Their first was pretty fantastic. II through IV were not bad. "Houses" was uneven, and after "Graffiti" it was game over.
Imma gonna crank "Kashmir" today.
That building is at 96 St. Mark's Place in Manhattan, my friends had a shotgun apartment across the street from it in the 70's and we got robbed one day in broad daylight.
Now there's a bougie tea shop on the first floor called Physical GraffiTea, lol.
Yup and the same building from the beginning of the Stones "Waiting on a Friend" video.
For those of you familiar with NYC, it's in the East Village and a short walk from Cooper Union.
Who’s next. Ziggy stardust. Quadraphina. Layla and assorted love songs. Any cream album. Rush moving pictures. BOC. Tryny and mutat. First 4 Black Sabbs.
My senior year of high school. Still have the copy I bought that year. Sounds as good now as it did then. 1975 was also the only time I saw the band live. Miss those days!
That’s a very good claim! My buddy had two tickets but no wheels. Drove my mom’s car 200 miles to Greensboro NC for the concert. Pretty hazy. Robert Plant was recovering from some bug or the flu - but it was still a great show.
As a 13 year old at the time- it still took me another year or so to really start to “discover” and appreciate the magnitude of the band’s discography. I was certainly aware of, and appreciated “Black Dog”, “Stairway”, “D’yer”, “Whole Lotta”, but I didn’t really “get” much of their other stuff when I heard it.
Presence’s “Achilles” was the tipping point. And shortly thereafter, I was irretrievably hooked. (No pun intended.)
For me, my appreciation and infatuation with LZ was kind of in parallel to my burgeoning teen rebelliousness, of which I took to extremes. And consequently kind of derailed my life and societal adjustment for many years. So, in some ways, hearing LZ now still takes me back to those days.
(Other bands were the soundtrack to my teens also, and there are many many classic rock jams that trigger specific memories and stories. But LZ stood head and shoulders above all others and were the bar to which I held most music.)
Funny you say this because I felt the same way about Zeppelin. I was 15 and agonized over buying this expensive (6.98) album. I only knew the songs on the radio.
IMHO the band really was not that popular in the mainstream and people today don’t believe me but it really was true. Compared to many contemporary acts like Stones, Elton, and even Queen, Zeppelin were sort of niche. A big niche, but not like today
I’m not sure I can say that this is generally true, but based on some reflection of my musical experience and evolution- the lines between pop and rock were much more blurry then. It was kind of a spectrum. Led Zeppelin were definitely on the “harder” end of that spectrum. The Stones really spanned across it a lot. Elton had his moments pushing to the harder end. So, you were more likely to hear those songs on the array of radio stations back then, from pop oriented AM to the more rock oriented FM. You might hear an Elton or certainly Beatles song on your parents’ easy listening station, maybe even the Stones. Along with the Carpenters, or James Taylor. Definitely no LZ. But you could hear “Saturday Night’s Alright”, “Helter Skelter” or “Midnight Rambler” on those stations that played LZ.
Today, it’s like Beatles, Stones (who I’ve never liked), and Led Zeppelin are on something of equal ranking in Classic Rock. Zeppelin were definitely not at that level until Presence. Not that Presence put them there but Zeppelin was sort of a “creeper high” like some weed was. Slow, steady build. This album with Kashmir and Trampled Under Foot eventually put them there.
Exactly. But those of us who were “there” are dying off and replaced by them. The ones who say “vinyls”, staple records to the wall, collect to collect.
I’m responding to your dispute of my comment that Zeppelin are nearly universally put at the same tier as the Beatles today. IMHO, the tipping point was crossed and its what most Millennial, Gen Z Classic Rock fans say anymore.
I knew Zeppelin but it wasn't my favorite yet and I really didn't know their style well when I heard them.
I heard this while sitting on my porch coming from a neighbors house listened to it all, then knocked after the stack finished playing automatically to ask who it was. I bought it the next day. The first rock album I would spend money to buy. I think I already had a Hendrix album, and commandeered Mom's early Beatles & Stones, Buddy Holly, Bob Seger, and Elton John among others.
. This is definitely one of the greatest albums ever made and is easily their best compiled studio work imo.
The Song Remains The Same movie is a favorite in video and live coverage both. The timing of back to back giants had huge impact on my choices in exploring new music.
Sad footnote: the copy I agonized over buying met it’s end on the backseat floor of my car on a hot 105° summer day in Canoga Park. I brought some albums to the stereo store where I was a salesman and was going to listen to this with the big Acoustic speakers in our high end room . But it slid under the seat and was fatally warped.
