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Jacket condition: Mint
200 Gram Vinyl! Includes "Stairway To Heaven"! Experience the Mysticism, Mystique & Musical Genius!
Led Zeppelin was the definitive heavy metal band. It wasn't just their crushingly loud interpretation of the blues -- it was how they incorporated mythology, mysticism, and a variety of other genres (most notably world music and British folk) -- into their sound. Led Zeppelin had mystique. They rarely gave interviews, since the music press detested the band. Consequently, the only connection the audience had with the band was through the records and the concerts. More than any other band, Led Zeppelin established the concept of album-oriented rock, refusing to release popular songs from their albums as singles. In doing so, they established the dominant format for heavy metal, as well as the genre's actual sound.
Zeppelin wasted little time recording their fourth album, which was destined to be their greatest triumph yet, doing so in-between touring dates in support of III. They laid tracks at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, and at the short-lived Island Studios in London, as well as English countryside locations. Song for song, the output would eventually equal a near-greatest hits package, the biggest surprise being the unexpected reaction to Stairway To Heaven, a radio perennial and one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
The group's infatuation with folk and mythology would reach a fruition on the group's untitled fourth album, which was released in November of 1971. Led Zeppelin IV was the band's most musically diverse effort to date, featuring everything from the crunching rock of "Black Dog" to the folk of "The Battle of Evermore," as well as "Stairway to Heaven," which found the bridge between the two genres. "Stairway to Heaven" eventually became the most played song in the history of album-oriented radio; the song was never released as a single. Despite the fact that the album never reached number one in America, Led Zeppelin IV was their biggest album ever, selling well over 16 million copies over the next two and a half decades.
"Even at its most basic -- the muscular, traditionalist 'Rock and Roll' -- the album has a grand sense of drama, which is only deepened by Robert Plant's burgeoning obsession with mythology, religion, and the occult. Plant's mysticism comes to a head on the eerie folk ballad 'The Battle of Evermore,' a mandolin-driven song with haunting vocals from Sandy Denny, and on the epic 'Stairway to Heaven.' Of all of Zeppelin's songs, 'Stairway to Heaven' is the most famous, and not unjustly. Building from a simple fingerpicked acoustic guitar to a storming torrent of guitar riffs and solos, it encapsulates the entire album in one song." - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com
Features:
200 Gram Vinyl
Quiex SV-P Super Vinyl Profile
Selections:
1. Black Dog
2. Rock And Roll
3. Misty Mountain Hop
4. Stairway to Heaven
5. When The Levee Breaks
6. Four Sticks
7. Going To California
8. The Battle of Evermore
This item not eligible for any further discount offers!
LP condition: Sealed
Jacket condition: Mint
200 Gram Vinyl! Includes "Stairway To Heaven"! Experience the Mysticism, Mystique & Musical Genius!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 58/500!
Led Zeppelin was the definitive heavy metal band. It wasn't just their crushingly loud interpretation of the blues -- it was how they incorporated mythology, mysticism, and a variety of other genres (most notably world music and British folk) -- into their sound. Led Zeppelin had mystique. They rarely gave interviews, since the music press detested the band. Consequently, the only connection the audience had with the band was through the records and the concerts. More than any other band, Led Zeppelin established the concept of album-oriented rock, refusing to release popular songs from their albums as singles. In doing so, they established the dominant format for heavy metal, as well as the genre's actual sound.
Zeppelin wasted little time recording their fourth album, which was destined to be their greatest triumph yet, doing so in-between touring dates in support of III. They laid tracks at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, and at the short-lived Island Studios in London, as well as English countryside locations. Song for song, the output would eventually equal a near-greatest hits package, the biggest surprise being the unexpected reaction to Stairway To Heaven, a radio perennial and one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
The group's infatuation with folk and mythology would reach a fruition on the group's untitled fourth album, which was released in November of 1971. Led Zeppelin IV was the band's most musically diverse effort to date, featuring everything from the crunching rock of "Black Dog" to the folk of "The Battle of Evermore," as well as "Stairway to Heaven," which found the bridge between the two genres. "Stairway to Heaven" eventually became the most played song in the history of album-oriented radio; the song was never released as a single. Despite the fact that the album never reached number one in America, Led Zeppelin IV was their biggest album ever, selling well over 16 million copies over the next two and a half decades.
"Even at its most basic -- the muscular, traditionalist 'Rock and Roll' -- the album has a grand sense of drama, which is only deepened by Robert Plant's burgeoning obsession with mythology, religion, and the occult. Plant's mysticism comes to a head on the eerie folk ballad 'The Battle of Evermore,' a mandolin-driven song with haunting vocals from Sandy Denny, and on the epic 'Stairway to Heaven.' Of all of Zeppelin's songs, 'Stairway to Heaven' is the most famous, and not unjustly. Building from a simple fingerpicked acoustic guitar to a storming torrent of guitar riffs and solos, it encapsulates the entire album in one song." - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com
Features:
200 Gram Vinyl
Quiex SV-P Super Vinyl Profile
Selections:
1. Black Dog
2. Rock And Roll
3. Misty Mountain Hop
4. Stairway to Heaven
5. When The Levee Breaks
6. Four Sticks
7. Going To California
8. The Battle of Evermore
