Pitchfork

Led Zeppelin, repackaged and reissued? A Led Zep best of? Nah, it's nothing new. But there's plenty you haven't heard in new releases of The Song Remains the Same on DVD and its soundtrack album, and a lot to teach your kid brother or sister about the fine art of rockin' on the forthcoming greatest hits comp Mothership.

November 13, Mothership-- yet another hefty Led Zep best-of-- will see release on Atlantic Records/Rhino. It's got just about every song you'd expect, a few you'll miss (no "Lemon Song"?), and comes in a standard two-CD set, a "deluxe" version with a bonus live DVD, a "collector's edition"-- which seems to be the "deluxe" with limited-edition packaging-- and a four-LP vinyl edition complete with "collectible memorabilia" (sword? bong?).

Then there's The Song Remains the Same, Led Zep's totally weird, not-unfairly-maligned Tolkien fantasy/concert film. The new Atlantic/Rhino-issued Song soundtrack, out November 20, is actually rather different this time out, with a whole lotta tunes that didn't show up on its original release added. There's also some previously unreleased takes on Zep classics from the three-night Madison Square Garden run from which the original album was culled.

And what would a rollout of a soundtrack be without an accompanying DVD release? Song Remains the Same will get just that on November 20 on Warner Home Video. It features fully remixed and remastered 5.1 sound and 40 minutes of bonus material. There's also even more previously unreleased takes on Zep classics, a BBC sit-down with Robert Plant and manager Peter Grant, footage from the Drake Hotel robbery that took place during the shooting of the film's concerts, and a Cameron Crowe radio show. Ooh, Cameron Crowe!

The DVD will come in a standard format, Blu-ray, HD, and a two-disc "Limited Collector's Edition," which includes a t-shirt, the soundtrack, lobby cards, copies of the original invites to the film's debut, and the tour schedule from the Song run.

Mothership:

Disc One:

01 Good Times Bad Times
02 Communication Breakdown
03 Dazed and Confused
04 Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
05 Whole Lotta Love
06 Ramble On
07 Heartbreaker
08 Immigrant Song
09 Since I've Been Loving You
10 Rock and Roll
11 Black Dog
12 When the Levee Breaks
13 Stairway to Heaven

Disc Two:

01 Song Remains the Same
02 Over the Hills and Far Away
03 D'Yer Maker
04 No Quarter
05 Trampled Under Foot
06 Houses of the Holy
07 Kashmir
08 Nobody's Fault But Mine
09 Achilles Last Stand
10 In the Evening
11 All My Love

Song Remains the Same soundtrack:

Disc One:

01 Rock and Roll
02 Celebration Day
03 Black Dog *
04 Over the Hills *
05 Misty Mountain Hop *
06 Since I've Been Loving You *
07 No Quarter
08 The Song Remains the Same
09 Rain Song
10 The Ocean *

Disc Two:

01 Dazed and Confused
02 Stairway to Heaven
03 Moby Dick
04 Heartbreaker *
05 Whole Lotta Love

* not on original soundtrack release