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{{Infobox album
| name       = Led Zeppelin
| type       = box
| artist     = [[Led Zeppelin]]
| cover      = Led Zeppelin - Boxed Set.jpg
| alt        = A zeppelin flying across a crop circle
| released   = 29 October 1990<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Albums|magazine=Music Week|page=36|date=3 November 1990}}</ref>
| recorded   = October 1968&nbsp;– December 1978
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = *[[Hard rock]]
*[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
*[[blues rock]]
*[[folk rock]]
| length     = {{Duration|h=4|m=49|s=05}}
| label      = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| producer   = [[Jimmy Page]]
| compiler   = Jimmy Page
| prev_title = [[Coda (Led Zeppelin album)|Coda]]
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [[Led Zeppelin Remasters]]
| next_year  = 1990
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Led Zeppelin
 | type        = box
 | single1     = [[Travelling Riverside Blues#Led Zeppelin version|Travelling Riverside Blues]]
 | single1date = 8 October 1990
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/led-zeppelin-box-set-mw0000690188|title=Led Zeppelin [Box Set] - Led Zeppelin &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|access-date=17 May 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
}}
'''''Led Zeppelin''''' is a [[boxed set]] by the English rock band [[Led Zeppelin]]. It was the first compilation of songs by the band (not counting ''[[Coda (Led Zeppelin album)|Coda]]'', which some sources list as a studio album){{efn|While some external sources categorise ''Coda'' as a [[compilation album]], Led Zeppelin's official album label, [[Atlantic Records]], categorises it as a studio album. See for example the liner notes for ''[[Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2]]'' and the label attached to ''[[The Complete Studio Recordings (Led Zeppelin album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]'' boxed set.}} and the selection and remastering of the tracks were supervised by [[Jimmy Page]].
[[Atlantic Records]] released it on 29 October 1990 on several formats: four [[compact disc]]s, six [[LP record|vinyl record]]s, or four [[cassette tape]]s.  A 36-page booklet was also included with the release.

Debuting at number 40 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], the box set was described by ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' journalist Dennis Hunt as "one of the most expensive albums ever to reach the Top 40", noting its retail price of $65 on CD and $55 on cassette.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hunt |first1=Dennis |title=Iceman Hits the Hammer |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-02-ca-3523-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=29 August 2024 |date=2 November 1990}}</ref>

==Background==
This set contains two previously unreleased tracks and one new mix. "[[Travelling Riverside Blues#Led Zeppelin version|Travelling Riverside Blues]]" was recorded on 24 June 1969 at the [[BBC]] [[Maida Vale Studios|Maida Vale Studio]]. "[[White Summer]]/[[Black Mountain Side]]" was recorded at the [[Playhouse Theatre]], London on 27 June 1969. The "[[Moby Dick (instrumental)|Moby Dick]]/[[Bonzo's Montreux]]" mix took place at the Atlantic Synclavier Suite in New York, in May 1990. It also includes the band's only non-album [[A-side and B-side|B-side]], "[[Hey, Hey, What Can I Do]]" of the 1970 single "[[Immigrant Song]]", previously unavailable on compact disc.

The set was released the same month as ''[[Led Zeppelin Remasters|Remasters]]'', a two-disc set containing selections from this one, plus a remastered version of "[[Good Times Bad Times]]."  To differentiate between the two sets, in some markets the larger set is listed under the title ''The Complete Collection''. To further the confusion, in both cases this is different from ''[[The Complete Studio Recordings (Led Zeppelin album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]'' box set released three years later, which includes all nine of the band's studio albums on ten discs, with the three extra tracks appended to ''[[Coda (Led Zeppelin album)|Coda]]'', along with the 1969 recording "[[Baby Come On Home]]",  first released on the two-disc ''[[Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2]]''. The "Moby Dick/Bonzo's Montreux" mix is also included in the promotional interview album ''Profiled'' (1990). Also three years after this release, the remaining Led Zeppelin tracks not appearing on this box set were issued on ''Led Zeppelin Boxed Set 2''.
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==Track listing==
All tracks produced by Jimmy Page except for "Travelling Riverside Blues" produced by [[John Walters (broadcaster)|John Walters]] and "White Summer/Black Mountain Side" produced by Jeff Griffin.
