Fresh off after their win in the “Stairway To Heaven” infringement trial earlier this summer, Led Zeppelin are looking forward to dropping their edition of The Complete BBC Sessions at the end of this week. The collection includes eight updated, newly remastered versions of unreleased BBC recordings, including three rediscovered songs from the previously “lost” 1969 session recorded between their first two albums.
One of those three never-before-heard recordings is another version of “What Is And What Should Never Be” from Led Zeppelin II, and today it receives the visual treatment. Noisy, trippy black-and-white images are cut with footage of the band shredding the song.
Nearly 20 years ago, Led Zeppelin introduced BBC Sessions, a double-disc set of live recordings selected from the band’s appearances on BBC radio between 1969 and 1971. The Complete BBC Sessions is an updated version of the collection, newly remastered with supervision by Jimmy Page and expanded with eight unreleased BBC recordings, including three rescued from a previously “lost” session from 1969. Highlights include the debut of a long-lost radio session that has achieved near-mythic status among fans. Originally broadcast in April 1969, the session included three songs: “I Can’t Quit You Baby,” “You Shook Me,” and the only recorded performance of “Sunshine Woman.” Also included are two unreleased versions of both “Communication Breakdown” and “What Is And What Should Never Be.” Separated by two years, the performances vividly demonstrate the young band’s rapid evolution over a short period of time. [Deluxe box set containing both CD and vinyl formats also available.]
Led Zeppelin The Complete BBC Sessions is out 16th September
The Fat Angel Sings 