Led Zeppelin III

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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 criticised for imitating 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.

Despite the heavy criticism that this album received in the media, the album contains two of Zeppelin`s most well-known songs: "Immigrant Song" and "Since I've Been Loving You". "Immigrant Song", written by Page and Plant, is about Norse mysticism and inspired by the bands recent performances in Iceland. "Since I've Been Loving You" is a classic blues song featuring heartfelt interplay by all four group members and would become a performance staple of their live concerts, especially from 1971 through 1973. Other fan favorites are "Celebration Day", "Out On the Tiles", and "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp". The song, "Gallows Pole" is actually traditional arrangment of a folk song by that name, also recorded by Leadbelly some 30 years earlier.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Cover design
4 External links

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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) 3:10
"That's the Way" (Page/Plant) 5:37
"Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" (Page/Plant/Jones) 4:16
"Hats off to (Roy) Harper" (trad.) 3:42

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Personnel

Jimmy Page - Acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitar, backing vocals, producer
Robert Plant - Vocals, harmonica
John Paul Jones - Bass guitar, organ,synths, mandolin, banjo, backing vocals
John Bonham - Drums, percussion, backing vocals
Peter Grant - Executive producer
Andy Johns - Engineer, mixing
Eddie Kramer - Mixing (Track 6)
Zacron - Visual creations

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Cover design

Led Zeppelin III's 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.

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External links

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Led Zeppelin
John Bonham · John Paul Jones · Jimmy Page · Robert Plant
Discography
Studio Albums: Led Zeppelin · II · III · Image:Zoso.png (IV) · Houses of the Holy · Physical Graffiti · Presence · In Through the Out Door · Coda Live Albums: The Song Remains the Same · BBC Sessions · How the West Was Won Compilations: Box Set · Profiled · Remasters · Box Set 2 · Complete Studio Recordings · Early Days · Latter Days
Films
The Song Remains the Same · Led Zeppelin DVD
Other
Peter Grant · Swan Song Records · The Yardbirds · XYZ · The Firm · Page and Plant