CODA

I actually was serious when I said this album is better than "In Through the Out Door." I would choose this collection of oddities over that previous bloody mess in a heartbeat. Coda sounds better with every passing year. You get some nice early recordings in "We're Gonna Groove" and "I can't quit you baby," both of which will bring you back to their glory days. Then you have I believe three or so outtakes from the ITTOD sessions and, remarkably, all of them are preferable to songs they chose for their unfortunate last studio effort. "Ozone Baby," "Darlene," and "Wearing and Tearing" are looking pretty good when stacked against the likes of "Hot Dog" and "In the Evening." I don't know who made the song selection for ITTOD, but they really blew it. There is also a tribute to Bonzo here called "Bonzo's Montreaux" which is a nice little solo but nothing earth shattering. "Poor Tom" and "Walter's Walk" are decent tracks. It's a bit sad there wasn't even more in the vault, but we take what we can get. The vinyl used to have a wonderful photo collage in the gatefold that was worth the price for Zep fans. This is worth getting for fans of the group but only after you've acquired every other work save ITTOD, which is best avoided completely.

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