Early Days and Latter Days

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. Early Days and Latter Days Image:EDLDalbum2002.jpg Type compilation box set Artist Led Zeppelin Release Date 19 November 2002 (US) 19 November 2002 (UK) Recorded October 1968 - December 1978 at various studios. Mastered at Sterling Sounds, New York. Genre Hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, rock Language English Length 120 minutes 36 seconds Label Atlantic Records Catalogue Atlantic 83619-2 (US) Atlantic 7567-83619-2 (UK) Producer Jimmy Page Engineer George Marino Early Days and Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volumes One and Two (also released as The Very Best of Led Zeppelin: Early Days and Latter Days) is a double compact disc anthology box set by English rock group Led Zeppelin, issued on 19 November 2002, by Atlantic Records. The collection contains a selection of songs each chronicling a different phase of the band's career from 1969's Led Zeppelin (album)|debut album to 1979's In Through the Out Door. Each CD, Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One and Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two, is enhanced to contain both standard audio tracks and multimedia computer files, playable on Windows PC or Mac. The box set case reuses the image from the Early Days release, with the photographic liner booklets retained for each disc. This set was also issued in a limited edition LP-style slipcase, under the title The Very Best of Led Zeppelin: Early Days and Latter Days on 12 March 2003 (Atlantic 7567-83619-5). The packaging uses the same cover image as the standard release, but with a background of the box set in white. It was also accompanied by a television campaign in the United Kingdom. In the Japanese edition, each disc is housed in a miniature LP paper sleeve, with lyrics accompanying the liner notes booklet. The album debuted at number 114 on the Billboard Music Charts|Billboard's 200 Albums chart, and charted for a total of 12 weeks, while it faired much better in the United Kingdom reaching number 11. Track list Box set information 2002 Track listing: Disc 1, Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One: 'Good Times Bad Times' (Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 2:43 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin song)|Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Anne Bredon) – 6:40 'Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin song)|Dazed and Confused' (Page) – 6:27 'Communication Breakdown' (Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 2:26 'Whole Lotta Love' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 5:33 'What Is and What Should Never Be' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 4:47 'Immigrant Song' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 2:26 'Since I've Been Loving You' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) – 7:24 'Black Dog' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) – 4:54 'Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin song)|Rock and Roll' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) – 3:41 'The Battle of Evermore' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 5:52 'When the Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin song)|When the Levee Breaks' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, Memphis Minnie) – 7:08 'Stairway to Heaven' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 8:02 Video 'Communication Breakdown' - 2.30 Disc 2, Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two: 'The Song Remains the Same (song)|The Song Remains the Same' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 5:28 'No Quarter (song)|No Quarter' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) - 6:59 'Houses of the Holy (song)|Houses of the Holy' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 4:01 'Trampled Under Foot' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) - 5:35 'Kashmir (song)|Kashmir' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham) - 8:31 'Ten Years Gone' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) - 4:22 'Achilles Last Stand' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 10:22 'Nobody's Fault but Mine' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 6:27 'All My Love' (Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) - 5:53 'In the Evening' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) - 6:49 Video 'Kashmir' - 8:31 Chart positions Chart (2003) Peak position German Albums Chart 96 UK Albums Chart 11 Irish Albums Chart 13 New Zealand RIANZ Top 50 Albums Chart 17 Finnish Albums Chart 40 Japanese Albums Chart 62 US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart 114 Certifications Country Sales Certification United States (RIAA) 1,600,000+ Platinum BPI) 380,000+ Platinum Certification history Organization Level Date RIAA – USA Gold 19 April 2004 RIAA – USA Platinum 19 April 2004 Credits Personnel Musicians: Jimmy Page – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, electronic effects, backing vocals, producer, remastering, digital remastering Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica John Paul Jones – bass guitar, keyboards, piano, bass pedals, backing vocals John Bonham - drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional musicians Sandy Denny - vocals ('The Battle of Evermore') Production: Peter Grant – executive producer on original recordings George Marino - remastering engineer [Sterling Sound, New York] Andie Airfix - art direction and design Ross Halfin - photography research M. Dubra - photographic collage Yves Beauvais - boxed set production Notes