Led Zeppelin : In Through The Out Door (Super Deluxe Edition)

AND IF YOU PROMISED YOU'D LOVE

SO COMPLETELY

AND YOU SAID YOU WOULD

ALWAYS BE TRUE

YOU SWORE THAT 

YOU NEVER WOULD

LEAVE ME BABY,

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU ?

 In Through the Out Door 

is the eighth 

studio album 

by the English 

rock band

Led Zeppelin 

It was recorded

 in three weeks

 in November 

and

 December 1978

 at ABBA's Polar Studios

in Stockholm, Sweden, 

and released by

 Led Zeppelin's label 

Swan Song Records on 

 August 22nd, 1979

 in the US

 and

 August 24th 1979

 in the UK.

Unlike earlier 

Led Zeppelin albums

 In Through the Out Door 

was predominantly 

composed by

John Paul Jones 

and

Robert Plant, 

because

Jimmy Page and John Bonham

were frequently absent 

from its sessions

 due to their respective

 heroin and alcohol abuse.

 It was the band's

 last release

 before the death 

of Bonham 

in September 1980, 

three months after 

which the 

remaining members 

disbanded.

The album was a 

commercial success:

 it went to No. 1

 on the Billboard 200

in its second week

 on the American chart; 

and it also went to No. 1

 in the UK,

 Canada, 

and 

New Zealand.

Background

The album was named 

by the group to describe

 its struggles after

 the death of 

Robert Plant's son Karac

 in 1977, 

and after their 

tax exile 

from the UK, 

during which they were

 unable to tour Britain

 for more than two years, 

after which they described

 their attempt to recapture

 the British public's attention 

as being as difficult as 

"trying to get in through the 'out' door."

The group began rehearsing material

 in September 1978. 

After six weeks,

 they travelled to 

Polar Studios in Stockholm

 to begin recording.

 In contrast to previous

 Led Zeppelin albums, 

In Through the Out Door

features much greater influence

 from bassist and keyboardist 

John Paul Jones 

and vocalist 

Robert Plant, 

and less influence 

from guitarist

Jimmy Page

and drummer 

John Bonham, 

both of whom failed

 to attend rehearsals 

as a consequence

 of their respective 

heroin and alcohol abuse.

Jones later said,

 "there were two distinct camps by then, 

and we [Plant and I] 

were in the relatively clean one."

Many of the songs were 

consequently arranged by

 Jones and Plant 

before Page and Bonham

 joined their

 rehearsals at night.

 Jones was inspired by

 the Yamaha GX-1 synthesiser 

that he had recently purchased, 

and he was

 "working closely with Robert, 

which was something that

 had not happened before." 

Page maintained that 

they recorded in the studio

 as a full band, 

like on their 

previous albums,

 rather than separately.

After the recording sessions at Polar, 

the album was mixed at 

Page's personal studio 

at his home in Plumpton.

 "Wearing and Tearing",

 "Ozone Baby" 

and

 "Darlene" 

which was a

boogie-woogie influenced song

 that credited to all four members

 were recorded during sessions

 for this album, 

but were omitted 

from the release because

 of time constraints 

and were released only

 later on the album 

Coda

A remastered version of

In Through the Out Door, 

along with 

Presence

and

Coda 

were reissued on

 July 31st 2015.

 The reissue comes in

 six formats: 

a standard CD edition, 

a deluxe two-CD edition, 

a standard LP version,

 a deluxe two-LP version, 

a super deluxe two-CD 

plus two-LP version 

with a hardback book,

 and as high resolution

 24-bit/96k digital downloads. 

The deluxe and super deluxe editions 

feature bonus material 

containing alternative takes 

and alternatively titled tracks, 

"Southbound Piano",

 "The Epic",

 "The Hook", 

and "Blot". 

The reissue was released

 with a black and white version

 of the original album's artwork

 as its bonus disc's cover. 

A replica of the brown bag 

and the colourable 

line drawing 

are included in

 this edition

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BONUS !!!!

Even Though in The 80's

Led Zeppelin

 Were Not The GODS

They Once Were 

This Show Has 

Significance

Because It Is...

"BONHAM'S LAST SHOW "

EISSPORTHALLE, WEST BERLIN,

GERMANY 

07/07/80

NOTES : 

This Performance Marked 

The End of

Their European Tour 

And Was 

 Their Final Show Together

 Before Bonham's

Tragic Death

Later That Year

In September

TRACKLIST

CD 1

Train Kept A Rollin

Nobody's Fault But Mine

Black Dog

In The Evening

The Rain Song

Hot Dog

All My Love

Trampled Underfoot 

Since I've Been Loving You

CD 2

White Summer/

Black Mountain Side

Kashmir

Stairway To Heaven

Rock n' Roll

Whole Lotta Love Jam

John Bonham Death News Reports

Bonham : 

Epic Life and Tragic Death

The Tragic Death of John Bonham

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