THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS contains Led Zeppelin's 9 studio albums as well as 3 bonus tracks. The 10 CDs come in a deluxe box and include all original album art and a book with rare photos and liner notes by Cameron Crowe.

Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica); Jimmy Page (electric, slide, pedal steel, acoustic 6 & 12-string guitar, mandolin, banjo, background vocals); John Paul Jones (bass, piano, keyboards, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, background vocals); John Bonham (drums, tympani, background vocals).

Additional personnel: Viram Jasani (tabla); Sandy Denny.

Compilation producers: Jimmy Page, Yves Beauvais.

Digitally remastered by Jimmy Page and George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York, New York.

Released in 1993, THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS is a ten-CD collection of Led Zeppelin's officially released studio albums along with a handful of rarities, all personally remastered by Jimmy Page. After releasing a self-titled, blues-based debut and a harder-rocking follow-up primarily recorded on tour, Led Zeppelin's muse was soon travelling all over the map. On LED ZEPPELIN III, the band retreated to the Welsh countryside, influenced by the folkier side of Joni Mitchell and The Byrds, whereas the HOUSES OF THE HOLY found the band delving into funk and reggae.

Although "Stairway To Heaven" was the epic that defined the band in many people's eyes, it was PHYSICAL GRAFFITTI's "Kashmir" that the surviving members still point to as quintessential Zeppelin. Inspired by a trip to Morocco, the song's hypnotic pace and Middle Eastern flavor exposed millions to that culture long before the term "world music" was coined. PRESENCE showed the band still were vital and no worse for wear. By the time IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR came out in 1979, the band was updating their sound by experimenting with synthesizers. In the midst of preparation for a massive North American tour, John Bonham died. The dates were cancelled and the band quickly broke up. CODA, an outtakes album, was released two years later. All this history and much more is covered in the Cameron Crowe liner notes of the 56-page book included in THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS package.

Q (12/93, p.133) - 5 Stars - Indispensible - "...[STUDIO RECORDINGS] make all other rock CDs sound not quite there..."