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LED ZEPPELIN - How The West Was Won (2003)

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"How the West Was Won" is a triple live album by English rock group Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on CD on May 27, 2003. These original performances are from the band's 1972 concert tour of the United States, recorded at the L.A. Forum on June 25, 1972 and Long Beach Arena on June 27, 1972. Guitarist Jimmy Page considers Led Zeppelin at this point to have been at their artistic peak, as is mentioned in the album's liner notes. For many years, live recordings of these two shows only circulated in the form of bootlegs, and even then only certain audience recordings were available to fans and collectors (for example, Burn Like a Candle). Though several soundboard recordings of Led Zeppelin concerts were circulated amongst fans after having been stolen from Page's personal archive some time in the 1980s, no soundboards of the 1972 Long Beach or LA Forum shows were taken, meaning the release of How the West Was Won was the first chance fans had of hearing the soundboard versions of these concerts. The songs from the two shows underwent some extensive editing and audio engineering by Page at Sarm West Studios in London before being released on the album. A comprehensive analysis of live tracks edits for the album can be found at The Garden Tapes. Some songs which were played at the concerts, such as "Communication Breakdown" and a rare version of "Louie Louie" from the June 25 show, were left off How the West Was Won. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending June 14, 2003 at number 1, with sales of 154,000 copies. It remained on the chart for 16 weeks. It was certified gold and platinum record awards by the RIAA on June 30, 2003. The album became the first Led Zeppelin album since 1979's In Through the Out Door to reach the #1 position.

DISC 1:
01.LA Drone
02.Immigrant Song
03.Heartbreaker
04.Black Dog
05.Over the Hills and Far Away
06.Since I've Been Loving You
07.Stairway to Heaven
08.Going to California
09.That's the Way
10.Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp
DISC 2:
01.Dazed and Confused
02.What Is and What Should Never Be
03.Dancing Days
04.Moby Dick
DISC 3:
01.Whole Lotta Love
02.Rock and Roll
03.The Ocean
04.Bring It On Home
1 + 2 + 3 + 4