{"id":31508,"date":"2025-02-24T12:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/led-zeppelins-physical-graffiti-turns-50\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T12:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:02:37","slug":"led-zeppelins-physical-graffiti-turns-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/led-zeppelins-physical-graffiti-turns-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Led Zeppelin\u2019s &#8216;Physical Graffiti&#8217; turns 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-02-21\/M_LedZeppelinPhysicalGraffiti_022125.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Atlantic Records\/Rhino Entertainment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over the course of their career, <strong>Led Zeppelin<\/strong> released six #1 albums \u2014 and one of those is turning 50 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Physical Graffiti<\/em>, the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame band\u2019s fifth studio album, was released on Feb. 24, 1975. It was a double album and the band\u2019s first to be released under their own label, Swan Song Records.<\/p>\n<p>The album, produced by guitarist <strong>Jimmy Page<\/strong>, contained eight songs written and recorded specifically for the record, along with unreleased tracks recorded during sessions for 1970&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Led Zeppelin III,<\/em>\u00a01971&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Led Zeppelin\u00a0IV <\/em>and 1973&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Houses of the Holy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The iconic cover depicted two buildings on St. Marks Street in Manhattan, with cutouts in the windows. The internal sleeves could be seen through the openings, and depending on which side was\u00a0facing out, it showed either the album\u2019s title or pictures of iconic figures.<\/p>\n<p><em>Physical Graffiti<\/em> was a critical and commercial hit for the band. It\u00a0spent six weeks at\u00a0#1 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> 200 chart, and also hit #1 in the U.K. and Canada. It\u00a0was the first album to\u00a0go\u00a0Platinum from preorders alone\u00a0and has\u00a0since been certified 16-times Platinum in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Notable songs on the record include \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ohDQ1FUUjPs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Houses of the Holy<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d which despite being the title of the previous record was left off because the band felt it didn\u2019t fit with the other songs on that album, and another future Led Zeppelin classic, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gEYqSorzOZs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kashmir<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d known for its classic opening riff. The tune went on to become a staple at\u00a0Led Zeppelin live shows.<\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ohDQ1FUUjPs\" title=\"Houses of the Holy (1990 Remaster)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gEYqSorzOZs\" title=\"Kashmir (Remaster)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. 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