Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti (1975)


 

Artist: Led Zeppelin

Title: Physical Graffiti

Label: Swan Song

Format: 2xCD

Catalog Number: 92442-2

Year of Release: 1975

Country and Year of Edition: US  1994 remaster, repress Cinram Olyphant Pressing

Sell Price: $7.59

Sell Date: 9/10/26

Condition: VG+/VG+

Discogs Last Sold: 6/30/26 VG+/VG+ $8.40

Low: $4.48

Median: $6.00

Average: $6.55

High: $8.40

Current low price: n/a

Curren Number on Sale at Discogs: 0

Have/Want: 43/138

Where Sold: San Diego, CA

Time It Took To Sell: 3 years

Where and When Bought: Facebook marketplace lot

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+

Sad To See It Go: No

When we talk about Physical Graffiti, we are talking about Led Zeppelin at the peak of their powers with all cylinders firing: commercial, experimental, and Rock.  Beyond the hits, as a kid completing his Led Zeppelin collection I thought there was some filler.  It really isn't filler at all, but they aren't commercial experiments the way Houses of the Holy flirted with Funk and Reggae before or the way Presence blasted out 7 tracks on Presence.  This is sprawling Zeppelin.

The AOR core of "Trampled Under Foot," "Houses of the Holy" and of course "Kashmir" may even get dwarfed by the majesty of "In The Light" or "The Wonton Song" or "Custard Pie" depending on how you feel on a certain day.  "Boogie With Stu" has a machine like feel out of Bonham with a barrel house piano.  This is  their idea of filler.  "Bron-Yr-Aur" is more in the tradition of "Black Mountain Slide."

Served up for a lifetime to ponder.

II (1969)

III (1970)

IV (1971)

Houses of the Holy (1975)

The Soundtrack From The Film The Song Remains The Same (1976)

In Through The Out Door (1979)

Early Days & Later Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volumes One and Two (2002)

Wings-Back To The Egg (1979)

Jimmy Page-Death Wish II (The Original Soundtrack) (1982)

Robert Plant-The Principle of Moments (1983)

Soundtrack-Porky's Revenge (1985)

Jimmy Page & Robert Plant-No Quarter (1994)

Jimmy Page & Robert Plant-Walking Into Clarksdale (1998)


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