Led Zeppelin IV

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The band spent five days at Island, before Page then took the multitrack tapes to Sunset Sound in Los Angeles for mixing on 9 February, on Johns' recommendation, with a plan for an April 1971 release. The record company were strongly against the idea, but the group stood their ground and refused to hand over the master tapes until their decision had been agreed to. This character was later portrayed by Page himself in Led Zeppelin's concert film, The Song Remains the Same (1976). The reissue comes in six formats: a standard CD edition, a deluxe two-CD edition, a standard LP version, a deluxe two-LP version, a super deluxe two-CD plus two-LP version with a hardback book, and as high-resolution 24-bit/96k digital downloads. articleBody" : "As part of the celebration of 75 years of Atlantic Records, Led Zeppelin IV will be released on 180g crystal clear vinyl, available worldwide October 27.

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While still finding the band's medieval ideas limiting, he believed the album showed them at the pinnacle of their songwriting, [75] and regarded it as "the definitive Led Zeppelin and hence heavy metal album".Beyond the torrential riffs, thunderous drumming and soaring vocals, "IV" feels more epic in tonality, the rhythmic, pounding rock 'n' roll serving as the rhapsodic arrangement for soul-stirring apocalyptic poetry delivered with sheer credence by Robert Plant.

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The album was reissued several times throughout the 1970s, including a lilac vinyl pressing in 1978, and a box set package in 1988. The painting was then juxtaposed and affixed to the internal, papered wall of a partly demolished suburban house for the photograph to be taken. This relaxed, atmospheric environment at Headley Grange also provided other advantages for the band, as they were able to capture spontaneous performances immediately, with some tracks arising from the communal jamming. Interestingly, whilst Jimmy Page succeeded in having the Peter Grant credit removed from the labels, they were never removed from the inner sleeves.The reissue was released with an inverted colour version of the original album's artwork as its bonus disc's cover.

Led Zeppelin IV on 180g crystal clear vinyl, October 27 (75

The song was considered the standout track on the album and was played on FM radio stations frequently, but the group resisted all suggestions to release it as a single.Inner sleeve has lyrics to 'Stairway to Heaven' on one side and track titles and credits on the other. It was promoted via a series of teaser advertisements showing the individual symbols on the album artwork. It was written by Page and Plant about Californian earthquakes, and trying to find the perfect woman. Bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones remembered there was no bar or leisure facilities, but this helped focus the group on the music without being distracted. BBC Music's Daryl Easlea said that the album made the band a global success and effectively combined their third album's folk ideas with their second album's hard rock style, [77] while Katherine Flynn and Julian Ring of Consequence of Sound felt it featured their debut's blues rock, along with the other styles from their second and third albums.

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He blamed this later tendency for why "rock critics who try too hard always make a case for In Through the Out Door being Zeppelin's best.But on the front of the album there is yellow sticker that says Contains Stairway to Heaven SD 7208. Page has explained that the cover of the fourth album was intended to bring out a city/country dichotomy that had initially surfaced on Led Zeppelin III, and a reminder that people should look after the Earth. Stairway to Heaven" was mostly written by Page, and the bulk of the chord sequence was already worked out when recording started at Basing Street Studios. The informal recording environment inspired the band, allowing them to try different arrangements of material and create songs in various styles.