Marking five decades since the release of Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin have unveiled a visualizer for the remastered version of “Houses Of The Holy”. Fans can also look forward to a 50th anniversary 3LP deluxe edition of Physical Graffiti, set for release on September 12 and now available for pre-order here.
To honor the album’s original February 24, 1975 release date — which arrived in the U.K. four days later — the band is also issuing a new live EP featuring four standout performances. Two tracks, “In My Time Of Dying” and “Trampled Under Foot”, come from Led Zeppelin’s sold-out shows at Earl’s Court in 1975. The other two, “Sick Again” and “Kashmir”, were recorded during their celebrated return to Knebworth in 1979. While these performances first appeared on the 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD, this will be their first time available on vinyl, CD, and streaming.
As part of the celebration, the official video for “Trampled Under Foot (Live at Earl’s Court 1975)” has been remastered in HD, giving fans a fresh look at one of the band’s most iconic live moments.
The creation of Physical Graffiti was its own story of ambition and persistence. Jimmy Page began developing new material during the summer and fall of 1973 at his home studio in Plumpton, Sussex. By October, the band moved into Headley Grange with Ronnie Lane’s Mobile Studio, returning there again in January 1974. Final overdubs and mixing were completed at Olympic Studios by July of that year.
Reflecting on the process, Page said: “We had enough material for one and a half LPs, so I figured, ‘Let’s put out a double and use some of the material we’d done previously but never released’. I always thought the sequencing of an album was really important and that was part of my role as the producer.”
Not only was Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin’s first double LP, it also marked the debut release on the band’s own Swan Song label, which launched in May 1974 and was officially announced later that November.
