Physical Graffiti

Physical Graffiti is a double album English group Led Zeppelin left in 1975. It is about the first album produced on the label creates by Led Zeppelin, Swan Song Records.

History of the recording

The sessions of recording for Physical Graffiti have initially took place with Headley Grange located at the east of the county of Hampshire in England during February and January 1974. Several of the songs of this album in fact were recorded during the sessions of the preceding albums of Led Zeppelin. The instrumental title " Bron-Yr-Aur " was recorded in July 1970 with the studios Island Studios of London for Led Zeppelin III . " Night Flight " and " Boogie with Stu ", recorded in Headley Barn and " Down by the Seaside " recorded in Island Studios, were planned for Led Zeppelin IV . " The Rover " and " Black Country Woman " were recorded during the same session as " Of yer Mak' er " with Stargroves using the Mobile Studio of the Rolling Stones in May 1972. " Houses off the Holy " in May 1972 was also recorded, but with the Olympic Studios. The album Houses off the Holy holds its name of this song in spite of the decision not to include it in this album.

The eight other songs all were recorded during the sessions for Physical Graffiti with the beginning of the year 1974. Additional arrangements were added and the final mixing was made in October 1974 by Keith Harwood.

Cover of the album

The original jacket of the LP had windows cut out in the building represented on the cover. As soon as interior protections of the discs changed orientation, objects or characters appeared in these windows, including inter alia the photographs of the members of the group. The two buildings photographed on the cover are the 96 and 98 of the street St Mark' S Place with New York. They are the same buildings as those where Mick Jagger is for the video clip of the song " Waiting one has Friend " Rolling Stones.

Sales and influence

Truly encensé by criticisms at its exit and being a very great business success, the album was n°1 with the charts Billboard and also proved that it one of most popular was carried out by the group. Physical Graffiti was sold with more than 16 million specimens only with the the United States. Shortly after the exit of Physical Graffiti , all the albums of Led Zeppelin entered again the charts of the 200 best albums. In 1998, the readers of '' Q '' magazine indicated Physical Graffiti like the 28th larger album of all times; in 2000 Q placed it at the 32ème place of the 100 best British albums ever left; and in 2001 the same magazine named it like one of the 50 larger album of all times. In 2003, the chain of American TV VH1 quoted it like the 71ème better album. The magazine Rolling Stone placed it n°70 among the 500 best albums of all times.

List titles

Disc 1

" Black and white Custard " ( Page/Seedling) - 4:13
" The Rover " (Page/Seedling) - 5:37
" In My Time off Dying " (Page/Seedling Jones/Bonham) - 11:05
" Houses off the Holy " (Page/Seedling) - 4:02
" Trampled Under Foot " (Page/Seedling/Jones) - 5:36
" Kashmir " (Page/Seedling/Bonham) - 8:29

Disc 2

" In the Light " (Page/Seedling/Jones) - 8:46
" Bron-Yr-Aur " (Page) - 2:06
" Down by the Seaside " (Page/Seedling) - 5:13
" Ten Years Gone " (Page/Seedling) - 6:32
" Night Flight " (Jones/Page/Seedling) - 3:36
" The Wanton Song " (Page/Seedling) - 4:07
" Boogie with Stu " (Bonham/Jones/Page/Seedling Stewart/Valens) - 3:53
" Black Country Woman " (Page/Seedling) - 4:24
" Sick Again " (Page/Seedling) - 4:42

Anecdotes

Physical Graffiti contains shortest and the longest song of Led Zeppelin: respectively " Bron-Yr-Aur" and " In My Time off Dying".

After the death of the son of Robert Plant (Karac), this last refused to sing " In My Time off Dying" , thinking that this song carried misfortune. It is true that she speaks about death. In spite of this heavy subject, the musicians manage to make live this song.

Appropriations

Led Zeppelin:

Jimmy Page - acoustic Guitar and Electric guitar, Mandoline, Producer
Robert Plant - Harmonica, Voice
John Paul Jones - low Guitar, Keyboard S, Mellotron, Guitar, Mandoline
John Bonham - Battery, Percussions

George Chkiantz - Engineer
Peter Grant - Producing, Executive producer
Keith Harwood - Engineer, Mixing
Andy Johns - Engineer
Eddie Kramer - Engineer, Mixing
George Marino - Remasterisation
Ron Nevison - Engineer
Ian Stewart - Piano on " Boogie With Stu"
Mike Doud - Design of the cover
Peter Corriston - Design of the cover
Elliot Erwitt - Photographer
Dave Heffernan - Illustrations
B.P. Fallon - Photographer
Roy To grip - Photographer

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Individual - Billboard (North America)

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