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Led Zeppelin Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1968. The Group Comprised Vocalist Robert Plant Guitarist Jimmy Page Bassist And Keyboardist John Paul Jones And Drummer John Bonham. With A Heavy Guitar-Driven Sound They Are Cited As One Of The Progenitors Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Although Their Style Drew From A Variety Of Influences Including Blues And Folk Music. Led Zeppelin Have Been Credited As Significantly Impacting The Nature Of The Music Industry Particularly In The Development Of Album-Oriented Rock AOR And Stadium Rock. Originally Named The New Yardbirds Led Zeppelin Signed A Deal With Atlantic Records That Gave Them Considerable Artistic Freedom. Initially Unpopular With Critics They Achieved Significant Commercial Success With Eight Studio Albums Over Ten Years. Their 1969 Debut Led Zeppelin Was A Top-Ten Album In Several Countries And Featured Such Tracks As "Good Times Bad Times" "Dazed And Confused" And "Communication Breakdown". Led Zeppelin II 1969 Was Their First Number-One Album And Yielded "Ramble On" And "Whole Lotta Love". In 1970 They Released Led Zeppelin III Which Featured "Immigrant Song". Their Untitled Fourth Album Commonly Known As Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Is One Of The Best-Selling Albums In History With 37 Million Copies Sold. The Album Includes "Black Dog" "Rock And Roll" And "Stairway To Heaven" With The Latter Being Among The Most Popular And Influential Works In Rock History. Houses Of The Holy 1973 Yielded "The Ocean" "Over The Hills And Far Away" And "The Rain Song". Physical Graffiti 1975 A Double Album Featured "Trampled Under Foot" And "Kashmir". Page Wrote Most Of Led Zeppelin's Music Particularly Early In Their Career While Plant Wrote Most Of The Lyrics. Jones's Keyboard-Based Compositions Later Became Central To Their Music Which Featured Increasing Experimentation. The Latter Half Of Their Career Saw A Series Of Record-Breaking Tours That Earned The Group A Reputation For Excess And Debauchery. Although They Remained Commercially And Critically Successful Their Touring And Output Which Included Presence 1976 And In Through The Out Door 1979 Grew Limited And The Group Disbanded Following Bonham's Death In 1980. Since Then The Surviving Former Members Have Sporadically Collaborated And Participated In One-Off Reunions. The Most Successful Of These Was The 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert In London With Bonham's Son Jason Bonham On Drums. Led Zeppelin Are One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time Their Total Record Sales Are Estimated To Be Between 200 And 300 Million Units Worldwide. They Achieved Eight Consecutive UK Number-One Albums And Six Number-One Albums On The US Billboard 200 With Five Of Their Albums Certified Diamond In The US. Rolling Stone Magazine Described Them As "the Heaviest Band Of All Time" "the Biggest Band Of The Seventies" And "unquestionably One Of The Most Enduring Bands In Rock History". They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1995 The Museum's Biography Of The Band States That They Were "as Influential" During The 1970s As The Beatles Were During The 1960s. Albums
Led Zeppelin 1969 Led Zeppelin II 1969 Led Zeppelin III 1970 Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Houses Of The Holy 1973 Physical Graffiti 1975 Presence 1976 In Through The Out Door 1979 Coda 1982
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Led Zeppelin Was An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1968. The Group Comprised Vocalist Robert Plant Guitarist Jimmy Page Bassist And Keyboardist John Paul Jones And Drummer John Bonham. With A Heavy Guitar-Driven Sound They Are Cited As One Of The Progenitors Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Although Their Style Drew From A Variety Of Influences Including Blues And Folk Music. Led Zeppelin Have Been Credited As Significantly Impacting The Nature Of The Music Industry Particularly In The Development Of Album-Oriented Rock AOR And Stadium Rock. Originally Named The New Yardbirds Led Zeppelin Signed A Deal With Atlantic Records That Gave Them Considerable Artistic Freedom. Initially Unpopular With Critics They Achieved Significant Commercial Success With Eight Studio Albums Over Ten Years. Their 1969 Debut Led Zeppelin Was A Top-Ten Album In Several Countries And Featured Such Tracks As "Good Times Bad Times" "Dazed And Confused" And "Communication Breakdown". Led Zeppelin II 1969 Was Their First Number-One Album And Yielded "Ramble On" And "Whole Lotta Love". In 1970 They Released Led Zeppelin III Which Featured "Immigrant Song". Their Untitled Fourth Album Commonly Known As Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Is One Of The Best-Selling Albums In History With 37 Million Copies Sold. The Album Includes "Black Dog" "Rock And Roll" And "Stairway To Heaven" With The Latter Being Among The Most Popular And Influential Works In Rock History. Houses Of The Holy 1973 Yielded "The Ocean" "Over The Hills And Far Away" And "The Rain Song". Physical Graffiti 1975 A Double Album Featured "Trampled Under Foot" And "Kashmir". Page Wrote Most Of Led Zeppelin's Music Particularly Early In Their Career While Plant Wrote Most Of The Lyrics. Jones's Keyboard-Based Compositions Later Became Central To Their Music Which Featured Increasing