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc one
| extra_column = Origin
| title1 = [[Whole Lotta Love]]
| extra1 = ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]'', 1969
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[John Bonham]]|[[Willie Dixon]]|[[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]]|[[Jimmy Page]]|[[Robert Plant]]}}
| length1 = 5:34
| title2 = [[Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin song)|Heartbreaker]]
| extra2 = ''Led Zeppelin II''
| writer2 = {{hlist|Bonham|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length2 = 4:14
| title3 = [[Communication Breakdown]]
| extra3 = ''[[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin]]'', 1969
| writer3 = {{hlist|Bonham|Jones|Page}}
| length3 = 2:29
| title4 = [[Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin song)|Babe I'm Gonna Leave You]]
| extra4 = ''Led Zeppelin''
| writer4 = {{hlist|[[Anne Bredon]]|Page|Plant}}
| length4 = 6:42
| title5 = [[What Is and What Should Never Be]]
| extra5 = ''Led Zeppelin II''
| writer5 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length5 = 4:47
| title6 = [[Thank You (Led Zeppelin song)|Thank You]]
| extra6 = ''Led Zeppelin II''
| writer6 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length6 = 4:50
| title7 = [[I Can't Quit You Baby]]
| note7 = Live at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[London]], [[England]], 9 January 1970
| extra7 = ''[[Coda (Led Zeppelin album)|Coda]]'', 1982
| writer7 = Dixon
| length7 = 4:15
| title8 = [[Dazed and Confused (Jake Holmes song)|Dazed and Confused]]
| extra8 = ''Led Zeppelin''
| writer8 = Page <small>(inspired by [[Jake Holmes]])</small>
| length8 = 6:27
| title9 = [[Your Time Is Gonna Come]]
| note9 = Early fade-out
| extra9 = ''Led Zeppelin''
| writer9 = {{hlist|Jones|Page}}
| length9 = 4:14
| title10 = [[Ramble On]]
| extra10 = ''Led Zeppelin II''
| writer10 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length10 = 4:23
| title11 = [[Travelling Riverside Blues#Led Zeppelin version|Travelling Riverside Blues]]
| note11 = Live at the [[BBC]] 24 June 1969
| extra11 = Previously unreleased, 1969
| writer11 = {{hlist|[[Robert Johnson]]|Page|Plant}}
| length11 = 5:11
| title12 = [[Friends (Led Zeppelin song)|Friends]]
| extra12 = ''[[Led Zeppelin III]]'', 1970
| writer12 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length12 = 3:55
| title13 = [[Celebration Day]]
| extra13 = ''Led Zeppelin III''
| writer13 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length13 = 3:29
| title14 = [[Hey, Hey, What Can I Do]]
| extra14 = "Immigrant Song" single, 1970
| writer14 = {{hlist|Bonham|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length14 = 3:55
| title15 = [[White Summer]]/[[Black Mountain Side]]
| note15 = Live at the BBC 27 June 1969
| extra15 = Previously unreleased, 1969
| writer15 = Page
| length15 = 8:01
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc two
| extra_column = Origin
| title1 = [[Black Dog (Led Zeppelin song)|Black Dog]]
| extra1 = ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'', 1971
| writer1 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length1 = 4:55
| title2 = [[Over the Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin song)|Over the Hills and Far Away]]
| extra2 = ''[[Houses of the Holy]]'', 1973
| writer2 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length2 = 4:50
| title3 = [[Immigrant Song]]
| extra3 = ''Led Zeppelin III''
| writer3 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length3 = 2:27
| title4 = [[The Battle of Evermore]]
| extra4 = ''Led Zeppelin IV''
| writer4 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length4 = 5:52
| title5 = [[Bron-Y-Aur Stomp]]
| extra5 = ''Led Zeppelin III''
| writer5 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length5 = 4:20
| title6 = [[Tangerine (Led Zeppelin song)|Tangerine]]
| extra6 = ''Led Zeppelin III''
| writer6 = Page
| length6 = 2:57
| title7 = [[Going to California]]
| extra7 = ''Led Zeppelin IV''
| writer7 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length7 = 3:31
| title8 = [[Since I've Been Loving You]]
| extra8 = ''Led Zeppelin III''
| writer8 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length8 = 7:24
| title9 = [[D'yer Mak'er]]
| extra9 = ''Houses of the Holy''
| writer9 = {{hlist|Bonham|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length9 = 4:23
| title10 = [[The Maid Freed from the Gallows#Led Zeppelin version|Gallows Pole]]
