Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin III
Album by Led Zeppelin
Released	October 5, 1970
Recorded	January-August 1970 at Headley Grange, Hampshire, with The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio; Island Studios, London; Olympic Studios, London. Mixed at Island Studios, London; Electric Lady, New York
Producer	Jimmy Page
Genre	Hard rock
Length	43 min 04 s
Record label	Atlantic Records
Catalogue	(US) Atlantic SD 7201 (UK) Atlantic 2401 002
Professional reviews
Q	5/5
Led Zeppelin Chronology
Led Zeppelin II (1969)	Led Zeppelin III (1970)	Untitled (1971)

Led Zeppelin III , the third album by Led Zeppelin, was released October 5, 1970 by Atlantic Records (see 1970 in music. This album added acoustic and folk rock elements to the band's rock and blues repertoire, which also helped endear the band to progressive rock fans.

Track listing

1. "Immigrant Song" (Page/Jones) 3:28
2. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page/Plant/Jones) 7:24
3. "Out On the Tiles" (Page/Plant/Bonham) 4:05
4. "Gallows Pole" (trad. arr. Page/Plant) 4:56
5. "Tangerine" (Page) 2:57
6. "That's the Way" (Page/Plant) 5:37
7. "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp"* (Page/Plant/Jones) 4:16
8. "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" (trad arr Charles Obscure...a pseudonym?) 3:42

• (misspelled as Bron-Y-Aur Stomp on most pressings)

Personnel

• Jimmy Page - Acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitar, backing vocals, producer
• Robert Plant - Vocals, harmonica
• John Paul Jones - Bass guitar, organ, mandolin, backing vocals
• John Bonham - Drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Peter Grant - Executive producer
• Andy Johns - Engineer, mixing
• Eddie Kramer - Mixing (Track 6)
• Zacron - Visual creations

Cover design

The original vinyl edition was packaged in a gatefold sleeve with a novelty cover. The cover and interior gatefold art consisted of a surreal collection of seemingly random images on a white background, many of them connected with flight or aviation (as in "Zeppelin"). Behind the front cover was a rotatable paper disc covered with more images, including photos of the band members, which showed through holes in the cover. Moving an image into place behind one hole would usually bring one or two others into place behind other holes. This could not be replicated on a conventional cassette or CD cover, but there have been Japanese and British pressings packaged in miniature versions of the original sleeve.

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Led Zeppelin
John Bonham - John Paul Jones - Jimmy Page - Robert Plant
Original albums: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin III - Untitled - Houses of the Holy - Physical Graffiti - Presence - The Song Remains the Same - In Through the Out Door - Coda
Other albums: Boxed Set - Profiled - Remasters - Boxed Set 2 - The Complete Studio Recordings - BBC Sessions - Early Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One - Latter Days: The Best of Led Zeppelin Volume Two - How the West Was Won
Films: The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin DVD
Songs: "The Battle of Evermore" - "Dazed and Confused" - "Stairway To Heaven" - "When the Levee Breaks"
Other: Peter Grant - Swan Song Records