This chapter
is dedicated to give a detailed description of the most significant
CD labels involved in publicing Led Zeppelin's bootlegs. It contains
not only professional labeled silvers, but also some amatour CD-R labels
which used to produce (or still do) CD-Rs. A few compilations are included
too which (in my opinion) are worth mentioning due to their professional
form and character.
I especially
focused on those CD labels, that publish Led Zeppelin's music only:
Antrabata Reference Master (ARM), Immigrant (IM), Image Quality (IQ),
Last Stand Disc (LSD), The Diagrams Of Led Zeppelin (TDOLZ), Watch Tower
(WT), Wendy Records and a couple more. Many of titles published by those
CD labels are priceless for Zeppelin's fans, because they contain material
that hasn't been published before and was rarely (or never) reissued
on other albums. The most significant of them is TDOLZ which has published
many worth-getting titles.
A separate category
is dedicated to those CD labels, which, due to a very limited edition
and horrendal prices, are wanted by many collectioners; CD labels like
Akashic, Empress Valley Supreme Disc, Tarantura or Tarantura2000 may
be mentioned here. The interest that they arouse is caused not only
by the unique music material they contain, but also by the most beautiful
cover designs. Especially Empress Valley may be praised for having published
many tapes that are really hard to find or are rarely reissued.
The last category
is dedicated to previously mentioned CD-R labels, which are very often
home-made, with amateur graphic designs (with the exception of Beelzebub
Records, that issues its records in gatefold card sleeves, similar to
professional issues). They often contain the same material as on professionally
labeled CDs but due to their lower price and modern equalization are
highly appreciated by many of collectors.
The task of
acquiring most of these pieces is a dauting and very expensive proposition,
even for the well-connected collector. Without advocating the sale of
this kind of product, I listed below those CD labels that I feel are
worth searching out plus some that are worth mentioning due to their
historical importance. The list is alphabetical and containing very
detailed informations about every title.
In the case
of sound quality I've given similar rating system as on vinyl albums
though I haven't mentioned detailed recording characteristics. Most
of CDs have sound equalized a lot due to the professional mastering
job so You must remember that original tapes have far worse sound than
their CD reissues. Only few earliest CD labels released their titles
in a similar quality as original tapes.
Click the label
that you are interested in and try to choose the title you are looking
for while browsing the subpage:
A
-> Akashic
-> Alegra
-> Alternative
Edge
-> American
Concert Series
-> Amsterdam
-> Antrabata
Reference Master
-> Aphrodite
Studios
-> Apple
Music
-> ARMS
-> Artifact
-> Atlantic
Ocean Records
-> Aulica
-> Azija
Records
B
-> Baby
Face
-> Badgeholders
-> Balboa
Productions
-> Banana
-> Beat
And Beat
-> Beelzebub
Records
-> Big
Music
-> Black
Cat Records
-> Black
Cherry
-> Black
Dog Rekords
-> Black
Panther
-> Black
Swan
-> Blimp
-> Blizzard
-> Blue
Hornet
-> Blue
Kangaroo
-> Boogie
Mama
-> Budgie
-> Bumble
Bee
C
-> Cannonball
Records
-> Capricorn
Records
-> Cashmere
-> Celebration
Definitive Masters
-> Chad
-> Chapter
One
-> Chronicles
Of Led Zeppelin (The)
-> Classical
Shots On CD
-> Cobla/Cobra
Standard Series
