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After copping so much criticism over Led Zeppelin III, the band decided to release the fourth album with no references to the band on it at all. It has no title and the band's name does not appear anywhere on it. On the paper inner sleeve, protecting the actual vinyl, it does say "Produced by Jimmy Page" but that's it as far as any identification goes.
The album is referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 4, Zoso (after the symbols the band members chose to represent themselves), Untitled, Four Symbols, etc. The band refer to it only as "the fourth album".
No single was released for radio promotion either.
The album went on to sell approximately 40 million copies, 23 million in the USA alone - the third highest of all time according to Wikipedia.
The gatefold sleeve has this picture of "The Hermit" by Barrington Colby Mom on the inside.
Although the album contains acoustic tracks, it also marks the return, by the band, to electric hard rock.
The opening track, Black Dog, is classic Led Zeppelin riffery. The song's title has nothing to do with the lyrics though. It was apparently named after a black dog which used to regularly wander through the recording studio.
Live version from 1973.
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Everyone should own a copy of this, it's an absolute classic CD, even Stairway to Heaven sounds ok when you hear it amongst the other tracks.
Favourites: 'Black Dog', 'Misty Mountain Hop' and 'Four Sticks' (F#%!ing brilliant bass, percussion, rhythm, bridge).
A tribute to two of my favorite Zeppelin songs, 'Black Dog' and 'Rock & Roll", the first two tracks from their 4th album, 'Led Zeppelin 4'.
This is the black and white version.
Hope you all like it.
Oh, and these were just three images I spliced together in photoshop; the red background image, the rock and roll image, and the dog image.