Led Zeppelin PHYSICAL GRAFFITI Swan Song 2SS-200 (1975 1st Ed. 2 Record Set) EXC

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Led Zeppelin PHYSICAL GRAFFITI Swan Song 2SS-200 (1975 1st Ed. 2 Record Set)

Tracklist

A1 Custard Pie 4:20 A2 The Rover 5:44 A3 In My Time Of Dying 11:08

B1 Houses Of The Holy 4:01 B2 Trampled Under Foot 5:38 B3 Kashmir 9:41

C1 In The Light 8:46 C2 Bron-Yr-Aur 2:07 C3 Down By The Seaside 5:15 C4 Ten Years Gone 6:55

D1 Night Flight 3:37 D2 The Wanton Song 4:10 D3 Boogie With Stu 3:45 D4 Black Country Woman 4:30 D5 Sick Again 4:40

*(all photos are of the actual item)

• Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
• Recorded At – Headley Grange
• Recorded At – Stargroves
• Recorded At – Island Studios
• Recorded At – Olympic Studios
• Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation

• Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica
• Jimmy Page – electric, acoustic, lap steel and slide guitars, production
• John Paul Jones – bass guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar, keyboards
• John Bonham – drums, percussion
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• Mixed By – Eddie Kramer (tracks: B1), Keith Harwood (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to D5)
• Photography By – B. P. Fallen*, Elliot Erwitt*, Roy Harper
• Producer – Jimmy Page
• Written-By – Ian Stewart (tracks: C3), Jimmy Page, John Bonham (tracks: A3, B3, D3), John Paul Jones (tracks: A3, B2, C1, D1, D3), Mrs. Valens (tracks: C3), Robert Plant (tracks: A1 to C1, C3 to D5)

Notes

With this release, the labels have 'SS 2-200' and 'STEREO' printed within the figure's right wing area.

?© 1975 Atlantic Recording Corporation

Top load, die-cut sleeve. No barcode on back.

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): ST-SS-753309
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): ST-SS-753310
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side C): ST-SS-753311
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side D): ST-SS-753312

     Physical Graffiti is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released as a double album on 24 February 1975 by the group's new record label, Swan Song Records.      The band wrote and recorded eight new songs for the album in early 1974 at Headley Grange, a country house in Hampshire, which gave them ample time to improvise arrangements and experiment with recording. The total playing time covered just under three sides of an LP, so they decided to expand it into a double by including previously unreleased tracks from the sessions for the earlier albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy. The album covered a range of styles including hard rock, progressive rock, rock 'n' roll and folk.[1] The album was then mixed over summer 1974 and planned for an end-of year release; however, its release was delayed because the Peter Corriston-designed die-cut album cover proved difficult to manufacture.      Physical Graffiti was commercially and critically successful upon its release and debuted at number one on album charts in the UK and number three in the US.[2] It was promoted by a successful US tour and a five-night residency at Earl's Court, London, and has since been viewed as one of the group's strongest albums and the artistic peak of their career. The album has been reissued on CD several times, including an expansive 40th anniversary edition in 2015. Physical Graffiti was later certified 16x platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2006, signifying shipments of over eight million copies. (From Wikipedia)
     Certified 16x platinum in the U.S., the commercial success of Physical Graffiti was equaled by its critical reception. Generally regarded as one of the greatest double albums of all time, the original 15 tracks represent a creative tour de force that explores the band's dynamic musical range, from the driving rock of "Custard Pie" and acoustic arrangement of "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" to the Eastern raga of "Kashmir" and funky groove of "Trampled Under Foot."      In 1968, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant formed Led Zeppelin, one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, having sold more than 300 million albums worldwide. The band rose from the ashes of The Yardbirds, when Page brought in Plant, Bonham and Jones to tour as The New Yardbirds. In 1969, Led Zeppelin released its self-titled debut. It marked the beginning of a 12-year reign, during which the group was widely considered to be the biggest and most innovative rock band in the world.      Led Zeppelin continues to be honored for its pivotal role in music history. The band was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, and a year later was awarded with the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. Founding members Jones, Page and Plant – along with Jason Bonham, the son of John Bonham – took the stage at London’s O2 Arena in 2007 to headline a tribute concert for Ahmet Ertegun, a dear friend and Atlantic Records’ founder. The band was honored for its lifetime contribution to American culture at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012. In January of 2014, the band won their first-ever Grammy award as Celebration Day, which captured their live performance at the Ertegun tribute concert, was named Best Rock Album. (acousticsounds)