-> Confusion
Records
-> Continental
Sounds
-> Crazy
Dream
-> Cyanine
Records
D
-> Dadgad
Productions
-> Deep
Records
-> Diagrams
Of Led Zeppelin (The)
-> Digger
Productions
-> Dinopower
Records
-> Disc
Exploitation
-> Discomagic
-> Discurios
-> Double
Time
-> Dynamite
Studio
E
-> Eagle
Music
-> Eelgrass
-> Electric
Junk
-> Electric
Magic
-> Empress
Valley Supreme Disc
-> Entertainers
(The)
-> Equinox
-> Evermore
Music
-> Exile
Records
F
-> Fancy
Pantry
-> Fire
Power
-> Flagge
-> Flamingo
-> Flathead
-> Flesh
-> Flying
Disc/Ghost Music
-> Forever
Standard Series (People's Choice)
-> Fundamental
Rock Records
-> Further
Along
G
-> Gema
Music W/Love
-> Genuine
Masters
-> Godfather
Records
-> Gold
Standard Series
-> Golden
Stars
-> Graf
Zeppelin
-> Grand
Pick Records (The)
-> Great
Dane Records
-> Gusto
Productions
H
-> H
& Y Records
-> H-Bomb
Music
-> Hard
Rock Classic Records
-> Holy
-> Holy
Grail
-> Home
Records
-> Home(r)
Entertainment Network, The
-> House
Of Elrond
I
-> Image
Quality
-> Immigrant
-> Insect
Records
J
-> Jelly
Roll
-> Joker
Productions
-> Jolly
Roger Records
K
-> Kaleidoscopic
Music
-> Keep
Out
-> Kobra
Records
-> Koine
Records
L
-> Last
Stand Disc
-> Le-Mon
-> Led
Note
-> Lemon
Song
-> Limes
-> Live
& Alive
-> Live
Experience (The)
-> Live
Remains
-> Live
Storm
-> Liver
Pool Records
-> Living
Legend Records
-> Lobster
Records
-> Luna
Records
M
-> Mad
Dogs
-> Magnificent
Disc
-> Mandala
Records
-> Manic
Depression
-> Masterport
-> Memphis
-> Men
At Work
-> Midas
Touch
-> Minotaur
Records
-> Missing
Link
-> MMachine
-> Monument
Records
-> Moonlight
Records
-> Moonraker
Records
-> Mud
Dogs
N
-> Nasty
Music
-> Neptune
-> Neutral
Zone
-> Never
End
-> Neverland
-> New
Plastic Records
-> Nienerwald
Muzica Corp.
-> Nighthawk
-> non
labelled releases
-> Noise
Generator
O
-> Ocean
Recording Corporation
-> Ocean
Sound Studio
-> Off
Beat Records
-> OffRoadTracks
-> Oh
Boy
-> Oil
Well
-> On
Stage
-> Original
Master Series
-> Osoz
P
-> Pacific
-> Patriot
-> Pirate
Records
-> Planet
-> Post
Script
-> Pot
-> Power
Archives
-> Power
Chord
-> Punjonian
Productions
Q
-> Quality
Compact Productions
R
-> R&E
Music
-> Rabbit
Records
-> Rag
Doll Music
-> Rah
-> Real
Dragon
-> Red
Devil
-> Red
Hot
-> Red
Robin
-> Reel
Masters
-> Right
Stuff
-> Rock
Archives
-> Rock
Calendar Records
-> Rock
Solid Records
-> Rockin'
Records/Pageboys (The)
-> Rockwrok
-> Roundpin
Productions
-> Royal
Record Productions
-> Rubber
Dubber
-> Rude
World
S
-> Saka
-> Sanctuary
-> Satelite
Records
-> Savage
Beast Music
-> Sayonara
-> Scorpio
old
-> Scorpio
new
-> Scorpio
fake
-> Seagull
Records
-> Sharakuled
-> Shout
To The Top
-> Sidewalk
Music
-> Silver
Rarities
-> Silver
Shadow
-> Small
Fish
-> Smile
Records
-> Smoking
Pig
-> So
Fucking What!
-> Sodd
Singer's Original
-> SRS
Records
-> Starbone
Records
-> Sugar
Mama
-> Sugarcane
Records
-> Swansong
-> Swingin'
Pig Records (The)
-> Symbols
(The)
T
-> Tangerine
Records
-> Tarantura
-> Tarantura2000
-> Tattytura
-> Tecumseh
-> Theramin
Music
-> Thin
Men
-> Tie
Dye Records
-> Tintagel
-> TNT
Studios
-> Toasted/Condor
-> Toe
-> Totonka
-> Trade
Mark Of Quality
-> Triangle
Records
-> Tuff
Bites
-> Turtle
Records
V
-> Vintage
Masters
W
-> Wardour
-> Watch
Tower
-> Water
Tank
-> Way
Of Wizard
-> Wendy
Records
-> White
Summer
-> Whole
Lotta Live
-> Whoopy
Cat
-> Widget
-> Wild
Bird Records
-> Wild
Card
-> Winston
Remasters
-> World
Productions Of Compact Music
-> Wyvern
Legend
Z
-> Zeppelin
Digital
-> Zeppelin
Live Archives
-> Zoso
-> Zoso's
Company