover of the sleeve is mainly occupied by the same photo that there is on the cover of Early Days. It features the members of Led Zeppelin in late Apollo mission astronaut suits in front of a starry background and a Led Zeppelin logo. The members of Led Zeppelin, positioned left to right, are John Bonham, the drummer; John Paul Jones, the bassist; Robert Plant, the singer; and Jimmy Page, the guitarist. The logo behind them shows many space-related images, but the only one wholly visible is a drawing of the moon with a face with a ship or rocket capsule stuck in its eye.

On the back of the sleeve is an array of information split up into two columns. On the left column, there is a photograph of the cover of Latter Days. It features the same astronaut suits, but the photos were taken later and so the members of Led Zeppelin are older. In the logo is an image of Saturn and behind all of the foreground is an image of Earth taken from space. Below that is the information about Atlantic. On the right column is a synopsis of the tracks on both discs.

Early Days Disc

Early Days is packaged in a plastic jewel compact disc case. Much of the background is a drawing of stars, yet inside the case and behind the CD is an image of an artist's rendition of a supernova, apparently airbrushed. On the backside of the case is a list of the tracks. The background of the back cover appears to be a slightly out-of-focus photograph, likely taken by an amateur photographer.

The Early Days liner notes begin with the cover. On the cover is the same image that appears on the foreground of the sleeve. Inside the booklet is first a summary of the tracks, and then photos of the band ranging from 1969 to 1973. Then after that is a list of their albums, and the back page is a list of the band members, design and artwork credits, and information about the Enhanced CD capabilities on Early Days.

Latter Days Disc

Latter Days is comprised much like that of Early Days. The four band members are pictured in the same Apollo space suits in the same order, but they are older. Much of the background is of Earth as viewed from orbit. There is a picture of Saturn in place of the picture of the moon with the ship in its eye. Behind the CD is an image of the Eagle Nebula.

The liner notes are just like those of Early Days, except for the fact that the images range from the years 1972 to 1979.

Enhanced CD

Both the Early Days CD and the Latter Days CD are enhanced so they can play extra content on your PC or Mac. All you need to do is pop the CD in a compact disc drive and the content will autoplay. On Early Days, a music video of the song "Communication Breakdown" is included. On Latter Days, a video of the song "Kashmir" is included.

The minimum system requirements for playback are:

Windows 95/98/NT; 8 megabytes of RAM; and QuickTime 3

OR

Mac OS PowerPC; 16 megabytes of RAM; and QuickTime 3

Track listing

Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One (Disc One)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Times Bad Times" (from Led Zeppelin, 1969)Bonham, Jones, Page2:48
2."Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (from Led Zeppelin, 1969)Bredon, Page, Plant6:42
3."Dazed and Confused" (from Led Zeppelin, 1969)Page6:27
4."Communication Breakdown" (from Led Zeppelin, 1969)Bonham, Jones, Page2:29
5."Whole Lotta Love" (from Led Zeppelin II, 1969)Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant5:34
6."What Is and What Should Never Be" (from Led Zeppelin II, 1969)Page, Plant4:44
7."Immigrant Song" (from Led Zeppelin III, 1970)Page, Plant2:27
8."Since I've Been Loving You" (from Led Zeppelin III, 1970)Jones, Page, Plant7:24
9."Black Dog" (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971)Jones, Page, Plant4:55
10."Rock and Roll" (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971)Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant3:41
11."The Battle of Evermore" (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971)Page, Plant5:52
12."When the Levee Breaks" (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971)Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant, Minnie7:10
13."Stairway to Heaven" (from Led Zeppelin IV, 1971)Page, Plant8:02
14."Communication Breakdown" (original promotional clip from 1969)Bonham, Jones, Page3:12
Total length:68:09


Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two (Disc Two)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Song Remains the Same" (from Houses of the Holy, 1973)Page, Plant5:31
2."No Quarter" (from Houses of the Holy, 1973)Jones, Page, Plant7:00
3."Houses of the Holy" (from Physical Graffiti, 1975)Page, Plant4:03
4."Trampled Under Foot" (from Physical Graffiti, 1975)Jones, Page, Plant5:36
5."Kashmir" (from Physical Graffiti, 1975)Bonham, Page, Plant8:31
6."Ten Years Gone" (from Physical Graffiti, 1975)Page, Plant6:32
7."Achilles Last Stand" (from Presence, 1976)Page, Plant10:22
8."Nobody's Fault but Mine" (from Presence, 1976)Page, Plant6:27
9."All My Love" (from In Through the Out Door, 1979)Jones, Plant5:53
10."In the Evening" (from In Through the Out Door, 1979)Jones, Page, Plant6:51
11."Kashmir" (live clip from Earls Court, May 1975)Bonham, Page, Plant8:40
Total length:64:36


Chart positions

Album

Chart (2003) Peak position
German Albums Chart[1] 96
UK Albums Chart[2] 11
Irish Albums Chart[3] 13
New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Albums Chart[4] 17
Finnish Albums Chart[5] 40
US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart[6] 87

Sales certifications

Country Sales Certification
United States (RIAA) 1,600,000+ Platinum[7]
United Kingdom (BPI) 380,000+ Platinum[8]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog #
United States November 19, 2002 Atlantic Records Compact disc 83619
United Kingdom March 12, 2003 Compact disc 75678-36195

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • Peter Grant - Executive producer on original recordings.
  • Sandy Denny - Vocals on "The Battle of Evermore".
  • Ross Halfin - Cover art concept, and photo research.
  • Andie Airfix - Artwork, and design.

References

  1. ^ "Top 100 Albums - January 2003". charts-surfer.de. Retrieved 2009-1-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ "Top 100 Albums - 15 March 2003". chartstats.com. Retrieved 2009-1-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "Top 75 Albums - 8 March 2003". acharts.us. Retrieved 2009-1-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ "Top 50 Albums - 6 April 2003". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2008-12-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ "Top 100 Albums - 20 April 2003". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2008-12-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ "Billboard.com Early Days & Latter Days: Vol. 1 & 2 - 3 July 2004". billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-12-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "RIAA.org Early Days and Latter Days - 19 April 2004". RIAA. Retrieved 2009-1-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ "BPI Early Days and Latter Days certification - 21 October 2005". BPI. Retrieved 2009-1-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)


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