\t\t\tA new live EP and updated 3 LP version of the original album to be released<\/p>\n
Led Zeppelin will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their iconic sixth album, Physical Graffiti, with the release of their new Live E.P. on CD, 180-gram 12-inch vinyl, and digital formats on September 12th via Rhino Records. The label will also release an updated 50th Anniversary edition of 2015\u2019s Physical Graffiti Deluxe Edition 3 LP vinyl set featuring the companion Audio disc, now including a new bonus replica Physical Graffiti promotional poster on the same date.<\/p>\n
The new Live E.P. features live recordings of \u201cIn My Time Of Dying\u201d and \u201cTrampled Under Foot\u201d from Earl\u2019s Court, 1975, alongside \u201cSick Again\u201d and \u201cKashmir\u201d from Knebworth, 1979. These live performances were originally released on the 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD and appear in audio formats for the first time.<\/p>\n
Released on February 24, 1975, in the US (and four days later in the UK), Physical Graffiti immediately achieved platinum sales status and has recently been certified 17 times platinum. Its commercial success was equalled by its critical reception.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s dynamic musical range, from the driving rock of \u201cCustard Pie\u201d to the exotic construction of \u201cKashmir\u201d and the funky groove of \u201cTrampled Under Foot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt goes from one extreme to the other but at the same time, it\u2019s very evident that it\u2019s Zeppelin\u2026 I love the album and it does work as a double album. There are some real humdinger, roaring tracks,\u201d Robert Plant says.<\/p>\n
Physical Graffiti was comprised of new compositions including \u201cKashmir,\u201d \u201cSick Again,\u201d \u201cTen Years Gone,\u201d \u201cThe Wanton Song,\u201d \u201cCustard Pie,\u201d \u201cTrampled Under Foot,\u201d and \u201cIn My Time Of Dying,\u201d as well as unreleased songs from earlier album sessions, including \u201cHouses Of The Holy,\u201d \u201cThe Rover,\u201d \u201cBlack Country Woman\u201d (from Houses Of The Holy sessions), \u201cDown By The Seaside,\u201d \u201cBoogie With Stu,\u201d \u201cNight Flight\u201d (from the Led Zeppelin IV sessions), and \u201cBron-Yr-Aur\u201d (from the Led Zeppelin III sessions).<\/p>\n
Jimmy Page began the initial work at his home studio in Plumpton, Sussex, England, in the summer and autumn of 1973, with the first recording sessions taking place that October at Headley Grange, using Ronnie Lane\u2019s Mobile Studio. Further sessions at Headley continued in January 1974. Additional overdubs were recorded at Olympic Studios, where Page completed mixing of the album in July 1974.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had enough material for one-and-a-half LPs, so I figured, \u2018Let\u2019s put out a double and use some of the material we\u2019d done previously but never released\u2019. I always thought the sequencing of an album was really important and that was part of my role as the producer,\u201d guitarist and founder Jimmy Page says.<\/p>\n
Physical Graffiti was not only the band\u2019s first double LP, it was also the first release on their new label, Swan Song, which launched in May 1974. The album\u2019s release was announced on November 13, 1974.<\/p>\n
Following the ten-week North American tour that ran from January through March, 1975, Led Zeppelin played five sold-out nights at London\u2019s Earl\u2019s Court in May, 1975. Initially, three shows were announced, with another two added after the tremendous demand for tickets.<\/p>\n
The band headlined both nights of the Knebworth Festival, which took place at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, England on August 4 and 11, 1979. These were Led Zeppelin\u2019s first live dates since their 1977 North American tour, and their first U.K. dates since the Earl\u2019s Court 1975 shows.<\/p>\n