Led Zeppelin III
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| Led Zeppelin III | ||
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| Album by Led Zeppelin | ||
| Released | October 5, 1970 | |
| Recorded | May-August 1970 at Ardent Studios, Memphis; Headley Grange, Hampshire, with The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio; Island Studios, London; Olympic Studios, London. Mixed at Island Studios, London; Electric Lady, New York | |
| Producer | Jimmy Page | |
| Genre | Hard rock | |
| Length | 43 min 04 s | |
| Record label | Atlantic Records | |
| Catalogue | (US) Atlantic SD 7201 (UK) Atlantic 2401 002 | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Q | 5/5 | October 2000 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=124845&resource=124845&fixture_artist=144739) |
| Led Zeppelin Chronology | ||
| Led Zeppelin II (1969) | Led Zeppelin III (1970) | Led Zeppelin IV (1971) |
Led Zeppelin III, the third album by Led Zeppelin, was released October 5, 1970 by Atlantic Records (see 1970 in music). This album added acoustic and folk rock elements to the band's rock and blues repertoire, which also helped endear the band to progressive rock fans. Detractors attacked the heavy music as being mindless noise, while the acoustic material was slagged as being a pale imitation of the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Although the negative reviews had a slight effect on sales at the time, Led Zeppelin III was still a trans-atlantic #1 smash and, with the passage of time, its reputation has recovered considerably.
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Track listing
- "Immigrant Song" (Page/Plant) 2:23
- "Friends" (Page/Plant) 3:54
- "Celebration Day" (Page/Plant/Jones) 3:28
- "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page/Plant/Jones) 7:24
- "Out On the Tiles" (Page/Plant/Bonham) 4:05
- "Gallows Pole" (trad. arr. Page/Plant) 4:56
- "Tangerine" (Page) 2:57
- "That's the Way" (Page/Plant) 5:37
- "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp"* (Page/Plant/Jones) 4:16
- "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" (trad.) 3:42
* (misspelled as Bron-Y-Aur Stomp on most pressings)
Personnel
- Jimmy Page - Acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitar, backing vocals, producer
- Robert Plant - Vocals, harmonica
- John Paul Jones - Bass guitar, organ, mandolin, backing vocals
- John Bonham - Drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Peter Grant - Executive producer
- Andy Johns - Engineer, mixing
- Eddie Kramer - Mixing (Track 6)
- Zacron - Visual creations
Cover design
The original vinyl edition was packaged in a gatefold sleeve with a novelty cover. The cover and interior gatefold art consisted of a surreal collection of seemingly random images on a white background, many of them connected with flight or aviation (as in "Zeppelin"). Behind the front cover was a rotatable paper disc covered with more images, including photos of the band members, which showed through holes in the cover. Moving an image into place behind one hole would usually bring one or two others into place behind other holes. This could not be replicated on a conventional cassette or CD cover, but there have been Japanese and British pressings packaged in miniature versions of the original sleeve.
External Links
- Led Zeppelin III Lyrics (http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/led_zeppelin_iii.html)
| Led Zeppelin |
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| John Bonham - John Paul Jones - Jimmy Page - Robert Plant |
| Original albums: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin III - Untitled - Houses of the Holy - Physical Graffiti - Presence - The Song Remains the Same - In Through the Out Door - Coda |
| Other albums: Boxed Set - Profiled - Remasters - Boxed Set 2 - The Complete Studio Recordings - BBC Sessions - Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One - Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two - How the West Was Won |
| Films: The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin DVD |
| Songs: "The Battle of Evermore" - "Dazed and Confused" - "Stairway to Heaven" - "When the Levee Breaks" |
| Other: Peter Grant - Swan Song Records |