LED ZEPPELIN - 45th Anniversary Of Physical Graffiti Celebrated On InTheStudio; Part 2 Features Interview With JIMMY PAGE & ROBERT PLANT

February 18, 2020, 4 years ago

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LED ZEPPELIN - 45th Anniversary Of Physical Graffiti Celebrated On InTheStudio; Part 2 Features Interview With JIMMY PAGE & ROBERT PLANT

North American syndicated rock radio show and website, InTheStudio With Redbeard: The Stories Behind History’s Greatest Rock Bands, celebrates the 45th anniversary of Led Zeppelin's 1975 album, Physical Graffiti. Part 2 is available now.

Says Host Redbeard: "'Traveling the world was now a constant thing... The whole thing was becoming a creative process', Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page said  at a press conference reminiscing about the February 1975 double album  Physical Graffiti . By the time of composing for this, their sixth studio album, Led Zeppelin’s international success was taking their tours to far-flung places in the world, which in turn exposed the band to even more creative stimuli. For instance, a distinct new flavour had already started to spice up the blues-based hard rock on certain songs on the preceding Houses Of The Holy: Jimmy Page’s staccato guitar was locking in far more with John Bonham‘s inventive percussion in a choppy rhythmic manner, which in turn left space for multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones to fill with a new instrument, the electric clavinet.

In the recording, the daunting challenge of capturing the sheer scale of Led Zeppelin’s sonic dynamics was never so successfully rendered by Jimmy Page in the producer’s role, without overwhelming the recording process of the day nor compromising the visceral impact of this double album. Here in the conclusion of my interview, Page discusses the grandeur of 'Kashmir', the progressive rock of 'In The Light', the furious electric funk of 'The Wanton Song', and the shimmering delicacy of 'Ten Years Gone'. Inside Robert Plant explains the elusive motivational sparks which were responsible then for Physical Graffiti  brilliance which has accounted for sales of over sixteen times platinum."

Tune in here.

Part 1 is available here.


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