| extra10 = ''Led Zeppelin III''
| writer10 = traditional, arranged by {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length10 = 4:58
| title11 = [[Custard Pie]]
| extra11 = ''[[Physical Graffiti]]'', 1975
| writer11 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length11 = 4:13
| title12 = [[Misty Mountain Hop]]
| extra12 = ''Led Zeppelin IV''
| writer12 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length12 = 4:38
| title13 = [[Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin song)|Rock and Roll]]
| extra13 = ''Led Zeppelin IV''
| writer13 = {{hlist|Bonham|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length13 = 3:41
| title14 = [[The Rain Song]]
| extra14 = ''Houses of the Holy''
| writer14 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length14 = 7:39
| title15 = [[Stairway to Heaven]]
| extra15 = ''Led Zeppelin IV''
| writer15 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length15 = 8:02
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc three
| extra_column = Origin
| title1 = [[Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]
| extra1 = ''Physical Graffiti''
| writer1 = {{hlist|Bonham|Page|Plant}}
| length1 = 8:33
| title2 = [[Trampled Under Foot]]
| extra2 = ''Physical Graffiti''
| writer2 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length2 = 5:37
| title3 = [[For Your Life]]
| extra3 = ''[[Presence (album)|Presence]]'', 1976
| writer3 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length3 = 6:24
| title4 = [[No Quarter (song)|No Quarter]]
| extra4 = ''Houses of the Holy''
| writer4 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length4 = 7:00
| title5 = [[Dancing Days]]
| extra5 = ''Houses of the Holy''
| writer5 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = [[When the Levee Breaks#Led Zeppelin version|When the Levee Breaks]]
| extra6 = ''Led Zeppelin IV''
| writer6 = {{hlist|Bonham|[[Memphis Minnie]]|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length6 = 7:07
| title7 = [[Achilles Last Stand]]
| extra7 = ''Presence''
| writer7 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length7 = 10:25
| title8 = [[The Song Remains the Same (song)|The Song Remains the Same]]
| extra8 = ''Houses of the Holy''
| writer8 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length8 = 5:32
| title9 = [[Ten Years Gone]]
| extra9 = ''Physical Graffiti''
| writer9 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length9 = 6:32
| title10 = [[In My Time of Dying (Led Zeppelin song)|In My Time of Dying]]
| extra10 = ''Physical Graffiti''
| writer10 = {{hlist|Bonham|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length10 = 11:05
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc four
| extra_column = Origin
| title1 = [[In the Evening]]
| extra1 = ''[[In Through the Out Door]]'', 1979
| writer1 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length1 = 6:49
| title2 = [[Candy Store Rock]]
| extra2 = ''Presence''
| writer2 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length2 = 4:11
| title3 = [[The Ocean (Led Zeppelin song)|The Ocean]]
| extra3 = ''Houses of the Holy''
| writer3 = {{hlist|Bonham|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length3 = 4:31
| title4 = Ozone Baby
| extra4 = ''Coda''
| writer4 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length4 = 3:35
| title5 = [[Houses of the Holy (song)|Houses of the Holy]]
| extra5 = ''Physical Graffiti''
| writer5 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length5 = 4:02
| title6 = [[Wearing and Tearing]]
| extra6 = ''Coda''
| writer6 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length6 = 5:31
| title7 = Poor Tom
| extra7 = ''Coda''
| writer7 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length7 = 3:03
| title8 = [[Nobody's Fault but Mine]]
| extra8 = ''Presence''
| writer8 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length8 = 6:27
| title9 = [[Fool in the Rain]]
| extra9 = ''In Through the Out Door''
| writer9 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length9 = 6:12
| title10 = [[In the Light]]
| extra10 = ''Physical Graffiti''
| writer10 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length10 = 8:46
| title11 = [[The Wanton Song]]
| extra11 = ''Physical Graffiti''
| writer11 = {{hlist|Page|Plant}}
| length11 = 4:07
| title12 = [[Moby Dick (instrumental)|Moby Dick]]/[[Bonzo's Montreux]]
| extra12 = Previously unreleased [[remix]] of both recordings, 1990
| writer12 = {{hlist|Bonham|Jones|Page}}
| length12 = 3:50
| title13 = I'm Gonna Crawl
