Two Masterpiece LPs Released This Day in 1971 And 1972

Significant longplayers from yesteryear

LED ZEPPELIN 4th ‘s was untitled, but is commonly known
as Led Zeppelin IV. Many critics lauded it as one of their best.

It came out on 8 November 1971. Today 54 years ago.

Rolling Stone said: “Their most consistently good album yet.
Out of eight cuts, there isn’t one that steps on another’s toes,
that tries to do too much all at once.

It featured their timeless masterstroke
Stairway To Heaven (more than
1,2 billion streams on Spotify).

ALBUM

All LED ZEP Albums

TRANSFORMER was LOU REED‘s 2nd LP.
It was produced by David Bowie and his
guitarist Mick Ronson.

It came out on 8 November 1972. Today 53 years ago.
It went to #13 in the UK and #29 in the US, but went on
selling for many years to come.

It featured his imperishable classic Walk On The
Wild Side
(more than 557 million streams on Spotify).

ALBUM


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All LOU REED Albums

ROBERT PLANT Sings ‘STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN’ For The First Times In Years

23 October 2023

Led Zeppelin‘s voice/face ROBERT PLANT, aged 75 now, sung their mythical
1971 classic STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (more than 880 billion streams on Spotify),
2 days ago.

The last time was at the one-off Led Zeppelin
reunion show at London’s O2 Arena in 2007.

It happened at the benefit show of Duran Duran‘s guitarist
Andy Taylor’ who fights cancer, Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire.

Watch/listen.