In June new expanded versions of the first three Led Zeppelin albums will be released.

To get us excited, a few of the alternate takes and live versions that will be on the albums have been made available.

Here’s a version of “Whole Lotta Love” quite different from what made it onto the album

Here are live versions of “Good Times, Bad Times” and “Communication Breakdown” recorded live in Paris in 1969.

[In August of this year I’ll be publishing my rock ‘n’ roll/ coming-of-age novel, “True Love Scars,” which features a narrator who is obsessed with Bob Dylan. To read the first chapter, head here.]

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