I think that even the most avid Zep fan would have to admit that 'In Through The Out Door' and 'Coda' were not among the best of the band's output, but knock them together and dump the chaff and you end up with a reasonable swansong (!) to the band's career.
'In Through The Out Door' was predominantly recorded by Jones and Plant, with Page and Bonham dropping by when their addictions allowed, and 'Coda' was mostly made up of out-takes from the latter album. Compiling them into one good album makes more sense than having two mediocre ones, so that's what Album Fixer did. I've used one of the alternative 'In Through The Out Door' sleeves for my cover, so it's still recogisable as the Zep album, but with a bit of a twist.
Track listing
01 In The Evening
02 Darlene
03 All My Love (long version)
04 South Bound Suarez
05 Ozone Baby
06 Hot Dog
07 Bonzo's Montreux
08 Wearing and Tearing
09 I'm Gonna Crawl
10 Fire (Say You're Gonna Leave Me)
Nice. Too bad there's not a good version of Fire floating around, just the rehearsal.
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