Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti

299,99

Condition like new, Probably never played.

Led Zeppelin returned from a nearly two-year hiatus in 1975 with the double-album Physical Graffiti, their most sprawling and ambitious work. Where Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy integrated influences on each song, the majority of the tracks on Physical Graffiti are individual stylistic workouts. The highlights are when Zeppelin incorporate influences and stretch out into new stylistic territory, most notably on the tense, Eastern-influenced “Kashmir.” “Trampled Underfoot,” with John Paul Jones’ galloping keyboard, is their best funk-metal workout, while “Houses of the Holy” is their best attempt at pop, and “Down by the Seaside” is the closest they’ve come to country. Even the heavier blues — the 11-minute “In My Time of Dying,” the tightly wound “Custard Pie,” and the monstrous epic “The Rover” — are louder and more extended and textured than their previous work. Also, all of the heavy songs are on the first record, leaving the rest of the album to explore more adventurous territory, whether it’s acoustic tracks or grandiose but quiet epics like the affecting “Ten Years Gone.” The second half of Physical Graffiti feels like the group is cleaning the vaults out, issuing every little scrap of music they set to tape in the past few years. That means that the album is filled with songs that aren’t quite filler, but don’t quite match the peaks of the album, either. Still, even these songs have their merits — “Sick Again” is the meanest, most decadent rocker they ever recorded, and the folky acoustic rock & roll of “Boogie with Stu” and “Black Country Woman” may be tossed off, but they have a relaxed, off-hand charm that Zeppelin never matched. It takes a while to sort out all of the music on the album, but Physical Graffiti captures the whole experience of Led Zeppelin at the top of their game better than any of their other albums.

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Swan Song – SSK 89 400-O 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo 1975 German Pressing

Side 1.

1. Custard Pie 4:20
2. The Rover 5:44
3. In My Time Of Dying 11:08

Side 2.

1. Houses Of The Holy 4:01
2. Trampled Under Foot 5:38
3. Kashmir 9:41

Side 3.

1. In The Light 8:46
2. Bron-Yr-Aur 2:07
3. Down By The Sea Side 5:15
4. Ten Years Gone 6:55

Side 4.

1. Night Flight 3:37
2. The Wanton Song 4:10
3. Boogie With Stu 3:45
4. Black Country Woman 4:30
5. Sick Again 4:40

Credits:

Artwork [Tinting Extraordinaire] – Maurice Tate
Design Concept [Package Concept], Design – AGI
Design Concept [Package Concept], Design – Mike Doud
Design Concept [Package Concept], Design – Peter Corriston
Executive-Producer – Peter Grant
Illustration [Window Illustration] – David Heffernan
Photography By – BP Fallon
Photography By – Elliott Erwitt
Photography By – Roy Harper
Producer – Jimmy Page

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

Die-cut cover with folded insert and printed inner sleeves.

Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation/75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019/
℗ © 1975 Atlantic Recording Corporation/Printed in U.S.A.

All songs published by Joaneline Music, Inc., ASCAP

℗ 1975 Atlantic
Dist. by Atlantic Recording Corp.

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Rights Society: GEMA
Rights Society: ASCAP
Other (Product code inner sleeve record 1): SSK 89 400-1
Other (Product code inner sleeve record 2): SSK 89 400-2
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 89 400-A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 89 400-B
Matrix / Runout (Label side C): 89 400-C
Matrix / Runout (Label side D): 89 400-D

 

 

 

 

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Weight 1 kg
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