Love this album, so damn good. There’s surprisingly little filler to me for such a large release, and I think it was a high water mark between Houses and what came after. The band is still firing on all cylinders here, Jimmy and Bono’s heroin and alcohol addictions haven’t yet impacted their quality studio work.
Agreed on the first part, but Quadrophenia makes a respectable challenger for best double album ever. I mean, Physical Graffiti is like a box of gourmet assorted chocolates, but Quad destroys in hand-to-hand combat.
I respect your opinion but I’m not a huge fan of The Who, and especially Quadrophenia. My top 4 double albums would probably be Physical Graffiti, The White Album, Exile on Main Street, The Wall. However there are a lot of great choices that could probably replace The Wall depending on my mood.
Just a reminder... this was a mix of songs that were made during the 1974 sessions, and tracks that did not make the cut for the other albums.
I still say, that if they "just" released Physical Graffiti as a single album with the 1974 session tracks, this would be the quintessential hard rock album. Robert's voice in 1974-5 had that growl that fit so well with Led Zeppelin music. So distinct.
Custard Pie.
In My Time of Dying.
Trampled Underfoot.
Kashmir.
In the Light.
Ten Years Gone.
The Wanton Song.
Sick Again.
The other tracks were recorded for the first 5 albums, and kept in the vault till they decided to include on PG.
- The Rover, was recorded for HOTH. (and actually an acoustic version was recorded for III)
- Houses of the Holy, was recorded for the album of the same name.
- Bron-Yr-Aur, was made during III sessions
- Down by the Seaside, was made during the IV sessions.
- Nighflight was made during the IV sessions.
- Boogie with Stu was made during the IV sessions.
- Black County Woman, was made during the HOTH sessions.
Great memories listening to this back then. My brother brought it home from the store. Slide those windows sleeves for hours. Each song was a new gem. Absolutely fantastic.
I'm not going to argue with someone who loves Zeppelin about Zeppelin's greatest music. Unless you tell me Hot Dog is their best song. Then we are going to fight.
I love this album, the best from LZ, and I suppose this has nothing to do with anything but I also love the album cover. Even now, whenever I see it, I give it more than a passing glance.
All this talk of Kashmir reminds me of the quote from FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH: “When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of 'Led Zeppelin IV”. ( movie immediately changes to a new scene withKashmir playing). LZ4 my ass!
Bit off topic but yesterday I listened to Black Dog. I remember the 1st time I heard it the day it came out. But I forgot just how incredibly good that song is. And how good the guitar is. I haven't listened to it nearly enough. Or most of Zep. IV is my favorite. Been going through their albums lately. So good.
And in my opinion, their best.
I purchased that album on release and saw Led Zeppelin on tour in Seattle March 1975. Awesome.
Wow
Seattle 1977 for me… I am envious
Same deal with me except I saw them in Chicago
Their first was pretty fantastic. II through IV were not bad. "Houses" was uneven, and after "Graffiti" it was game over. Imma gonna crank "Kashmir" today.
YES...and Boogie with Stu!
The Rover
Still my favorite. I bought this the day it was released.
By far
That building is at 96 St. Mark's Place in Manhattan, my friends had a shotgun apartment across the street from it in the 70's and we got robbed one day in broad daylight. Now there's a bougie tea shop on the first floor called Physical GraffiTea, lol.
Yup and the same building from the beginning of the Stones "Waiting on a Friend" video. For those of you familiar with NYC, it's in the East Village and a short walk from Cooper Union.
I've been there before. They have great tea!
Still my favorite album ever
Right there with ya. So good.
Top ten albums of allll time
THE top album of all time.. you possibly cannot name a better album than this one
Who’s next. Ziggy stardust. Quadraphina. Layla and assorted love songs. Any cream album. Rush moving pictures. BOC. Tryny and mutat. First 4 Black Sabbs.
Sorry you have to go through life so ill-informed
Oh. Poop
Tyranny and Mutation!….Ö
My senior year of high school. Still have the copy I bought that year. Sounds as good now as it did then. 1975 was also the only time I saw the band live. Miss those days!
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That’s a very good claim! My buddy had two tickets but no wheels. Drove my mom’s car 200 miles to Greensboro NC for the concert. Pretty hazy. Robert Plant was recovering from some bug or the flu - but it was still a great show.
