Monday, October 15, 2007

Led Zeppelin Goes Online and Joins Digital Age

Looks like old dogs can learn new tricks! The Led Zeppelin is releasing all their songs for down load at online music stores. Come on Beatles, give in to Apple and be on iTune!

"We are pleased that the complete Led Zeppelin catalog will now be available digitally," Jimmy Page said in a statement. "The addition of the digital option will better enable fans to obtain our music in whichever manner that they prefer.", according to AP (via USA Today).

The albums being made available for download as of Nov. 13 include;

Led Zeppelin (1969), Led Zeppelin II (1969), Led Zeppelin III (1970), untitled fourth album (1971), Houses of the Holy (1973), Physical Graffiti (1975), Presence (1976), In Through the Out Door (1979), Coda (1982) and How the West Was Won (2003).

The band has signed a separate deal with Verizon Wireless to offer their songs as ringtones and downloads to mobile phones, Verizon said in a statement.

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