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Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two
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Type
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compilation album
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Artist
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Led Zeppelin]]
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Release Date
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21 March 2000 (US) 21 March 2000 (UK)
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Recorded
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May 1972 - December 1978 at various studios. Mastered at Sterling Sounds, New York.
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Genre
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Hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, rock
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Language
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English
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Length
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64 minutes 36 seconds
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Label
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Atlantic Records
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Catalogue
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Atlantic 83278-2 (US) Atlantic 7567-83278-2 (UK)
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Producer
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Jimmy Page]]
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Engineer
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George Marino
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Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two is a single compilation release (One compact disc or double vinyl album) by England|English]] rock group]] Led Zeppelin]], issued by Atlantic Records]] on 21 March 2000.
It features a total of 11 tracks selected by Jimmy Page]], to highlight the band's later career from 1973 through to 1979. As an added bonus, the CD format is enhanced with the addition of a promotional music video, 'Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]'. This video contains a combined footage recorded on the evenings of 24 and 25 May 1975, in Earls Court Arena]], London]]. The footage used was the same as the one projected on the giant Ediphor screen at the venue,[1] and synced to the remastered track. Footage of 'Kashmir' was also added to the Led Zeppelin (DVD)|Led Zeppelin]] DVD in 2003.
The album debuted at number 81 on the Billboard Music Charts|Billboard]]'s 200 Albums chart, and charted for a total of twenty-six weeks. It was preceded by Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One|Early Days]] (1999), rounding out the best of the band's catalogue. Both Early Days and Latter Days were later combined into the Early Days and Latter Days|Early Days and Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volumes One and Two]] (2002) CD only box set.
Track list
Album information
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2000 Track listing:
- 'The Song Remains the Same (song)|The Song Remains the Same]]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 5:28
- 'No Quarter (song)|No Quarter]]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) - 6:59
- 'Houses of the Holy (song)|Houses of the Holy]]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 4:01
- 'Trampled Under Foot]]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) - 5:35
- 'Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham) - 8:31
- 'Ten Years Gone]]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) - 4:22
- 'Achilles Last Stand]]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 10:22
- 'Nobody's Fault but Mine]]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) - 6:27
- 'All My Love]]' (Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) - 5:53
- 'In the Evening]]' (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones) - 6:49
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Chart performance
Chart (2000)
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Peak position
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German Albums Chart[2]
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71
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UK Albums Chart[3]
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40
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US Billboard The 200 Albums Chart[4]
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81
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US Billboard Top Internet Albums[5]
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6
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Certification history
Organization
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Level
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Date
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RIAA – USA
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Gold
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19 April 2004
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RIAA – USA
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Platinum
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19 April 2004
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Credits
Personnel
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- Musicians:
- Jimmy Page – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, electronic effects, backing vocals, producer, remastering, digital remastering
- Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica
- John Paul Jones – bass guitar, keyboards, piano, bass pedals, backing vocals
- John Bonham - drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Production:
- Peter Grant]] – executive producer on original recordings
- George Marino - remastering engineer [Sterling Sound, New York]
- Andie Airfix - art direction and design
- Ross Halfin - photography research
- M. Dubra - photographic collage
- Yves Beauvais - boxed set production
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Notes
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