24 February 2025
Today 50 years ago, on 24 February 1975, heavy rock titans LED ZEPPELIN released their masterpiece PHYSICAL GRAFFITI. It was their 6th LP, a double one, probably their best ever. It went straight to the top spot in both the UK and the US.
It was a multi-faceted work, covering multiple genres. Hard rock (‘Custard Pie’, ‘The Rover’, ‘The Wanton Song’, ‘Sick Again’, ‘Houses Of The Holy‘), eastern-influenced bombast (‘Kashmir’), progressive rock (‘In The Light’), rip-roaring funk ( ‘Boogie With Stu’, ‘Black Country Woman’) acoustic songs (‘Then Years Gone), a love ballad ( ‘Ten Years Gone‘), blues electricity (‘In My Time Of Dying‘), soft reverie (‘Down By The Side’) and a country ripper (‘Night Flight‘).
The two five-storey buildings photographed for the album
cover are located at 96 and 98 St. Mark’s Place in New York City.
Rolling Stone said: “Led Zeppelin’s Tommy, Beggar’s Banquet and Sgt. Pepper
rolled into one: Physical Graffiti is Led Zeppelin’s bid for artistic respectability”.
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