Physical Graffiti | Led Zeppelin

Physical Graffiti is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. Released as a double album on 24 February 1975 in the United States and on 28 February 1975 in the United Kingdom, it was the group's first album to be released under their new label, Swan Song Records. The band wrote and recorded eight new songs for the album in early 1974 at Headley Grange, a country house in Hampshire, which gave them ample time to improvise arrangements and experiment with recording. The total playing time covered just under three sides of an LP, so they decided to expand it into a double album by including seven previously unreleased tracks from the sessions for the band's earlier albums Led Zeppelin III (1970), Led Zeppelin IV (1971) and Houses of the Holy (1973). The album covered a range of styles including hard rock, progressive rock, rock 'n' roll and folk. The album was then mixed over summer 1974 and planned for an end-of-year release; however, its release was delayed because the Peter Corriston-designed die-cut album cover proved difficult to manufacture.

Physical Graffiti was commercially and critically successful upon its release and debuted at number one on album charts in the UK and number three in the United States. It was promoted by a successful U.S. tour and a five-night residency at Earl's Court, London. The album has been reissued on CD several times, including an expansive 40th anniversary edition in 2015. Physical Graffiti was later certified 16× platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2006, signifying shipments of over eight million copies in the US. 

Certified 16x platinum in the U.S., the commercial success of Physical Graffiti was equaled by its critical reception. Generally regarded as one of the greatest double albums of all time, the original 15 tracks represent a creative tour de force that explores the band’s dynamic musical range, from the driving rock of “Custard Pie” and acoustic arrangement of “Bron Y Aur Stomp” to the Eastern raga of “Kashmir” and funky groove of “Trampled Under Foot.”

Original album on 2 180gram vinyl LPs, newly remastered in top loading wraparound die cut insert U card, LPs in printed inner sleeves, replicating the original album.

Track Listings

Disc 1 Side 1

1     Custard Pie 
2     The Rover
3     In My Time of Dying 

Disc 1 Side 2

1     Houses of the Holy 
2     Trampled Under Foot 
3     Kashmir (Remaster)

Disc 2 Side 1

1     In the Light 
2     Bron-Yr-Aur 
3     Down by the Seaside 
4     Ten Years Gone 

Disc 2 Side 2

1     Night Flight 
2     The Wanton Song 
3     Boogie with Stu 
4     Black Country Woman 
5     Sick Again