One other thing-I could be off a bit, but if this comes out Feb. 23 isn't that almost the exact date the album originally came out in 1975?

Weakest bonus disc yet. At least we'll get the 96/24.

I like parts of this album, but not nearly as much as the first 5. To me LZ's peak ended with HOTH, & this was the start of a long decline.

I have a bootleg LP from this era with plenty of material that could have been included. That is a disappointing bonus disc but I already vowed not to judge these packages on the bonus material and just enjoy what they give us.

Pete, I believe the original album was released in late February '75 (around the same time as my first drum lesson, even though I wouldn't make the connection until many years later), so this reissue will be almost exactly 40 years later.

I was hoping that the Presence reissue would show up on the same day, and then this summer we would see In Through The Out Door and Coda. I wonder what the release schedule is for the remainder of the year.

No version of the out-take 'Swan Song' included? Very lame bonus disc to my favourite double album.
I'll still get this but sure Is disappointing.

A long decline?

Not to me.

Physical Graffiti is one of my favorite albums ever made.

Presence is genius and In Through The Out Door showed they weren't afraid to embrace new direction even if a few songs are so-so.

I always say this (and hopefully I'm right), but these bonus cuts are simply alternate versions and were intended to be a companion to the songs that made the albums.

I am hoping the expanded Coda will offer what I'm hoping for in terms of fully fledged rare cuts.

If not, that will be a bummer, but I am enjoying these for the sound anyway.

That's what I've thought and hoped for as well since Coda itself was an album of outtakes. It would great if the new one was many discs with many more outtakes that haven't been included on the original albums.

I can hope. can't I?

If your right Coda will be a 4 CD Box Set !

Here it is, guys -- the domestic release of the Physical Graffiti 3CD Deluxe Edition is now up for pre-order:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RUT3DTE/?tag=imwan-20

Love me some Physical Graffiti, the Zep album I would first grab when in a Zep mood.

Put me down for a deluxe and a 3CD edition please!

I'm with Pete on this. I saw no decline in their discography, and I find the later albums just as interesting as the early ones. Of course, they've been my favorite band for 35+ years so maybe I'm a bit biased.

I don't think it's bias Rich, that music is superb and Zep grew with the times each album-never staying stagnant.

If only Bonzo hadn't died. That next album was supposed to be very heavy.

TOTALLY agree! And I am loving these deluxe sets. I have 2-3 live shows from each tour, and am completely satisfied with those, so am not sniveling about a lack of live material here. I've never heard any Zep studio outtakes before so love these additions. And just holding each box - you know these are for the ages.

All of the Physical Graffiti domestic editions are up for pre-order now:

3CD/3LP Super Deluxe Edition (plus 96/24 hi-res download card)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RUT3A38/?tag=imwan-20

3CD Deluxe Edition
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RUT3DTE/?tag=imwan-20

2CD Standard Edition
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RUT3D5S/?tag=imwan-20

3LP Deluxe Vinyl Edition
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RUT3BMI/?tag=imwan-20

2LP Standard Vinyl Edition
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RUT3AQ0/?tag=imwan-20

And here's the Super Deluxe Edition in exploded view:

Description
Certified 16x platinum in the U.S., the commercial success of Physical Graffiti was equaled by its critical reception. Generally regarded as one of the greatest double albums of all time, the original 15 tracks represent a creative tour de force that explores the band’s dynamic musical range, from the driving rock of “Custard Pie” and acoustic arrangement of “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp” to the Eastern raga of “Kashmir” and funky groove of “Trampled Under Foot.”

Led Zeppelin’s sixth album, newly remastered, and including an additional CD and LP featuring a previously unreleased studio outtakes. Super Deluxe Edition Box Set Includes:

• CD1 & 2: Original album newly remastered in vinyl replica sleeves
• CD3: Companion disc with previously unreleased studio outtakes in a new sleeve
• Vinyl 1 & 2: Original album newly remastered in single sleeves replicating the original album on 180 gram vinyl
• Vinyl 3: Companion audio on one LP ( 180 gram vinyl ) in a new sleeve featuring negative artwork based on the original album artwork, and featuring previously unreleased studio outtakes
• HD Download card with the original album and companion audio @ 96/24
• LP sized, individually numbered, high quality print of the original album cover
• Album-size hardback book (96 pages)

Disc 1:
1. Custard Pie
2. The Rover
3. In My Time Of Dying
4. Houses Of The Holy
5. Trampled Under Foot
6. Kashmir

Disc 2:
1. In The Light
2. Bron - Yr
3. Down By The Seaside
4. Ten Years Gone
5. Night Flight
6. The Wanton Song
7. Boogie With Stu
8. Black Country Woman
9. Sick Again

Disc 3:
1. Brandy & Coke (Trampled Under Foot - Initial Rough Mix)
2. Sick Again (Early Version)
3. In My Time Of Dying (Initial Rough Mix)
4. Houses Of The Holy (Rough Mix With Overdubs)
5. Everybody Makes It Through (In The Light Early Version/In Transit)
6. Boogie With Stu (Sunset Sound Mix)
7. Driving Through Kashmir (Kashmir Rough Orchestra Mix)

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RUT3A38/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00RUT3A38/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00RUT3A38/?tag=imwan-21

amazing, nothing new again

6 albums, 1 new song, 1 new blues cover.

thanks jimmy page, thanks a hell of a lot.

didn't buy any of the first 5, won't be buying this one.

can't wait to see what he does with "coda"

I also don't think that Physical Graffiti marked the beginning of a decline--I would rank "In Through The Out Door" as not only one of their best albums, but as one of the best final albums by any band ever.

The decline would have begun had they hired a new drummer after Bonham died.

Geff, wanted you to know that while we may be the minority, you aren't alone in your opinion. Loved I - IV, and half of the Houses of the Holy tracks I really love, but the other half not so much. So that, for me, was the start of albums I didn't consistently love from first to last track, and that continued on all the rest of the albums even more so. I get by on a couple compilation discs I made for HOTH through ITTOD.

I've been buying the remasters though, and will likely continue just for what sounds like a slight step-up in sound qualtity from the 90's remasters to my ears (and re-make my complilation CD-Rs.)

I guess it all comes down to when you became a Zep fan. PG was my first Zep album, followed by IV and Houses of the Holy.

I started with 1 & 2.

And I'm with Rich on this. Led Zeppelin is the only major band, other than the Beatles, who never made a "bad" album.