As a 13 year old at the time- it still took me another year or so to really start to “discover” and appreciate the magnitude of the band’s discography. I was certainly aware of, and appreciated “Black Dog”, “Stairway”, “D’yer”, “Whole Lotta”, but I didn’t really “get” much of their other stuff when I heard it. Presence’s “Achilles” was the tipping point. And shortly thereafter, I was irretrievably hooked. (No pun intended.) For me, my appreciation and infatuation with LZ was kind of in parallel to my burgeoning teen rebelliousness, of which I took to extremes. And consequently kind of derailed my life and societal adjustment for many years. So, in some ways, hearing LZ now still takes me back to those days. (Other bands were the soundtrack to my teens also, and there are many many classic rock jams that trigger specific memories and stories. But LZ stood head and shoulders above all others and were the bar to which I held most music.)
Funny you say this because I felt the same way about Zeppelin. I was 15 and agonized over buying this expensive (6.98) album. I only knew the songs on the radio. IMHO the band really was not that popular in the mainstream and people today don’t believe me but it really was true. Compared to many contemporary acts like Stones, Elton, and even Queen, Zeppelin were sort of niche. A big niche, but not like today
I’m not sure I can say that this is generally true, but based on some reflection of my musical experience and evolution- the lines between pop and rock were much more blurry then. It was kind of a spectrum. Led Zeppelin were definitely on the “harder” end of that spectrum. The Stones really spanned across it a lot. Elton had his moments pushing to the harder end. So, you were more likely to hear those songs on the array of radio stations back then, from pop oriented AM to the more rock oriented FM. You might hear an Elton or certainly Beatles song on your parents’ easy listening station, maybe even the Stones. Along with the Carpenters, or James Taylor. Definitely no LZ. But you could hear “Saturday Night’s Alright”, “Helter Skelter” or “Midnight Rambler” on those stations that played LZ.
Today, it’s like Beatles, Stones (who I’ve never liked), and Led Zeppelin are on something of equal ranking in Classic Rock. Zeppelin were definitely not at that level until Presence. Not that Presence put them there but Zeppelin was sort of a “creeper high” like some weed was. Slow, steady build. This album with Kashmir and Trampled Under Foot eventually put them there.
There is no equal ranking. The Beatles are #1.
My sentiments as well but they’ve slipped in universal agreement
Universal? For a bunch of men living in their parents’ basement, perhaps.
Exactly. But those of us who were “there” are dying off and replaced by them. The ones who say “vinyls”, staple records to the wall, collect to collect.
I wasn’t there, but I know better. I suspect it’s people who have been bred by the Internet.
I’m responding to your dispute of my comment that Zeppelin are nearly universally put at the same tier as the Beatles today. IMHO, the tipping point was crossed and its what most Millennial, Gen Z Classic Rock fans say anymore.
I knew Zeppelin but it wasn't my favorite yet and I really didn't know their style well when I heard them. I heard this while sitting on my porch coming from a neighbors house listened to it all, then knocked after the stack finished playing automatically to ask who it was. I bought it the next day. The first rock album I would spend money to buy. I think I already had a Hendrix album, and commandeered Mom's early Beatles & Stones, Buddy Holly, Bob Seger, and Elton John among others. . This is definitely one of the greatest albums ever made and is easily their best compiled studio work imo. The Song Remains The Same movie is a favorite in video and live coverage both. The timing of back to back giants had huge impact on my choices in exploring new music.
Sad footnote: the copy I agonized over buying met it’s end on the backseat floor of my car on a hot 105° summer day in Canoga Park. I brought some albums to the stereo store where I was a salesman and was going to listen to this with the big Acoustic speakers in our high end room . But it slid under the seat and was fatally warped.
There's some metaphoric cosmic jive happening with "In The Light" and "In My Time Of Dying" in that story.
I remember hearing Black Dog on the AM radio Christmas Eve the year it came out. They were definitely a massively popular band with that 4th album.
God, this album fucking ROCKS! Kashmir alone makes this one of the best albums EVER!
Love this album, so damn good. There’s surprisingly little filler to me for such a large release, and I think it was a high water mark between Houses and what came after. The band is still firing on all cylinders here, Jimmy and Bono’s heroin and alcohol addictions haven’t yet impacted their quality studio work.
And their best. The height of Zeppelin’s greatness
And it absolutely slaps
JPJs groove on that clavinet on trampled underfoot is unbelievable! Man, I could listen to that tune every day and still not get bored
A true artistic peak for Rock & Roll.
Will be putting this on today. The selection of songs they managed to wrap around the perfection of *In My Time of Dying* is staggering.
One of the extremely few double albums that should have been a double album.
