The quartet played gigs that had been booked for the Yardbirds, performing as the New Yardbirds, until they formally unveiled their debut album as Led Zeppelin in early 1969. Robert Plant and ...

Led Zeppelin’s 1969 self-titled debut ... driven rock showing off their penchant for distortion and power—the album immediately singled Led Zeppelin out as a hard rock act to watch.

Fifty years ago, rock 'n' roll had, definitively, its greatest year, featuring a landmark run of debut albums and artistic achievements that make 1969 an ... their wake: Led Zeppelin, Crosby ...

it’s also a mistake to consider Led Zeppelin III “the acoustic album.” Sure, side 2 features all acoustic instruments, but let’s not forget the sledgehammer that is “The Immigrant Song ...

Led Zeppelin II was recorded from April through August 1969 at various studios in the U.K. and North America while the band was on tour supporting its debut album. Page produced the album ...

From the blustery blues-rock of their self-titled 1969 debut to the flawless dynamism of their 1971 masterpiece ‘Led Zeppelin IV’ to the gargantuan stomp of their double-album epic ‘Physical ...

Yet it’s a bit derivative of the debut album’s jacket (also from 1969), which is why we don’t have it a bit higher in our ranking of Led Zeppelin album covers. Led Zeppelin fired the ...

The first came in early 1969 ... with less gravitas than Led Zeppelin might have been pressured by their label to shelve the weird design concept and just get the album on the street.

Led Zeppelin went on to release four albums from 1969 to 1971, rocketing through the ... in favor of their newly minted record label, Swan Song. Despite releasing the album 'Presence' in 1976 ...

We've got an absolute classic for you today. Led Zeppelin were the kings of hard rock in the '70s, But which of their albums is the best? That's what we want to hear from you in this week's ...

Below, we rank all Led Zeppelin albums from worst to best. Zeppelin started recording the record in late 1978, when the band was at a musical crossroads, burnt out on the traditional label ...