Early Days & Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin, Volumes One and Two by Led Zeppelin, album cover
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Early Days & Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin, Volumes One and Two

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Early Days & Latter Days gathers Led Zeppelin's recordings into two volumes, issued by Atlantic. Early Days covers 1968 to 1971, while Latter Days picks up from 1973 and runs to 1979, so between them they draw on every one of the band's studio albums. The two discs were later joined as a single set, released in the United States in November 2002.

Because Led Zeppelin largely steered clear of singles, this isn't a conventional hits package, and the band never had a Billboard number one single. Instead it works as a tour through the albums themselves, split neatly into an early and a late chapter. The combined set went platinum in the US. Both volumes have since gone out of print, replaced by the 2007 compilation Mothership.

Early Days & Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin, Volumes One and Two: tracklist, credits and charts

23 tracks · 2:14:55

Tracklist

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1Good Times Bad TimesBonham, Jones, Page, Plant2:46
  3. 2Babe I’m Gonna Leave YouBredon, Page, Plant6:43
  4. 3Dazed and ConfusedJimmy Page and Jake Holmes6:28
  5. 4Communication BreakdownBonham, Jones, Page, Plant2:29
  6. 5Whole Lotta LoveDixon, Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant5:34
  7. 6What Is and What Should Never BeJimmy Page and Robert Plant4:45
  8. 7Immigrant SongJimmy Page and Robert Plant2:27
  9. 8Since I’ve Been Loving YouJones, Page, Plant7:24
  10. 9Black DogJones, Page, Plant4:55
  11. 10Rock and RollBonham, Jones, Page, Plant3:41
  12. 11The Battle of EvermoreJimmy Page and Robert Plant5:53
  13. 12When the Levee BreaksBonham, Jones, Minnie, Page, Plant7:10
  14. 13Stairway to HeavenJimmy Page and Robert Plant8:02
  15. Disc 2
  16. 1The Song Remains the SameJimmy Page and Robert Plant5:32
  17. 2No QuarterJones, Page, Plant7:01
  18. 3Houses of the HolyJimmy Page and Robert Plant4:03
  19. 4Trampled Under FootJones, Page, Plant5:36
  20. 5KashmirBonham, Page, Plant8:29
  21. 6Ten Years GoneJimmy Page and Robert Plant6:33
  22. 7Achilles Last StandJimmy Page and Robert Plant10:23
  23. 8Nobody’s Fault but MineJimmy Page and Robert Plant6:18
  24. 9All My LoveJohn Paul Jones and Robert Plant5:53
  25. 10In the EveningJones, Page, Plant6:51
Produced by
Jimmy Page
Executive producer
Peter Grant
Recorded at
Olympic Studios, A&M Recording Studios, Mystic Sound Studio, Morgan Studios, Groove Sound Studios, Mayfair Recording Studios, Headley Grange, Basing Street Studios, Musicland Studios, Polar Studios
Recorded
October 1968 – December 1978
Mixed by
Eddie Kramer, Andy Johns, George Chkiantz, Keith Harwood
Mixed at
Olympic Studios, A&R Recording Studios, Ardent Studios, Basing Street Studios, Sunset Sound, Electric Lady Studios, Polar Studios
Engineered by
Glyn Johns, George Chkiantz, Andy Johns, Terry Manning, Keith Harwood, Eddie Kramer, Ron Nevison, Jeremy Gee, Drew Griffiths, Leif Mases
Label
Atlantic
Length
2:14:55

Line-up

  • John Bonham · drums (drum set), bongos, percussion
  • John Paul Jones · electric bass guitar, bass, synthesizer, grand piano, bass synthesizer
  • Jimmy Page · guitar, electric guitar, theremin, gizmo
  • Robert Plant · vocals, lead vocals, background vocals
  • Sandy Denny · lead vocals · guest

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 1999–200055
US Billboard 200 · 1999–200071
UK Rock & Metal Albums · 1999–20003
Swedish Albums · 1999–20004
Austrian Albums · 1999–200023
Finnish Albums · 1999–200028
German Albums · 1999–200071
Swiss Albums · 1999–200084
Scottish Albums · 1999–200090

Certifications

RegionCertification
Canada · 2001Gold
United Kingdom · 2002Silver
United States · 2001Platinum
United Kingdom · 2005Platinum
United States · 2004Platinum

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SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz19 November 2002
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Wikidata19 November 2002
US release19 November 2002earliest US date
6 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
2002DEAtlantic075678361951other
2002XEAtlantic0075678361951other
2002DEAtlantic075678361920other
19 November 2002CAAtlantic075678361920original
19 November 2002USAtlantic075678361920original
17 December 2003JPAtlantic4943674048847other
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