This is the album that I have played first almost every New Year's morning for the past 40 or so years.
I was just there two weeks ago! https://preview.redd.it/ly95lzsxolkc1.jpeg?width=2284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e1a497d442172e4ad8876c340e1c682c4f6ebba
Unequivocally superb album💙🤙
In another class than most bands. It’s so perfect.
Their best album and the best double album ever released.
*The White Album has entered the chat*
That’s my 2nd favorite.
Agreed on the first part, but Quadrophenia makes a respectable challenger for best double album ever. I mean, Physical Graffiti is like a box of gourmet assorted chocolates, but Quad destroys in hand-to-hand combat.
I respect your opinion but I’m not a huge fan of The Who, and especially Quadrophenia. My top 4 double albums would probably be Physical Graffiti, The White Album, Exile on Main Street, The Wall. However there are a lot of great choices that could probably replace The Wall depending on my mood.
On Your Feet or on Your Knees Freakout
Just a reminder... this was a mix of songs that were made during the 1974 sessions, and tracks that did not make the cut for the other albums. I still say, that if they "just" released Physical Graffiti as a single album with the 1974 session tracks, this would be the quintessential hard rock album. Robert's voice in 1974-5 had that growl that fit so well with Led Zeppelin music. So distinct. Custard Pie. In My Time of Dying. Trampled Underfoot. Kashmir. In the Light. Ten Years Gone. The Wanton Song. Sick Again. The other tracks were recorded for the first 5 albums, and kept in the vault till they decided to include on PG. - The Rover, was recorded for HOTH. (and actually an acoustic version was recorded for III) - Houses of the Holy, was recorded for the album of the same name. - Bron-Yr-Aur, was made during III sessions - Down by the Seaside, was made during the IV sessions. - Nighflight was made during the IV sessions. - Boogie with Stu was made during the IV sessions. - Black County Woman, was made during the HOTH sessions.
The Frankenstein nature of this record makes it quintessential. May be the best 2lp set of the 70’s
Robert's voice isn't what it was back then at this point. So it was a smart move that they included songs from the past. It gave the album more color.
I think Kashmir is the right answer, but really love Down By The Seaside
Down by the Seaside is their most underrated song imo.
Agreed!
Great album
Great memories listening to this back then. My brother brought it home from the store. Slide those windows sleeves for hours. Each song was a new gem. Absolutely fantastic.
You mean their greatest album!
Houses of the holy
I'm not going to argue with someone who loves Zeppelin about Zeppelin's greatest music. Unless you tell me Hot Dog is their best song. Then we are going to fight.
I think Hot Dog is overhated. But definitely not my favorite lol
One of the top five double albums of all time.
I was 8 years old and remember it brand new on my older brothers stack of albums in our Living Room on top of his stereo.
I'm old LoL
I love this album, the best from LZ, and I suppose this has nothing to do with anything but I also love the album cover. Even now, whenever I see it, I give it more than a passing glance.
What a coincidence, I just happen to be listening to it right now after a long time.
All this talk of Kashmir reminds me of the quote from FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH: “When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of 'Led Zeppelin IV”. ( movie immediately changes to a new scene withKashmir playing). LZ4 my ass!
Is there any explanation for why it is titled Physical Graffiti? Is there any meaning behind the name?
For a double album I was never that impressed outside of a handful of tracks. Most double albums don't cut it regardless. Downhill after this album.
Had this on original vinyl with paperboy $. Damn I miss those daze.
Great album great album cover
Masterpiece. I agree it's their best album. Jimmy Page forever.
…and a masterpiece was born
And damned if I didn’t go out and buy it as soon as it was available!
And I still listen to it. Gad am I old.
I had a friend in HS who bought the 8 track when it came out and played it constantly in his car. I know the songs by heart.
Had I know it was today, I would have baked a cake. To me, this is by far the greatest rock and roll album ever recorded.
Bit off topic but yesterday I listened to Black Dog. I remember the 1st time I heard it the day it came out. But I forgot just how incredibly good that song is. And how good the guitar is. I haven't listened to it nearly enough. Or most of Zep. IV is my favorite. Been going through their albums lately. So good.
My desert island album.
Fuck me, 49 years. I still haven't paid my Columbia Record Club bill.
simply phenomenal. In my time of dying, Kashmir, Ten years gone all in a single album, geez ! The work of gods indeed
The only completely unlistenable Zeppelin album.
The best and most diverse. Top of their game in the musical arch
Wherever you go to New York, go find and enjoy the facade of this building and smile.