Engineers include: George Chkiantz, Andrew Johns, Chris Huston.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

From the first grinding notes of that famous vamp which introduces "Whole Lotta Love," LED ZEPPELIN II announces for all to hear that they are the definitive hard rock band of their generation. But before the listener can even settle into the groove, Led Zeppelin takes a hard left turn into a spacey new rhythm, exotically flavored by Page's droning feedback and innovative use of a violin bow. By tune's end Led Zeppelin has repeatedly toyed with the listener's expectations.

This subversive quality distinguishes most of the arrangements on LED ZEPPELIN II, as in the soft/hard/soft/hard design of "What Is And What Should Never Be," the gospelish moods of "Thank You," the rocking vamps and funk rhythm changes of "Heartbreaker" and "Living Loving Maid," and the country music echoes of "Ramble On." And in their appropriations of source materials from Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson and Sonny Boy Williamson, Page and company continued to mine the rich vein of the blues.