Led Zeppelin : Physical Graffiti ( Deluxe Edition + Interview )

Physical Graffiti

 is the sixth

 studio album 

by the 

English rock band

 Led Zeppelin

 released as a

 double album 

on February 24 1975 

by their newly 

founded imprint label 

Swan Song Records. 

The band wrote 

and recorded 

eight new songs

 for the album at

 Headley Grange, 

which stretched

the total time 

of the

 record beyond

 the typical length 

of a single LP, 

so the band 

decided to make 

Physical Graffiti 

a double album by

 including 

unreleased tracks 

from earlier 

recording sessions: 

one outtake

 from

 Led Zeppelin III, 

three from 

Led Zeppelin IV,

 and three from

 Houses of the Holy, 

including the 

unused title track 

from the latter album.

Physical Graffiti 

was commercially 

and critically 

successful upon

 its release and 

debuted at

 number one 

on album charts

 in both the US 

and the UK.

 The album 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.

Several tracks 

off the album 

became live staples 

at Led Zeppelin 

concerts.

 In particular,

 "In My Time of Dying",

 "Trampled Under Foot",

 "Kashmir",

 "Ten Years Gone",

 "Black Country Woman", 

and

 "Sick Again" 

became regular 

components of

 the band's

 live concert 

set lists following 

the release

 of the album.

According to

 Robert Plant, 

of all the albums

 Led Zeppelin released, 

Physical Graffiti 

represented the band 

at its most creative 

and most expressive. 

He has commented that

 it is his favorite

 Led Zeppelin album. 

Similarly, 

guitarist 

Jimmy Page

 considers this album 

to be a 

"high-water mark" 

for Led Zeppelin

The album's intricate 

die-cut sleeve design 

depicts a

 photograph of a 

New York City brownstone

 tenement block,

 through whose windows 

various cultural icons

 could be 

interchangeably viewed. 

The album designer,

 Peter Corriston, 

was looking for a 

building that

 was symmetrical 

with 

interesting details,

 that was not 

obstructed by

 other objects 

and would fit 

the square album cover

 This Deluxe Edition 

 features bonus material 

containing 

alternative takes

 and previously 

unreleased songs, 

"Brandy & Coke",

 "Everybody Makes It Through" 

and

 "Driving Through Kashmir". 

The reissue was

 released with an

 inverted color version

 of the original 

album's artwork 

as its bonus disc's cover

TRACK LIST 

CD 1 

Custard Pie

The Rover

In My Time of Dying

Houses of the Holy

Trampled Under Foot

Kashmir

CD 2

In The Light

Bron-Yr-Aur

Down By The Seaside

Ten Years Gone

Night Flight

The Wanton Song

Boogie With Stu

Black Country Woman

CD 3

Brandy & Coke 

(Trampled Under Foot)

 [Initial/Rough Mix]

Sick Again

 (Early Version)

In My Time Of Dying

 (Initial / Rough Mix)

Houses Of The Holy

 (Rough Mix With Overdubs)

Everybody Makes It Through

 (In The Light) \

[Early Version/In Transit]

Boogie With Stu 

(Sunset Sound Mix)

Driving Through Kashmir 

(Kashmir Rough Orchestra Mix)

CD 4

ALSO 

A NICE TREAT 

I Found a 

25 Minute Interview 

of Jimmy Page 

Talking About 

The Album 

ENJOY !!!

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