Physical graffiti

Physical graffiti
Led Zeppelin's studio album
Publication (s)	February 24, 1975
Label (s)	Swan Song Records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Hard rock
Title (number)	15th
running time	85:15
occupation	Acoustic guitar / Electric guitar : Jimmy Page Voice / harmonica : Robert Plant Bass guitar / keyboard / mellotron : John Paul Jones Drums : John Bonham
production	Jimmy Page
Studio (s)	Olympic Studios / Island Studios ( London ); Electric Lady ( New York City ); Mobile Studio ( Hampshire / Stargroves )
chronology Houses of the Holy (1973) Physical graffiti Presence (1976)

A photo of the mirror image houses at St. Marks Place 96 and 98 in New York's East Village was the basis for the design of the record cover .

Physical Graffiti is the sixth music album and the first double album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin . It consists of songs recorded and produced between 1970 and 1974 in Headley Grange , Stargroves , London and New York City . The album was released on February 24, 1975 on the band's own label Swan Song Records .

The work, sometimes viewed as the last significant recording by Led Zeppelin, is considered to be a high point of their output. With " Kashmir " it contains one of the most famous songs of the band. The music magazine Rolling Stone ranks it at number 73 on the list of the 500 best albums of all time . and up to January 2006 it had been awarded “ platinum ” 16 times by the RIAA .

List of songs

Part One

1. Custard Pie ( Page / Plant ) (4:13)
2. The Rover (Page / Plant) (5:36)
3. In My Time of Dying (Page / Plant / Jones / Bonham ) (11:04)
4. Houses of the Holy (Page / Plant) (4:01)
5. Trampled Under Foot (Page / Plant / Jones) (5:35)
6. Kashmir (Page / Plant / Bonham) (8:31)

Part two

1. In the Light (Page / Plant / Jones) (8:44)
2. Bron-Yr-Aur (Page) (2:06)
3. Down by the Seaside (Page / Plant) (5:14)
4. Ten Years Gone (Page / Plant) (6:31)
5. Night Flight (Jones / Page / Plant) (3:36)
6. The Wanton Song (Page / Plant) (4:06)
7. Boogie with Stu (Bonham / Jones / Page / Plant / Stewart / Valens- *) (3:51)
8. Black Country Woman (Page / Plant) (4:24)
9. Sick Again (Page / Plant) (4:43)

Contributors

• Roy Harper - photography
• Jimmy Page - acoustic and electric guitar, producer, sound engineer
• Robert Plant - vocals, harmonica
• John Paul Jones - bass guitar, keyboards, mellotron
• John Bonham - drums
• George Chkiantz - sound engineer
• Peter Grant - executive producer
• Keith Harwood - sound engineer, mixing
• Andy Johns - sound engineering
• Eddie Kramer - sound engineering, mixing
• George Marino - editing
• Ron Nevison - sound engineering
• Ian Stewart - piano with Boogie With Stu
• Mike Doud - visual design, cover
• Peter Corriston - visual design, cover
• Elliott Erwitt - Photography
• Dave Heffernan - Illustrations
• BP Fallen - Photography

Web links

Commons : Physical Graffiti  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Physical Graffiti at Allmusic (English)
• Physical graffiti at Discogs

Remarks

1. ↑ There have been recordings by other performers of the title ( Blind Willie Johnson , Bob Dylan, etc.), which is probably a traditional . Nevertheless, the musicians from Led Zeppelin are identified as the originators of the song on the album credits.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ed Boland: FYI . From nytimes.com on September 8, 2002 , accessed February 20, 2017
2. ↑ On this day in 1879, 1965 and 1975. In: Lower East Side History Project. evhp.blogspot.com, February 24, 2015, archived from the original on March 22, 2015 ; accessed on February 20, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 73. Led Zeppelin, 'Physical Graffiti'. rollingstone.com , May 31, 2012, accessed February 20, 2017 . 
4. ^ Physical graffiti . On riaa .com, accessed on February 20, 2017
5. ↑ Led Zeppelin: Plagiarism “In My Time of Dying”. On March 6, 2015 from turnmeondeadman.com; Retrieved February 20, 2017