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The Definitive Collection of Mini-LP Replica CDs Boxed Set is a compilation of twelve compact discs featuring albums by the English rock group Led Zeppelin. It was distributed by Atlantic Records in collaboration with Rhino Entertainment on 4 November 2008. This collection comprises all nine of Led Zeppelin’s original studio albums that have been digitally remastered. Additionally, it includes previously unreleased tracks that were initially part of the 1990 Boxed Set, now presented on disc 12. The set also encompasses the two-disc remastered edition of the film soundtrack The Song Remains the Same, incorporating bonus tracks. The albums are organized chronologically and each is presented in miniature replica sleeves mimicking the original vinyl releases. Prior to this boxed set, these replica CDs were only obtainable as separate releases in Japan. An exclusive Japanese deluxe boxed set was initially offered from 10 September 2008, and was limited to 5,000 copies in the SHM-CD format.

The album cover is simply a black background with the band’s four symbols from their untitled fourth album in white: “Zoso” for Jimmy Page, a circle with a triquetra for John Paul Jones, three interlocking rings for John Bonham, and a feather inscribed in a circle for Robert Plant.

The miniature replica sleeves have diligently endeavored to preserve the original artwork and functionality of the initial vinyl releases. In line with this, the sleeves and CD labels only detail the songs that were originally released, excluding the bonus tracks from the packaging.^[2]

Track listing

*Led Zeppelin* (disc one)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“Good Times Bad Times“	John Bonham, John Paul Jones, and Jimmy Page	2:44
2.	“Babe I’m Gonna Leave You“	Anne Bredon, Page, and Robert Plant	6:40
3.	“You Shook Me“	Willie Dixon and J. B. Lenoir	6:30
4.	“Dazed and Confused“	Page (inspired by Jake Holmes)	6:26
5.	“Your Time Is Gonna Come“	Jones and Page	4:41
6.	“Black Mountain Side“	Page	2:13
7.	“Communication Breakdown“	Bonham, Jones, and Page	2:29
8.	“I Can’t Quit You Baby“	Dixon	4:43
9.	“How Many More Times“	Bonham, Jones, and Page	8:28

*Led Zeppelin II* (disc two)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“Whole Lotta Love“	Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, and Plant	5:34
2.	“What Is and What Should Never Be“	Page and Plant	4:45
3.	“The Lemon Song“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	6:19
4.	“Thank You“	Page and Plant	4:49
5.	“Heartbreaker“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	4:14
6.	“Living Loving Maid (She’s Just a Woman)“	Page and Plant	2:39
7.	“Ramble On“	Page and Plant	4:24
8.	“Moby Dick“	Bonham, Jones, and Page	4:20
9.	“Bring It On Home“	Page and Plant	4:21

*Led Zeppelin III* (disc three)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“Immigrant Song“	Page and Plant	2:25
2.	“Friends“	Page and Plant	3:54
3.	“Celebration Day“	Jones, Page, and Plant	3:29
4.	“Since I’ve Been Loving You“	Jones, Page, and Plant	7:23
5.	“Out on the Tiles“	Bonham, Page, and Plant	4:06
6.	“Gallows Pole“	traditional, arr. Page and Plant	4:56
7.	“Tangerine“	Page	3:10
8.	“That’s the Way“	Page and Plant	5:37
9.	“Bron-Y-Aur Stomp“	Jones, Page, and Plant	4:16
10.	“Hats Off to (Roy) Harper“	traditional	3:42

untitled [a.k.a. *Led Zeppelin IV*] (disc four)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“Black Dog“	Jones, Page, and Plant	4:57
2.	“Rock and Roll“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	3:40
3.	“The Battle of Evermore“	Page and Plant	5:52
4.	“Stairway to Heaven“	Page and Plant	8:02
5.	“Misty Mountain Hop“	Jones, Page, and Plant	4:38
6.	“Four Sticks“	Page and Plant	4:46
7.	“Going to California“	Page and Plant	3:31
8.	“When the Levee Breaks“	Jones, Memphis Minnie, Page, and Plant	7:07