| extra13 = ''In Through the Out Door''
| writer13 = {{hlist|Jones|Page|Plant}}
| length13 = 5:30
| title14 = [[All My Love (Led Zeppelin song)|All My Love]]
| extra14 = ''In Through the Out Door''
| writer14 = {{hlist|Jones|Plant}}
| length14 = 5:51
}}

==Personnel==
{{Div col}}
*[[John Bonham]] – drums, percussion, backing vocals
*[[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] – bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin, backing vocals 
*[[Jimmy Page]] – guitars, backing vocals, production, [[audio mastering|digital remastering]]
*[[Robert Plant]] – vocals, harmonica
*[[Sandy Denny]] – vocals <small>on "The Battle of Evermore"</small>
*[[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] – piano <small>on "Rock and Roll"</small>
*Yves Beauvais&nbsp;– producer
*Bruce Buchanan&nbsp;– [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
*[[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]]&nbsp;– executive producer
*Jeff Griffin&nbsp;– producer
*Chris Houston&nbsp;– engineering
*John Mahoney&nbsp;– [[Programming (music)|Programming]] and engineering on "Moby Dick"/"Bonzo's Montreux"
*George Marino&nbsp;– [[Audio mastering|remastering]] and digital remastering
*Tony Wilson&nbsp;– engineering on "Travelling Riverside Blues" and "White Summer"
*Bob Alford&nbsp;– photography
*Richard Creamer&nbsp;– photography
*[[Cameron Crowe]]&nbsp;– liner notes
*Jim Cummins&nbsp;– photography
*[[Chris Dreja]]&nbsp;– photography
*Robert Ellis&nbsp;– photography
*Larry Fremantle&nbsp;– design
*Neil Jones&nbsp;– photography
*John Kubick&nbsp;– digital transfers
*[[Kurt Loder]]&nbsp;– liner notes
*Janet Macoska&nbsp;– photography
*Richard "Hutch" Hutchison&nbsp;– design co-ordinator
*Jennifer Moore&nbsp;– photography and imaging
*Terry O'Neil&nbsp;– photography
*[[Robert Palmer (American writer)|Robert Palmer]]&nbsp;– liner notes
*Barry Plummer&nbsp;– photography
*Neal Preston&nbsp;– photography
*Michael Putland&nbsp;– photography
*Rhonda Schoen&nbsp;– digital editing and transfers
*Peter Simon&nbsp;– photography
*[[Pennie Smith]]&nbsp;– photography
*Jay Thompson&nbsp;– photography
*Chris Walter&nbsp;– photography
*Bob Gruen&nbsp;– photography
*Chris Wroe&nbsp;– photography and imaging
*Neil Zlozower&nbsp;– photography
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+1990 weekly chart performance for ''Led Zeppelin Boxed Set''
! scope="col"| Chart (1990)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{Album chart|Australia|46|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=Boxed Set|rowheader=true|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|16|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=Boxed Set|chartid=9159|rowheader=true|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| align="center"| 17
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|48|date=19901104|rowheader=true|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|18|artist=Led Zeppelin|rowheader=true|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+2011 weekly chart performance for ''Led Zeppelin Boxed Set''
! scope="col"| Chart (2011)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{Album chart|Italy|36|artist=Led Zeppelin|album=Boxed Set|rowheader=true|accessdate=July, 8 2023}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Led Zeppelin Boxed Set''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Led Zeppelin|title=Led Zeppelin|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1990|certyear=1991}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Led Zeppelin|title=Led Zeppelin - Box Set 1|award=Silver|type=album|relyear=2001|certyear=2010|id=8663-2162-2|note=2001 release}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Led Zeppelin|title=Led Zeppelin|award=Diamond|type=album|multidisc=4|relyear=1990|certyear=2001}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
|+Release formats for ''Led Zeppelin Boxed Set''
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalog #
|-
|rowspan="3"|United States
|rowspan="7"|29 October 1990
|rowspan="7"|[[Atlantic Records]]
|6LP (33 rpm)
|82144-1
|-
|4 [[Compact disc]]
|82144-2
|-
|4 Cassette
|82144-4
|-
||United Kingdom
|rowspan="5"|4 Compact disc
|rowspan="3"|7567-82144-2
|-
||France
|-
||Germany
|-
||Japan
||AMCY-170/3
|-
||Germany
||1990
||[[East West Records]]
||7567-80566-2
|}

==See also==
*[[List of best-selling albums in the United States]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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