That Led Zeppelin three-CD live box-set, 'How the West Was Won' has topped the US charts - their first US No. 1 album since 'In Through the Out Door' was released in 1979. The new collection released by Warners subsidiary Atlantic and featuring recordings from two 1972 California concerts debuts atop the Billboard
200, having sold 154,000 units in its first week.
'How the West Was Won' is the band's third compilation since 1990, and the third to reach the top 20. 'Remasters' went in at 18 in 1990, and the 'BBC Sessions' LP reached No. 12 in 1997.
Released simultaneously, the 'Led Zeppelin DVD' set new a record for the highest debut-week and highest single-week sales for a music DVD selling 120,000 copies. The It smashed the record previously held by Paul McCartney's 'Back in the US' which sold a comparatively meagre 61,000 units in its first week late last year.