The Best of Led Zeppelin

Greatest hits album series by Led Zeppelin

Released

Early Days: 23 November 1999
Latter Days: 21 March 2000
Box set: 19 November 2002

Recorded

October 1968 – December 1978

Genre

Hard rock

Length

68:09 and 64:36

Led Zeppelin chronology

BBC Sessions
(1997)

The Best of Led Zeppelin
(1999)

Led Zeppelin DVD
(2003)

Early Days: Vol. 1

Latter Days: Vol. 2

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The Best of Led Zeppelin is a two-volume greatest hits compilation album series by English rock group Led Zeppelin released by Atlantic Records. Containing songs from eight of the band's nine studio albums, volume one, Early Days, was released on November 23, 1999 while volume two, Latter Days, was released on March 21, 2000. Early Days is composed of selected tracks from the period in the band's history dating 1968 to 1971. Latter Days covered 1973 to 1979. Early Days debuted at #71 on the Billboard's Pop Albums chart and Latter Days debuted at #81. A combined disc set, called Early Days and Latter Days, was released on November 19, 2002. Both Early Days and Early Days and Latter Days were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Both volumes are now out of print, and were replaced with the 2007 two-disc compilation Mothership.

This enhanced CD contains 1969 television footage from Sweden of the band miming to "Communication Breakdown". On the compilation, the first four songs were originally released on the band's eponymous debut, the next two on Led Zeppelin II, the next two from Led Zeppelin III, and the final five from Led Zeppelin IV.

This enhanced CD contains a video of a live performance of "Kashmir" from Earls Court in 1975 matched to the studio track. On the compilation, the first two songs were originally released on the album Houses of the Holy, the next four on Physical Graffiti, the next two on Presence, and the final two on In Through the Out Door.

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