OUT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR

First of all, let me confess that I would have given anything to be a bat on the wall at Jimmy Page's castle the night the Atlantic brain trust showed up to talk him into piecing together Coda, the 'new' Led Zeppelin album of previous unreleased outtakes taken from recording sessions throughout Zep's humongous career as the reigning rock 'n' roll band of the last decade.