On this day in 1975 Led Zeppelin released their 6th studio album “Physical Graffiti “. The term studio is used loosely here because the album was primarily recorded at the Heady Grange county estate in Hampshire England. This is significant because the allowed the band ample time to improvise arrangements which fuels this masterpiece. Some of the heaviest Led Zeppelin to date was on the recording. The John Bonham’s drum open and Jimmy Page’s riff on “The River” are heavy bloody metal at it’s purest. Physical Graffiti also includes “Kashmir” showing off the diversity the band had in this era.
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti
Side 1
- “Custard Pie”
- “The Rover”
Side 2
- “Houses of the Holy”
- “Trampled Under Foot”
- “Kashmir”
Side 3
- “In the Light” (Jones, Page, Plant
- “Bron-Yr-Aur”
- “Down by the Seaside”
- “Ten Years Gone”
Side 4
- “Night Flight”
- “The Wanton Song”
- “Boogie with Stu”
- “Black Country Woman”
- “Sick Again”
Included here is a clip of “The Rover” live from Seattle in 1977. Jimmy Page is wearing the icon “Poppy Suit” that was the subject of our 2007 Rock Iconz Limited Edition statue of Jimmy. We were fortunate to work directly with Jimmy Page on this design…still a fav for us here at the KnuckleBonz studio.
Rock Hard! Kbonz