LED ZEPPELIN: Previously Unreleased Song 'Sugar Mama' Available For Streaming

Deluxe editions of LED ZEPPELIN‘s final three studio albums: “Presence”, “In Through The Out Door” and “Coda” will be released in July.

The reaction to the first six LED ZEPPELIN album reissues has been extraordinary, with albums charting in the Top 10 around the globe whilst also garnering 5-star reviews and other critical accolades along the way.

As with the previous deluxe editions, “Presence”, “In Through The Out Door” and “Coda” have been newly remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page and are accompanied by companion audio comprised of previously unreleased music related to the original release selected and compiled by Page.

The appropriately titled “Coda” was LED ZEPPELIN‘s final album of studio recordings. Released in 1982, it was comprised of eight unreleased tracks recorded between 1970 and 1978. It peaked at #6 on the album charts and has been certified platinum in the U.S.

The reissue campaign ends with a double-barrel blast of LED. “Coda” will be the only LED ZEPPELIN deluxe edition to include two companion discs, featuring 15 tracks recorded between 1968 and 1974. The oldest song in the collection is also perhaps the most interesting. The frenetic blues jam “Sugar Mama” was recorded in 1968 at Olympic Studios during sessions for the band’s eponymous debut. The song, which was completed but never officially released until now, can be streamed below (courtesy of RollingStone.com). “Baby Come On Home” from the same session is also included in the set. Also included is the previously unreleased “St. Tristan’s Sword”, a rollicking instrumental recorded during the “Led Zeppelin III” sessions in 1970.

“Presence”, “In Through The Out Door” and “Coda” will each be available July 31 from Atlantic/Swan Song in the following formats:

* Single CD – Remastered original album. “Presence” and “Coda” will be packaged in a gatefold card wallet. All CD and LP versions of “In Through The Out Door” will be wrapped in a brown paper page replicating its initial release.

* Deluxe Edition (2CD and 3CD) – Remastered album, plus a second disc of unreleased companion audio. Coda will feature two companion audio discs.

* Single LP – Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl, packaged in a sleeve that replicates the LP’s first pressing in exacting detail. All vinyl versions of “In Through The Out Door” will also include the water-sensitive insert that replicates the inner sleeve from the album’s initial release.

* Deluxe Edition Vinyl – Remastered album and unreleased companion audio on 180-gram vinyl. “Coda” will feature two companion LPs.

* Digital Download – Remastered album and companion audio will both be available.

* Super Deluxe Boxed Set – This collection includes:
– Remastered album on CD in vinyl replica sleeve.
– Companion audio on CD in card wallet.
– Remastered album on 180-gram vinyl in a sleeve replicating first pressing.
– Companion audio on 180-gram vinyl.
– High-def audio download card of all content at 96kHz/24 bit.
– Hard-bound, 72-page book filled with rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia.
– High-quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.

Originally released in 1976, “Presence” was recorded during a whirlwind 18-day session at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany. The album — which peaked at #1 in both the U.S. and UK and was certified triple platinum — crackles with energy on ZEPPELIN classics like “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” and “Achilles Last Stand” and delivers powerful jolts of the group at its visceral best.

The companion audio disc that accompanies “Presence” has five unreleased reference mixes from the sessions, which reveal works in progress. Along with alternate incarnations of “For Your Life”, “Achilles Last Stand” and “Royal Orleans”, there is also the previously unheard instrumental curiously titled “10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod)”.

On its release in the summer of 1979, “In Through The Out Door” topped the U.S. and U.K. album charts and has since been certified six-times platinum. Sadly, it would be the last album that LED ZEPPELIN recorded prior to drummer John Bonham‘s passing the following year. Among the seven album tracks are “Fool In The Rain” and “All My Love”, two songs that remain rock radio staples to this day.

The album’s companion audio disc features an unreleased rough mix of every track from the original album, including early versions with working titles such as “The Hook” (“All My Love”), “The Epic” (“Carouselambra”), and “Blot” (“I’m Gonna Crawl”).

In 1972, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page took a fabled trip to India to perform with the Bombay Orchestra and now, for the first time, recordings from these sessions will be officially released with dynamic takes on “Friends” and “Four Hands” (“Four Sticks” from “Led Zeppelin IV”). Among the many other highlights featured here is an early version of “When The Levee Breaks” from 1970 titled “If It Keeps On Raining”; rough mixes of “The Wanton Song” and “In The Light”, from the “Physical Graffiti” sessions at Headley Grange, the latter a different alternate version than the one included in the “Physical Graffiti” deluxe edition; and an instrumental mix of “Poor Tom” from 1970.

In 1968, Jimmy Page formed LED ZEPPELIN, one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, having sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. The band rose from the ashes of THE YARDBIRDS, when Page brought in Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones. In 1969, LED ZEPPELIN released its self-titled debut. It marked the beginning of a 12-year reign, during which the group was widely considered to be the biggest and most innovative rock band in the world.

LED ZEPPELIN continues to be honored for its pivotal role in music history. The band was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, and a year later was awarded with the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Founding members Page, Plant, and Jones, and along with Jason Bonham, the son of John Bonham, took the stage at London’s O2 Arena in 2007 to headline a tribute concert for Ahmet Ertegun, a dear friend and Atlantic Records‘ founder. The band was honored for its lifetime contribution to American culture at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012. In January of 2014, the band won their first ever Grammy Award as “Celebration Day”, which captured their live performance at the Ertegun tribute concert, was named Best Rock Album.

“Presence” track listing:

01. Achilles Last Stand
02. For Your Life
03. Royal Orleans
04. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
05. Candy Store Rock
06. Hots On For Nowhere
07. Tea For One

Companion audio

01. Two Ones Are Won (Achilles Last Stand – Reference Mix)
02. For Your Life (Reference Mix)
03. 10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod) (Reference Mix)
04. Royal Orleans (Reference Mix)
05. Hots On For Nowhere (Reference Mix)

“In Through The Out Door” track listing

01. In The Evening
02. South Bound Saurez
03. Fool In The Rain
04. Hot Dog
05. Carouselambra
06. All My Love
07. I’m Gonna Crawl

Companion audio

01. In The Evening (Rough Mix)
02. Southbound Piano (South Bound Saurez – Rough Mix)
03. Fool In The Rain (Rough Mix)
04. Hot Dog (Rough Mix)
05. The Epic (Carouselambra – Rough Mix)
06. The Hook (All My Love – Rough Mix)
07. Blot (I’m Gonna Crawl – Rough Mix)

“Coda” track listing:

01. We’re Gonna Groove
02. Poor Tom
03. I Can’t Quit You Baby
04. Walter’s Walk
05. Ozone Baby
06. Darlene
07. Bonzo’s Montreux
08. Wearing And Tearing

Companion audio

Disc One

01. We’re Gonna Groove (Alternate Mix)
02. If It Keeps On Raining (When The Levee Breaks – Rough Mix)
03. Bonzo’s Montreux (Mix Construction In Progress)
04. Baby Come On Home
05. Sugar Mama (Mix)
06. Poor Tom (Instrumental Mix)
07. Travelling Riverside Blues (BBC Session)
08. Hey, Hey, What Can I Do

Disc Two

01. Four Hands (Four Sticks – Bombay Orchestra)
02. Friends (Bombay Orchestra)
03. St. Tristan’s Sword (Rough Mix)
04. Desire (The Wanton Song – Rough Mix)
05. Bring It On Home (Rough Mix)
06. Walter’s Walk (Rough Mix)
07. Everybody Makes It Through (In The Light – Rough Mix)

Photo credit: Atlantic Records / The Outside Organisation