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 Discography
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Released:
Oct. 5, 1970 (US)
Oct. 23, 1970 (UK)
Chart Position:
#1 (US) #1 (UK)
Certified:
Gold 10-08-69
Multi Platinum 6.0 5-03-99
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Tracks
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• Immigrant Song
• Friends
• Celebration Day
• Since I've Been Loving You
• Out On The Tiles
• Gallows Pole
• Tangerine
• That's The Way
• Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
• Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
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Quick Fact
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The inner spinning wheel, an idea of Jimmy Page, was supposed to be based on crop rotation charts, however he thought it ended up too teeny-bopperish. "There are some silly bits--little chunks of corn and nonsense like that," Jimmy Page said in a 1996 interview.
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LED ZEPPELIN III
Easily one of 1970's most highly-anticipated albums, Led Zeppelin
III shocked the world with acoustic songs like Friends,
Gallows Pole, That's The Way and Bron-Y-Aur Stomp.
"The element of change has been the thing, really. We put out the
first one, then the second... then a third LP totally different from
them. It's the reason we were able to keep it together," said
Jimmy Page.
For those diehard fans, songs like Immigrant Song, Celebration
Day and Out On The Tiles were a familiar sound. Since
I've Been Loving You, a blues tune in C minor that was recorded
live in the studio, features excellent organ work by Jones and a killer
solo by Jimmy Page.
This is definitely one of Led Zeppelin's most underrated albums. On
the B-Side to Immigrant Song another acoustic masterpiece,
Hey Hey What Can I Do, was released as part of the first Boxed
Set in 1990, twenty years after the single was released.
An advanced copy, Atlantic #ST-PR-A-157, of Gallows Pole was released to radio stations prior to release of Led Zeppelin III and clocked in with an additional 11 second outro from the final release.
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