Led Zeppelin Announces Vinyl Release Of Unheard 'Rock And Roll'

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Leading up to Led Zeppelin’s 50th anniversary celebration, slated for September, the band has announced its first-ever release for Record Store Day, on April 21st, with a 7-inch vinyl featuring previously unheard versions of their hits.

The limited edition single is produced by Jimmy Page and pressed on yellow vinyl. The single features two previously unheard studio mixes, handpicked by Page to appear on the release: the Sunset Sound Mix of “Rock And Roll” and the Olympic Studios Mix of “Friends.”

The previously unreleased version of “Rock And Roll” provides an additional peak into the fabled Sunset Sound Mixes of Led Zeppelin IV. Only two previous Sunset Sound Mixes have been released — the first being the well-known version of “When The Levee Breaks” on the original album and the second the “Stairway To Heaven” mix that debuted on 2014 companion disc in the deluxe edition. 

The previously unheard Olympic Studios Mix of “Friends” is a stripped-down version, without the orchestration of the final mix.

"There'll be Led Zeppelin product coming out, for sure, that people haven't heard, because I'm working on that," Page said in an interview for the Academy of Achievement. "Next year will be the 50th year, so there's all manner of surprises coming out."

The band also plans to release a book, Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin this October. 

Original article by Andrew Magnotta at iHeartRadio