This is basically a bits and pieces album of leftover tracks throughout their career, and was released two years after they disbanded. It consists of eight tracks and two covers, the first of which, We’re Gonna Groove by Ben E King, is superb and this is what they did best – taking an old standard and making it their own. Poor Tom is killer just to hear that floor tom groove by Bonham, and you realize what a great drummer he was. I Can’t Quit You Baby is a tad sloppy, but Plant’s vocals are on the money. Walter’s Walk is all about the groove and the backbeat. Ozone Baby is a very average tune, and I can see how it was a leftover. Darlene is a good tune with a great groove, and is the only full band composition on this release. Bongo’s Montreux is a drum solo?! I think another track would have been more worth it here than a drum solo. The album closes out with Wearing And Tearing, and it’s a fun little fast blues groove and riff. It’s an ok album but nothing special.
7/10 from The Grooveman.
