LED ZEPPELIN FOUR SYMBOLS IV ATLANTIC UK 1971 G/F EX LP
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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (FOUR SYMBOLS)
Label: Atlantic Catalog#: ATL 50008 Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: Germany Released: 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Classic Rock
Tracklist
A1 Black Dog 4:55 A2 Rock And Roll 3:40 A3 The Battle Of Evermore 5:38 A4 Stairway To Heaven 7:55 B1 Misty Mountain Hop 4:39 B2 Four Sticks 4:49 B3 Going To California 3:36 B4 When The Levee Breaks 7:08The fourth album by English rock band Led Zeppelin was released on 8 November 1971. No title is printed on the album, so it is generally referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, following the naming standard used by the band's first three studio albums. Also the album has alternatively been referred to as , Four Symbols and The Fourth Album (both titles were used in the Atlantic Records catalogue), Untitled, Runes, Sticks, ZoSo, The Hermit, and simply, IV. Zoso is also the moniker for the band's guitarist, Jimmy Page.
Upon its release, Led Zeppelin IV was a commercial and critical success. The album is one of the best-selling albums in history at 37 million units.[1] It has shipped over 23 million units in the United States alone, putting it third on the all-time list.[2] In 2003, the album was ranked 66th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
GATEFOLD COVER,INNER AND RECORD IN EX CONDITION.
Album cover and inside sleeve
Led Zeppelin IV outer gatefold album coverThe 19th century rustic oil painting on the front of the album was purchased from an antique shop in Reading, Berkshire by Robert Plant.[4][5][16] The painting was then juxtaposed and affixed to the internal, papered wall of the partly demolished suburban house for the photograph to be taken. The 20th century urban tower block on the back of the full gatefold album cover is Butterfield Court in Eves Hill, Dudley, England.
Page has explained that the cover of the fourth album was intended to bring out a city/country dichotomy that had initially surfaced on Led Zeppelin III:
It represented the change in the balance which was going on. There was the old countryman and the blocks of flats being knocked down. It was just a way of saying that we should look after the earth, not rape and pillage it.[7]
However, regarding the meaning of the album cover, he has also stated:
The cover was supposed to be something that was for other people to savour rather than for me to actually spell everything out, which would make the whole thing rather disappointing on that level of your own personal adventure into the music.[17]
The album cover for IV was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of "Classic Album Cover" postage stamps issued in January 2010.[18]
"The Hermit"The inside illustration, entitled "The Hermit" and credited to Barrington Colby MOM, was influenced by the design of the card of the same name in the Rider-Waite tarot deck.[5] This character was later portrayed by Page himself in Led Zeppelin's concert film, The Song Remains the Same (1976). The inner painting is also referred to as View in Half or Varying Light and was sold at auction under that name in 1981.[19]
Varied versions of the artwork within the album exist. Some versions depict a longhaired and bearded supplicant climbing at the base of the mountain, while some others do not show the six pointed star within the hermit's lantern. If the inside cover of the album is held vertically against a mirror, a man's face can be seen hidden in the rocks below the hermit. Speculation exists that the face is actually that of a black dog.[19]
The typeface for the lyrics to "Stairway to Heaven", printed on the inside sleeve of the album, was Page's contribution. He found it in an old arts and crafts magazine called Studio Magazine which dated from the late 1800s. He thought the lettering was interesting and arranged for someone to work up a whole alphabet.
Personnel
Led Zeppelin- John Bonham – drums
- John Paul Jones – synthesizer, bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin, recorders
- Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, production, remastering, digital remastering
- Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica
- Sandy Denny – vocals on "The Battle of Evermore"
- Ian Stewart – piano on "Rock and Roll" (uncredited)
- Barrington Colby MOM – The Hermit illustration
- George Chkiantz – mixing
- Peter Grant – executive producer
- Graphreaks – design coordinator
- Andy Johns – engineering, mixing
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