A new online campaign hopes to persuade Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin’s record label Rhino to remaster Led Zeppelin’s catalogue, releasing the band’s material in a full AAA format – meaning an analogue remaster using the original master tapes, an analogue mix and analogue cutting.
The campaign was started by Steve Westman, the host of the widely viewed The Audiophiles YouTube channel which has more than 45,000 subscribers.
In a video posted on July 14, Westman called on Page and Rhino to release “a true AAA all analog Led Zeppelin reissue campaign.”
Rhino has already released AAA reissues of classics albums by artists such as Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, The Stooges and Joni Mitchell. But so far it hasn’t reissued any Led Zeppelin material through this imprint.
In the video, which gained more than 10,000 views in less than a day, Westman says: “Would you not want your tapes remastered maybe one more time while you’re alive?”
“We’re the fans, we’re the ones that buy their records. We are,” Westman continues in the video. “I think sometimes we need to remember that. What, you think Led Zeppelin will have the demand to have AAA pressings in 10 years as it is right now? I bet you not, demographics change. Things shift. More options out there. Right now is the time for it.”
Along with the video, Westman has also launched a survey for fans to signal their demand for AAA pressings of Led Zeppelin’s albums. 2,000 people have completed the survey in less than 24 hours, according to Westman.
LedZepNews spoke to Westman to better understand his campaign and to find out exactly what he’s calling on Led Zeppelin to do. You can read our full interview below:
What is it you’d like Jimmy Page and Rhino to do that’s different to the most recent remaster campaign?
It’s been over 12 years since the Led Zeppelin catalog was remastered, and that was remastered digitally by Jimmy Page. We’re in a vinyl resurgence, and who knows what the next five or ten years will bring to the vinyl industry or market. I just feel this is the best time to capitalize on that.
From a demographic point of view, having the catalog cut AAA by Rhino HiFi, who would have the rights to doing this all analog and having it mastered by Kevin Gray, would be the perfect opportunity.
How has the initial reaction from fans been to the campaign?
It’s been very overwhelming. The video I did, Can 10,000 Led Zeppelin Fans Make This Happen?, has had close to 10,000 views, and I’ve received a tremendous amount of positive feedback. Lots of people have reached out to me, including yourself at LedZepNews.com.
My goal is to have 10,000 Led Zeppelin fans complete the survey and cast their vote. From there, I hope our voices are heard by Led Zeppelin’s management, and hopefully it also encourages Rhino HiFi to push a little harder for an all analog AAA reissue campaign.
I think this is a great opportunity for fans to come together and let their interest be known in a respectful way.
Is Led Zeppelin an outlier in the industry for not doing an analog reissue campaign?
Led Zeppelin is definitely an outlier. If you look at other bands, like The Beatles, they did their AAA Mono Box in 2014 and then reissued it again in 2025.
So yes, from a true audiophile AAA standpoint, Led Zeppelin is probably the last major outlier, especially considering they are arguably the biggest rock band. We still have not seen approved all analog cuts by Jimmy Page and the band or management.
This could be huge for audiophiles and for anyone who wants to experience the Led Zeppelin catalog on AAA vinyl.
Why do you believe this hasn’t happened yet? Is it because of a lack of fan interest or something else?
That’s the million dollar question. I don’t know why it hasn’t happened.
Like I said, it’s been 12 years. I believe Jimmy Page is the one who can decide this. He remastered the catalog digitally back in 2014, and those releases sound great.
But this is the vinyl resurgence. Twelve years is a long time between reissues of a band’s catalog. Why not pull out the tapes, dust them off, and have Rhino HiFi produce true all analog cuts, mastered by Kevin Gray for the audiophile market?
How likely do you believe it is that the campaign is successful?
Like I said, we’ve had over 10,000 views, hundreds of people comment, email me, text me, and message me wishing the campaign success. We’ve also had over 2,000 people complete the survey.
My goal is to reach 10,000 Led Zeppelin fans through the survey so our voices can be heard. At that point, I’d like to present those results to Led Zeppelin’s management and simply ask for an answer. If the answer is yes, and this is something they’d like to do, that would be fantastic. If the answer is no, I’d simply like to understand why. That’s really what I’m trying to accomplish with this campaign.
It’s been 12 years since the last Led Zeppelin reissues, and I believe this is the time. I know I sound like a broken record, pun intended, but this is the time to capitalize on the current demographic that’s passionate about vinyl and audiophile releases.
I think this would be huge for everyone, and I believe now is the time to do it, not in five years and definitely not in ten years, as we know the demographic will continue to shift.
Good interview! I would most definitely buy the box if it becomes a reality! Steve is a voice for the vinyl community!
Let’s do this!
