Led Zeppelin 3 Vinyl Songs

Led zeppelin iii was released between 2 of the greatest rock albums ever.

Led zeppelin 3 vinyl songs. About led zeppelin iii 2 contributors steering away from the hard rock that led zeppelin ii gave us led zeppelin iii presented us with light rock folk songs such as gallows pole and hats off. Sure there are a few lighter acoustic songs but led zeppelin has always been a mix of heavy and light hence their name. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the vinyl release of led zeppelin 3 on discogs. Led zeppelin iii is no different from the opening viking war cry of the immigrant song to the closing blues number hats off to roy harper this album does not have a bad song on it.

Led zeppelin iii s original vinyl edition was packaged in a gatefold sleeve with an innovative cover designed by zacron a multi media artist whom page had met in 1963 whilst zacron was a student at kingston college of art. Led zeppelin john bonham drums percussion john paul jones bass hammond organ moog synthesizer mandolin double bass in bron y aur stomp stri. Sure there are a few lighter acoustic songs but led zeppelin has always been a mix of heavy and light hence their name. Led zeppelin iii is a classic album.

On their first two albums led zeppelin unleashed a relentless barrage of heavy blues and rockabilly riffs but led zeppelin iii provided the band with the necessary room to grow musically. Zacron subsequently graduated from the royal academy of arts and became a lecturer at the university of leeds page asked him if he would help design a sleeve for the album. Led zeppelin iii is the eponymous third studio album by the english rock band led zeppelin released in october 1970. To have his hard work on the original albums put out only to cd and only issuing the companion audio to vinyl is a great injustice to zeppelin fans i feel.

Jimmy page has done a great job restoring this album like he has with all the led zeppelin albums. While there are still a handful of metallic rockers iii is built on a folky acoustic foundation that gives the music extra depth. Led zeppelin ii and iv. It is over shadowed by them but is still a great album.

In the meantime i would bypass buying any new vinyl of the zep catalog done in the past 10 years or so and go with a 2014 john davis cd re issue or try and seek out an original 70 s vinyl.