Which album completed your collection?

[Bill M.]

In my experience, many people who get into Led Zeppelin are young and discovering them after-the-fact. But few of them seem to buy their catalog in chronological order.

So for those of you who own all of the studio albums in some form or another, which was the LAST one you bought before you could finally say you had them all?

And just for the sake of clarity, "album" means a title on any format (vinyl record, cassette, 8-track, CD, mp3).

For me, I initially had everything on either vinyl or cassette, and I think Presence was the last one out of the 9 that I had to get before I had them all.

[Kashmir330]

ITTOD was actually a Christmas present I received (along the second box set) and was the last Zeppelin album I needed to get.

[leddy]

Coda was the only one I bought on the day of release up to that point, but as that was after they broke up it doesn't really count

[Evster2012]

CODA as I had all the rest before it came out.

[theycallmethehunter]

In Through The Outdoor, i got Coda before that..The rest were all in order pretty much

[bigledzepfan1963]

when i got my 1st lp player in 1970s,the 1st lps i bought were all the zeppelin ones,same with cds,i got zeppelin 1st above anybody else.the internet has been a godsend to me,i have been able to collect most of the live shows out there and most all of the outakes as well.

[Deborah J]

CODA as I had all the rest before it came out.

Same here:-)

[ninelives]

Coda as well.

[brspled]

Coda as well.

Me too.

[BlackDog71]

Coda. I heard "Poor Tom" and decided i had to have it. Despite being the weakest album (IMO), it's still Zep and it made my collection complete.

[aen27]

All the other albums I had gotten or ordered in the Japanese packaging. In Through the Out Door was the last and the only one in a regular jewel case. Though since, I got I, Phiycial Graffetti, Coda and that on vynil.

Edited October 6, 2009 by aen27

[slave to zep]

in the 70's i bought iv, then pg, then prescence, then ittod all on vinyl ( still have them ).

then just a couple of years ago i bought the whole lot on cd, including coda.

[timothy5151]

A friend of mine played me Rock And Roll off of IV one night and I was hooked. The first album I heard completely was actually Page & Plant - Unledded. I was undecided as to what cd I would by first, so I bought Box Set 1. After finding out that the box set was not all of their material, I decided to purchase all the albums (I didn't know about the second box set). I started with In Through The Out Door and Coda first, then worked my way backwards in chronological order with Led Zeppelin I being the cd that completed my collection.

Edited October 7, 2009 by timothy5151

[zeppelincheetah]

I'm pretty sure it was CODA. I got the first 8 thinking I had them all then soon learned that there was one last album.

[ally]

Coda

[ZeppFanForever]

It was definitely CODA! I already owned all of the vinyl/LP's, Cassettes and CD's! ROCK ON FOREVER all!

[kakdaddy]

I voted "Coda" but I remember I actually had that on vinyl years ago but gave it away at some point. In reality it would be "Presence" even though I had that on CD before "Coda".

[djzoso]

physical graffiti was the one that completed my collection cause it was so difficult to find.

[Electrophile]

I don't own all of their albums yet and I probably won't because I don't consider myself a completist. If I don't think it's any good, I won't buy it no matter how much I love the artist. For example, there's a few Pink Floyd albums I don't have because I don't like them. I figure, why spend money on something I won't listen to? It's a waste.

I've heard quite a few songs on Coda and don't care for them compared to other works they did, so I'll probably never end up owning it.

Edited October 15, 2009 by Electrophile

[imPLANTed]

I have a few songs to acquire yet. From what I've heard I'll probably concentrate on CODA last.

[ZeppFanForever]

I have a few songs to acquire yet. From what I've heard I'll probably concentrate on CODA last.

I like the CODA album! ROF!

[Janet]

I don't own LZ4 or ITTOD - but another family member does. I certainly would have them all otherwise.

Why didn't you include BBC sessions, HTWWW or TSRTS? I wouldn't consider a collection complete without them.

[The Love That I Found]

I can't be a 100% certain but I'm pretty sure it was Coda for me as well. Ironically, it's a good album in my eyes! It often rivals a few other "regular" albums for most listens in the catalogue. Thanks to the 4 disc box set I don't have to listen to Coda directly really (virtually all the best tracks from it are on the box set where they shine in a broader and more fitting light). BUT I do need it for We're Gonna Groove! Love that song! Man, they're flying on that song! Listening to Jimmy's guitar and especially Bonzo's drums in the solo break, wow!

[Jimmy's A Legend]

I've just recently bought ITTOD. It's taken me a while, I guess becuase it's not my favourite but I finally bought it and now my LP Zeppelin collection is complete Whahahhahaha

And I do have to say that I'm Gonna Crawl sounds alot better on vinyl than CD.

[docron]

CODA of course. I have OCD, so to do things out of order would be torture.

Has nothing to do with the content, though - I like CODA better than In Through The Out Door.

1) The title is much easier to type.

2) Page/Bonham actually had some influence on it.