{"id":927346,"date":"2026-04-29T23:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/927346\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T23:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:27:17","slug":"a-new-japanese-book-details-led-zeppelins-discography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/927346\/","title":{"rendered":"A new Japanese book details Led Zeppelin&#8217;s discography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A newly published book runs through Led Zeppelin\u2019s discography in detail, showcasing information like alternate covers and matrix numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ultimate Guide to Led Zeppelin Original Albums\u201d by Yasuichiro Shimbo was published in Japan on September 26.<\/p>\n<p>The 144-page book, which is written entirely in Japanese, runs through all of Led Zeppelin\u2019s albums and showcases key details such as the labels of different international pressings and key matrix numbers that indicate different pressings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/dp\/4401656601?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cso_cp_apin_dp_XE8Z43WPC1Z8EA9GN798&amp;social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cso_cp_apin_dp_XE8Z43WPC1Z8EA9GN798&amp;bestFormat=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The book can be purchased through Amazon Japan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/diskunion.net\/portal\/ct\/detail\/1009104805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disk Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis book comprehensively introduces all of the original US, UK, and Japanese vinyl records released under the band\u2019s name,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shinko-music.co.jp\/item\/pid0656601\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the book\u2019s description on Shinko Music reads<\/a>, according to a translation. \u201cWith abundant photographs, it presents the jackets, labels, inner sleeves, and matrix number engravings in an encyclopedic style, while analyzing and explaining the characteristics of each record in detail. A must-have, meticulously crafted record guide for Led Zeppelin fans!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLed Zeppelin\u2019s popularity in Japan is incredibly high due to their two legendary tours in Japan,\u201d Shimbo tells LedZepNews. \u201cJapanese fans also continue to respect the band for what they did in Hiroshima.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Shimbo, the book\u2019s extreme detail could be due to what he refers to as \u201cJapanese ethnicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Collage-1024x663.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9762\"  \/>The book features details of every Led Zeppelin album<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a virtue in paying attention to detail,\u201d he explains. \u201cBut there are people in London who are familiar with Blue Note Records, so it\u2019s not that strange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough it is not a book written in English, fortunately the proportion of text is small and most of it consists of colour photographs,\u201d he adds. \u201cNowadays, it is not difficult to translate using Google.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Follow Led Zeppelin News on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LedZepNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ledzepnews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> to stay up to date on news as it happens. 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LedZepNews uses paid Amazon referral links to earn commissions to cover its costs.\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A newly published book runs through Led Zeppelin\u2019s discography in detail, showcasing information like alternate covers and matrix&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-927346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116490591224505583","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}