The Song Remains the Same | ||||
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Live album / Soundtrack by Led Zeppelin | ||||
Released | 22 October 1976 | |||
Recorded | 27–29 July 1973 at Madison Square Garden, New York City | |||
Genre | Hard rock, blues rock | |||
Length | 99:45 | |||
Label | Swan Song | |||
Producer | Jimmy Page | |||
Led Zeppelin chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Blender | |
Robert Christgau | C+ |
The Daily Telegraph | |
Mojo (2007 reissue) | |
MusicHound | 2/5 |
Q | |
Record Collector (2007 reissue) | |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Uncut (2007 reissue) |
The Song Remains the Same is the live soundtrack album of the concert film of the same name by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. The album was originally released in October 1976, before being remastered and reissued in 2007.
The recording of the album and the film took place during three nights of concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden, during the band's 1973 North American tour. All songs were recorded by Eddie Kramer using the Wally Heider Mobile Studio truck, and later mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York and Trident Studios in London.
The album was released on 22 October 1976, by Swan Song Records. The sleeve design depicted a dilapidated movie house located on Old Street film studios in London, which was used by the group for rehearsals prior to their 1973 tour.
Until both the album and the film were remastered and re-released in 2007, there were significant differences between the two in terms of the songs included on each. These differences were as follows:
In addition, of the songs that both the album and the film had in common, some of the recordings featured on the album were of different performances from those in the film. Other tracks which were recorded at Madison Square Garden, but omitted from both the film and the soundtrack album, included "Over The Hills and Far Away", "The Ocean" and "Misty Mountain Hop". A comprehensive analysis of the sources of the original album and the edits is available at The Garden Tapes.
The Song Remains The Same soundtrack album was reissued on CD on 20 November 2007, with the surviving band members having overseen the remixing and remastering of the original release. This coincided with the re-issue of the film, released on HD-DVD, Blu-ray and DVD. The new version of the soundtrack included six songs that were not on the original album release: "Black Dog", "Over the Hills and Far Away", "Misty Mountain Hop", "Since I've Been Loving You", "The Ocean" and "Heartbreaker", plus new liner notes by Cameron Crowe.