*Houses of the Holy* (disc five)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“The Song Remains the Same“	Page and Plant	5:32
2.	“The Rain Song“	Page and Plant	7:39
3.	“Over the Hills and Far Away“	Page and Plant	4:50
4.	“The Crunge“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	3:17
5.	“Dancing Days“	Page and Plant	3:43
6.	“D’yer Mak’er“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	4:23
7.	“No Quarter“	Jones, Page, and Plant	7:00
8.	“The Ocean“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	4:31

*Physical Graffiti* [1] (disc six)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“Custard Pie“	Page and Plant	4:13
2.	“The Rover“	Page and Plant	5:37
3.	“In My Time of Dying“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	11:05
4.	“Houses of the Holy“	Page and Plant	4:02
5.	“Trampled Under Foot“	Jones, Page, and Plant	5:37
6.	“Kashmir“	Bonham, Page, and Plant	8:33

*Physical Graffiti* [2] (disc seven)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“In the Light“	Jones, Page, and Plant	8:46
2.	“Bron-Yr-Aur“	Page	2:06
3.	“Down by the Seaside“	Page and Plant	5:13
4.	“Ten Years Gone“	Page and Plant	6:32
5.	“Night Flight“	Jones, Page, and Plant	3:36
6.	“The Wanton Song“	Page and Plant	4:07
7.	“Boogie with Stu“	Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant, Ian Stewart, Mrs. Valens	3:53
8.	“Black Country Woman“	Page and Plant	4:24
9.	“Sick Again“	Page and Plant	4:42

*Presence* (disc eight)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“Achilles Last Stand“	Page and Plant	10:25
2.	“For Your Life“	Page and Plant	6:24
3.	“Royal Orleans“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	2:58
4.	“Nobody’s Fault but Mine“	Page and Plant	6:27
5.	“Candy Store Rock“	Page and Plant	4:11
6.	“Hots On for Nowhere“	Page and Plant	4:43
7.	“Tea for One“	Page and Plant	9:27

*The Song Remains the Same* [1] (disc nine)*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“Rock and Roll“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	3:56
2.	“Celebration Day“	Jones, Page, and Plant	3:37
3.	“Black Dog” (with “Bring It On Home” intro)“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	3:46
4.	“Over the Hills and Far Away“	Page and Plant	6:11
5.	“Misty Mountain Hop“	Jones, Page, and Plant	4:43
6.	“Since I’ve Been Loving You“	Jones, Page, and Plant	8:23
7.	“No Quarter“	Jones, Page, and Plant	10:38
8.	“The Song Remains the Same“	Page and Plant	5:39
9.	“The Rain Song“	Page and Plant	8:20
10.	“The Ocean“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	5:13

*The Song Remains the Same* [2] (disc ten)**
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“Dazed and Confused“	Page	29:18
2.	“Stairway to Heaven“	Page and Plant	10:52
3.	“Moby Dick“	Bonham, Jones, and Page	11:02
4.	“Heartbreaker“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	6:19
5.	“Whole Lotta Love“	Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, and Plant	13:51

*In Through the Out Door* (disc eleven)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“In the Evening“	Jones, Page, and Plant	6:49
2.	“South Bound Saurez“	Jones and Plant	4:12
3.	“Fool in the Rain“	Jones, Page, and Plant	6:12
4.	“Hot Dog“	Page and Plant	3:17
5.	“Carouselambra“	Jones, Page, and Plant	10:32
6.	“All My Love“	Jones and Plant	5:51
7.	“I’m Gonna Crawl“	Jones, Page, and Plant	5:30

