Robert Plant has reportedly uncovered some Led Zeppelin rarities, including two songs with bassist John Paul Jones handling lead vocals, that may appear on a series of upcoming box set releases.
“I found some quarter-inch spools recently,” said Plant, “and I had a meeting with Jimmy [Page], and we baked them up and listened to them, and there’s some very, very interesting bits and pieces that probably will turn up on these things. I’m desperately trying to get this one track — or the two tracks of John Paul Jones singing lead. And so far he’s up to giving me 2 cars and a greenhouse not to get them on the album. Oh, John, wherever you are… you can’t wait to hear yourself singing all over the world! La la la la la la la…”
Page has previously revealed plans to reissue Zeppelin’s full catalog, remastered, with bonus tracks and other goodies...starting this year, although no details or release plans have been publicly announced.
"The catalog was last remastered 20 years ago," said Jimmy, referring to the 1990 release of the four-CD box set, "Led Zeppelin." "That's a long time. Everything is being transferred from analog to a higher-resolution digital format. That's one of the problems with the Zeppelin stuff. It sounds ridiculous on MP3. You can't hear what's there properly."
Read more about the reissue plans here.
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