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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1975 - January: Led Zeppelin “Physical Graffiti”
Description: By the time that Led Zeppelin was releasing their sixth studio album, they were solidly on top of the rock pantheon. They had just switched to Swan Song Records, their own label, and had plenty of time to create this double album work, Physical Graffiti. They had three sides-worth of new songs largely recorded at Headley Grange in Hampshire in early 1974, and they expanded it to a double album by including unreleased tracks from sessions for their previous three albums.
Physical Graffiti went to number 1 on the UK chart and number 3 on the US charts immediately. They had...