Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti [Audiophile japanese LP / AMJY-2005~6] 24-bit/96kHz & redbook format; requested repost

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Yes, some of this could be labeled as filler, but like any great double album, its appeal lies in its great sprawl, since it captures elements of the band's personality rarely showcased elsewhere — and even at its worst, Physical Graffiti towers above its hard rock peers of the mid-'70s. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine/AMG

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IMO the best version you can get... The sound is more on the bright side but it offers much more details than other versions. Checkout also the comments on my previous post of this record.


Physical Graffiti is the sixth album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is a double album which was released on 24 February 1975. Recording sessions for the album were initially disrupted when John Paul Jones considered leaving the band. After reuniting at Headley Grange, the band wrote and recorded eight songs, the combined length of which stretched the album beyond the typical length of an LP. This prompted the band to make Physical Graffiti a double album by including previously unreleased tracks from earlier recording sessions.

Physical Graffiti was commercially and critically successful; the album is 16 times platinum (though this only signifies sales of 8 million copies, as it is a double album) in the United States alone, and has come to be regarded as one of Led Zeppelin's defining works. In 2003, the album was ranked number 70 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album was also ranked number 95 on Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1970s.




Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, except where noted.

Side One

1. "Custard Pie" 4:13
2. "The Rover" 5:37
3. "In My Time of Dying" (Page, Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) 11:05

Side Two

1. "Houses of the Holy" 4:02
2. "Trampled Under Foot" (Page, Plant, Jones) 5:37
3. "Kashmir" (Page, Plant, Bonham) 8:32

Side three:

1. "In the Light" (Page, Plant, Jones) 8:46
2. "Bron-Yr-Aur" (Page) 2:06
3. "Down by the Seaside" 5:13
4. "Ten Years Gone" 6:32

Side four:

1. "Night Flight" (Jones, Page, Plant) 3:36
2. "The Wanton Song" 4:07
3. "Boogie with Stu" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant, Ian Stewart, Mrs. Valens) 3:53
4. "Black Country Woman" 4:24
5. "Sick Again" 4:42

# Some cassette versions of the album place "Bron-Yr-Aur" immediately after "Kashmir", presumably to make each side of the cassette last approximately the same amount of time.
# The running times listed for "Kashmir" and "Ten Years Gone" on original LP pressings of the album were significantly in error; "Kashmir" was listed at 9:41, "Ten Years Gone" at 6:55.
# "Boogie with Stu" is credited to "Mrs. Valens, mother of Ritchie Valens". The credit came about after the band had heard Valens' mother never received any royalties from any of her son's hits.

Personnel

Led Zeppelin

* John Bonham – drums, percussion
* John Paul Jones – bass guitar, organ, piano, electric piano, Mellotron, guitar, mandolin, VCS3 synthesizer
* Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, production
* Robert Plant – harmonica, vocals, acoustic guitar on "Boogie with Stu"


Additional personnel

* Ian Stewart – piano on "Boogie with Stu"
* George Chkiantz – engineering
* Peter Corriston – artwork, design, cover design
* Mike Doud – artwork, design, cover design
* Elliot Erwitt – photography
* B. P. Fallon – photography
* Peter Grant – producer, executive producer
* Roy Harper – photography
* Keith Harwood – engineering, mixing
* Dave Heffernan – illustrations
* Andy Johns – engineering
* Eddie Kramer – engineering, mixing
* Ron Nevison – engineering