Led Zeppelin is coming to the iTunes Store, and it’s coming in a big way.

Apple today announced it will make the entire Led Zeppelin catalog available on iTunes as of Nov. 13. Though representatives of the legendary rock group announced this several weeks ago, they did not tell us about “The Complete Led Zeppelin,” a digital box set of all the band’s albums that includes 165 songs for $99. The iTunes Store will offer this item exclusively.

As of today Zep fans can pre-order the box set as well as “Mothership,” the previously announced 24-track compilation album consisting of songs selected by the three surviving band members.

Anyone who pre-orders either of the new releases will automatically be entered in a contest to win tickets to see the band’s reunion show Nov. 26 in London, along with round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations.

Since Apple’s press release fails to mention whether the tracks will be available DRM-free via iTunes Plus, we’ll have to assume it won’t. That’s too bad.

And I’m also wondering whether the digital box set is a good deal. True, you get 165 songs for $99, making it 60 cents per song rather than the usual 99 cents. But as far as I know Led Zeppelin produced less than 100 original songs, which means there will be a lot of duplication in this collection. Even if you consider live versions as distinct songs, you’re going to end up with more than one copy of quite a few songs.

Meanwhile, the Beatles-on-iTunes vigil goes on…