Experimentation. The Latter Half Of Their Career Saw A Series Of Record-Breaking Tours That Earned The Group A Reputation For Excess And Debauchery. Although They Remained Commercially And Critically Successful Their Touring And Output Which Included Presence 1976 And In Through The Out Door 1979 Grew Limited And The Group Disbanded Following Bonham's Death In 1980. Since Then The Surviving Former Members Have Sporadically Collaborated And Participated In One-Off Reunions. The Most Successful Of These Was The 2007 Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert In London With Bonham's Son Jason Bonham On Drums. Led Zeppelin Are One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time Their Total Record Sales Are Estimated To Be Between 200 And 300 Million Units Worldwide. They Achieved Eight Consecutive UK Number-One Albums And Six Number-One Albums On The US Billboard 200 With Five Of Their Albums Certified Diamond In The US. Rolling Stone Magazine Described Them As "the Heaviest Band Of All Time" "the Biggest Band Of The Seventies" And "unquestionably One Of The Most Enduring Bands In Rock History". They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1995 The Museum's Biography Of The Band States That They Were "as Influential" During The 1970s As The Beatles Were During The 1960s. Albums
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Presence Is The Seventh Studio Album By English Rock Band Led Zeppelin Released By Swan Song Records On 31 March 1976. The Album Was Written And Recorded During A Tumultuous Time In The Band's History As Robert Plant Was Recuperating From Serious Injuries He Had Sustained In A Recent Car Accident. The Album Received Mixed Reviews From Critics And Is One Of The Lowest Sellers In The Band's Catalogue. It Was Led Zeppelin's Second Album To Be Composed Of Completely Original Material After Houses Of The Holy. This Album Was Conceived After Singer Robert Plant Sustained Serious Injuries From A Car Accident On The Greek Island Of Rhodes On 5 August 1975 Which Forced The Band To Cancel A Proposed World Tour Which Was Due To Commence On 23 August 1975. At This Point Led Zeppelin Were Arguably At The Height Of Their Popularity. Plant Recalled I Was Lying There In Some Pain Trying To Get Cockroaches Off The Bed And The Guy Next To Me This Drunken Soldier Started Singing "The Ocean" From Houses Of The Holy. The Cover And Inside Sleeve Of This Album Created By Hipgnosis Features Various Images Of People Interacting With A Black Obelisk-Shaped Object. Inside The Album Sleeve The Item Is Referred To Simply As "The Object". It Was Intended To Represent The "force And Presence" Of Led Zeppelin. In The Liner Notes Of The First Led Zeppelin Boxed Set Jimmy Page Explained There Was No Working Title For The Album. The Record-Jacket Designer Said `When I Think Of The Group I Always Think Of Power And Force. There's A Definite Presence There.' That Was It. He Wanted To Call It `Obelisk'. To Me It Was More Important What Was Behind The Obelisk. The Cover Is Very Tongue-In-Cheek To Be Quite Honest. Sort Of A Joke On 2001. I Think It's Quite Amusing. The Background Used In The Cover Photograph Is Of An Artificial Marina That Was Installed Inside London's Earl's Court Arena For The Annual Earl's Court Boat Show That Was Held In The Winter Of 1974–1975. This Was The Same Venue Where The Band Played A Series Of Concerts A Few Months After The Boat Show In May 1975. In 1977 The Album Was Nominated For A Grammy Award In The Category Of Best Album Package. The Album Was Released On 31 March 1976 Having Been Delayed By The Completion Of The Album Sleeve. In Britain It Attained One Of The Highest Ever Advance Orders Shipping Gold On The Day Of Release. In America It Peaked At #1 On Billboard's Pop Albums Chart Leaping From #24 Inside Two Weeks. In 1977 The Album Was Nominated For A Grammy Award In The Category Of Best Album Package. The Album's Catalogue Numbers Were Swan Song SS 8416 In The U.S. And Swan Song SSK59402 In The UK Before Being Changed To 92439-2 For When The Remastered Version Was Released. However This Album Has Not Been One Of The Band's Biggest Sellers And It Received Somewhat Lukewarm Reviews Upon Its Release. In Late 1976 The Album Was Also Somewhat Overshadowed By The Release Of The Band's Movie And Soundtrack The Song Remains The Same. According To Dave Lewis "the Direct-Hard Hitting Nature Of The Seven Recordings Failed To Connect With A Fan Base More Accustomed To The Diversity And Experimental Edge Of Their Previous Work. Indeed Page Later Himself Acknowledged That Because The Album Conveys A Sense Of Urgency As A Direct Result Of The Troubled Circumstances In Which It Was Recorded "it's Not An Easy Album For A Lot Of People To Access ... It's Not An Easy Album For A Lot Of People To Listen To." However Despite Its Initially Subdued Reception Lewis Considers That Presence Has Become A Much Underrated Element Of Their Catalogue. The Basic Drums-Bass-Guitars Formula May Lack The Diversity Of Previous Zeppelin Sets But In Terms Of Sheer Energy 'Presence' Packs A Considerable Punch And Has Emerged As One Of Their Most Potent Performances ... This Album Is Also A Triumph For Jimmy Page. His Production And Dominant Guitar Style Has An Urgency And Passion That Reflects The Troubled Period That The Group Were Going Through At The Time. 'Presence' Is Led Zeppelin With Their Backs Against The Wall.