It was yesterday, July 15, 1973 did I saw my first concert and that was Led Zeppelin? I was 14 years old.. Me and about five other guys went down to the Aud in Buffalo, New York, with the intent of sneaking in. We had scoped the building out for hiding spaces for some time. During basketball games, the Buffalo Braves and the Buffalo Sabres. They were adding an another section up top. call the orange section. We broke in like three separate times that night and got kicked out by security. It was about two hours before the concert. One of my friends that was there found a doors that was just chained and you could stick your hand and head in there between the doors. Someone came up with a crowbar and broke the chain and he said I got the door open, and I took off running towards the door and as I was running, I looked back and there was about 100 200 people following behind me,. The guy that I was with led the way and I followed him up into the orange section in the mechanical room. We crawled up underneath the floor in the mechanical room and there was probably 60 or 70 people up underneath this thing. It was too crowded in there so Al so let’s go so we start walking around and we seen some people and they didn’t seem to care and then we heard someone say security was coming and there was a hole in the ceiling kind of like an attic access about 10 feet above us and someone come up here. So they all reached down and grabbed Al and I couldn’t get up and they held onto a guy’s feet and lowered him down and he picked me up and pulled me up into this attic access. I don’t know how many people were there, but I was right above the attic access hole, straddling it and people were laying on top of me and all over the place and it was hot and I was sweating and the cops walked by and one guy said I hear noises, but I don’t see anybody. Then he looks straight up at me. He winked and said I don’t see anybody either. We hung out up there for about 20 minutes and then Al said hey we got back in. Let’s go down on the floor and check it out because we heard someone playing the guitar so we hopped down. Each section. Until we got down to the floor, which they were setting up chair chairs on the floor we went to the front about 12 rows back from the stage right in the center. And there was Jimmy page up on stage loading his guitar army into the computer. He was just up there jamming . Me and Al were just sitting there. People were looking at us didn’t say anything so we kicked back in the chair. I was watching then all of a sudden someone put their hand on my shoulder and picked me up and I looked over it out, and he was dangling in the air too. And Jimmy stopped playing and told the guys to leave us alone that we got our seat he said “them guys got balls. They got their seat.!” Jimmy finished up with what he was doing up there about another 1010 minutes or so. And we just sat there and then all of a sudden people started coming in and crowding around and it was a general admission so we weren’t taking anybody’s seat, we sat there for about the first four songs, and then we went around to find the rest of our friends. That’s how I’ve seen my first concert I hope the statue of limitations is up! If not a Jimmy, I owe you five bucks! And thanks for the seat. It would be cool if you would remember that I doubt it but.
How about a Blu-ray disc campaign as well? I’d like to see it along the lines of the SDE packages Paul Sinclair has been involved with.
The levels on albums like 2 are very low, remastering and re-cutting would allow a greater signal to noise ratio and clearer sound.
I would love to see this happen, Just my 2 cents.
Not going to happen. Everything goes thru Plant and he stubbornly blocks anything LZ.
Also we need Jimmy to continue work on The Next Year solo project
Led Zeppelin on Rhino Hifi vinyl would be the pinnacle of AAA reissues. if it happens, grab yours FAST
Both Zep and The Stones should do an AAA release.
THis would be the fastest automatic purchase! All of their albums master by Kevin Gray, all analog in a beautiful box? 100%
Please wake up…vinyl = garbage. Just read Ian Anderson’s interview discussing that ancient format or studio wizard and a true star, Todd Rundgren saying how vinyl is terrible. Take the analog tapes and transfer them to Blu-ray audio or any far superior digital format. Sorry kids, vinyl is Fred Flintstone material and sonically poor compared to analog master tape to digital transfer.
Hell, why not! MOFI is putting out all of RUSH’s albums starting in Nov 2026 running through the next couple of years! Zep needs to jump onboard!
This makes zero sense. I’m confident an ultra high resolution digital transfer was done of the 50+ year old master tapes years ago. Nothing would be gained by running them through a machine again and transferring them to analog, except maybe some flattering distortion or frequency response anomalies that some people prefer. Mastering those hi-res digital transfers to vinyl in the cleanest way possible would be the correct way to go for those who want to hear it the best way from the vinyl format. I love playing old rock and roll from original pressings and I understand not everyone can afford pristine first pressings of Led Zeppelin’s entire catalog. Anyone who thinks AAA is better prefers what that process imparts to the end result. Ultimately this is a matter of taste, naturally. But from a “I want to get as close as I can to what it sounded like in the studio”, we can certainly do better in 2026 than an AAA reboot.
“So yes, from a true audiophile AAA standpoint, Led Zeppelin is probably the last major outlier, especially considering they are arguably the biggest rock band.”
Well, that is just not true. Pink Floyd? David Bowie? The Rolling Stones? Queen? AC/DC?
Very few Rock bands have had an AAA re-issue campaign.
Mr Westman’s focus on Rhino High Fidelity doing this is also a bad idea given their lack of international distribution.