Frequently bootlegged and now digitally remastered by Jimmy Page, these tapes capture a 25-month (1969 to 1971) arc in which Zep's sound grew to encompass the speed rush and jazz/blues festival stuff of their 1969 debut, the fully developed folkie musings of "Going to California" (in which Plant vowed to make a hejira right up to Joni Mitchell's front door), and the band's modestly popular multilayered epic "Stairway to Heaven." The Sessions also give a glimpse of nearly off-the-cuff invention in an intense take on Robert Johnson's "Traveling Riverside Blues." Most other white blues musicians would've rushed to get this on vinyl; Page and Plant instead used it for parts, most notably taking its profound acoustic freneticism for Led Zeppelin III. --Rickey Wright

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tracklisting:	You Shook Me I Can't Quit You Baby Communication Breakdown Dazed and Confused Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair What Is and What Should Never Be Traveling Riverside Blues Whole Lotta Love Somethin' Else How Many More Times Immigrant Song Heartbreaker Since I've Been Loving You [#] Black Dog [#] Stairway to Heaven Going to California That's the Way Whole Lotta Love Medley: Boogie Chillun'/Fixin to Die/That's Alright Ma Thank You [#]
title:	BBC Sessions
purchase date:	09-05-2005
published:	18-11-1997
price:	$24.98
net Rating:	4.5
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genre:	Blues Rock Folk Rock British Metal Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) Supergroups Guitar Gods Rock Guitarists Arena Rock
fullTitle:	BBC Sessions
currentValue:	$6.95
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country:	us
aspect:	Audio CD Live
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artist:	Led Zeppelin