*Coda* (disc twelve)***
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	“We’re Gonna Groove“	James A. Bethea and Ben E. King	2:40
2.	“Poor Tom“	Page and Plant	3:03
3.	“I Can’t Quit You Baby“	Dixon	4:17
4.	“Walter’s Walk“	Page and Plant	4:31
5.	“Ozone Baby“	Page and Plant	3:35
6.	“Darlene“	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	5:06
7.	“Bonzo’s Montreux“	Bonham	4:17
8.	“Wearing and Tearing“	Page and Plant	5:31
9.	“Baby Come On Home” (Recorded 1968, appeared on Boxed Set 2, 1993)	Bert Berns, Page, and Plant	4:30
10.	“Travelling Riverside Blues” (Recorded 1969, appeared on Boxed Set, 1990)	Robert Johnson, Page, and Plant	5:11
11.	“White Summer/Black Mountain Side” (Recorded 1969, appeared on Boxed Set, 1990)	Page	8:01
12.	“Hey, Hey, What Can I Do” (Recorded 1970; B-side to the “Immigrant Song” single, 1970)	Bonham, Jones, Page, and Plant	3:55

Notes
(*) Includes five bonus tracks: “Black Dog” (with “Bring It On Home” intro), “Over the Hills and Far Away”, “Misty Mountain Hop”, “Since I’ve Been Loving You”, and “The Ocean”.
(**) Includes one bonus track: “Heartbreaker”.
(***) Includes four bonus tracks: “Baby Come On Home”, “Travelling Riverside Blues”, “White Summer”/”Black Mountain Side”, and “Hey, Hey, What Can I Do”.

The album is rated G in New Zealand.

Personnel

Led Zeppelin

John Bonham – drums, timpani, gong, backing vocals on Disc 1^[3]
John Paul Jones – bass guitar, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, mandolin, recorders, harpsichord, Mellotron, backing vocals on Disc 1,^[3] acoustic guitar on “The Battle of Evermore”^{[citation needed]}
Jimmy Page – acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitar, banjo, theremin, backing vocals on Disc 1,^[3] mandolin on “The Battle of Evermore”,^{[citation needed]} production
Robert Plant – lead and overdubbed backing vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar on “Boogie with Stu”^{[citation needed]}

Additional musicians

Sandy Denny – vocals on “The Battle of Evermore”
Viram Jasani – tabla on “Black Mountain Side”
Ian Stewart – piano on “Rock and Roll”^{[citation needed]} and “Boogie with Stu”

Production

Barrington Colby – illustrations
Peter Corriston – design and package concept
Cameron Crowe – liner notes
John C. F. Davis – remastering
Mike Doud – design and package concept
Chris Dreja – photography
Elliott Erwitt – photography
BP Fallon – photography
Peter Grant – executive producer on original recordings
Ross Halfin – photo research
George Hardie – cover design
Roy Harper – photography
Dave Heffernan – illustrations
David Juniper – artwork
Maurice Tate – photo tinting

Chart positions

Sales chart performance for *Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection*
Chart (2008)	Peak Position
Japanese Albums Chart^[4]	23

Release history

Release formats for *Led Zeppelin Definitive Collection*
Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog #
Japan	10 September 2008	WEA Japan	Compact disc (boxed set)	13142-53
United States	4 November 2008	Atlantic Records/Rhino Entertainment	Compact disc (boxed set)	513820

References

^ “Definitive Collection – Led Zeppelin | User Reviews | AllMusic”. AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ “Billboard: Definitive Collection of Mini LP Replicas”. Billboard: Discography – Led Zeppelin. Billboard. 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Led Zeppelin IV (Media notes). Led Zeppelin. 1971.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ “Top 100 Albums – 20 September 2008”. Oricon. Retrieved 19 January 2009.

External links

Rhino.com announcement

[rdp-we-cite_note-1] “Definitive Collection – Led Zeppelin | User Reviews | AllMusic”. AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[rdp-we-cite_note-2] “Billboard: Definitive Collection of Mini LP Replicas”. Billboard: Discography – Led Zeppelin. Billboard. 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2009.

[rdp-we-cite_note-LZIV_notes-3] Led Zeppelin IV (Media notes). Led Zeppelin. 1971.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[rdp-we-cite_note-Japanese_albums_chart-4] “Top 100 Albums – 20 September 2008”. Oricon. Retrieved 19 January 2009.

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