Led Zeppelin: 6 interesting facts about the band’s debut album [LISTA]

Formed by Jimmy Page (guitar), John Bonham (battery), John Paul Jones (low) and Robert Plant (vocal), Led Zeppelin officially released their first studio album, which bears the same name as the legendary British rock band, 55 years ago.

The recording of the album took place in October 1968 at Olympic Studios, In London. The official launch was on January 12, 1969, in the United States, by Atlantic Records. The heavier sound was something new at the time and the artists gained a lot of fans right from the beginning. However, Led Zeppelin was negatively received by critics.

Over the years, however, the album became generally acclaimed and, to this day, is considered one of the best and greatest of all time. For example, in 2003, Rolling Stone USA placed him in 29th position on the list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. See six interesting facts below:

The album was recorded in just 30 hours

Normally, singers and bands take a long time to finish an album. For example, on the second album, Led Zeppelin It took eight months to complete the recordings. In the first, the quartet spent just 30 hours in the studio.

How much did the band spend to produce Led Zeppelin?

Second Jimmy Page, he paid the bill for using the studio out of his own pocket. To complete the recordings and create the cover, the group spent £1,782, approximately R$11,000 at current prices. As expected due to the quality and commercial success, the profit was huge (find out more below).

Cover Led Zeppelin

With a signed contract with Atlantic Records, Led Zeppelin hired the designer George Hardie created a drawing based on a photo of the airship accident Hindenburgwhich took place in 1937. The image on the back cover was taken by the former bassist, Chris Dreja.

How much money did Led Zeppelin make from the record?

With a very low budget, if one considers album budgets today, the band earned an impressive £3.5 million with their debut album, around 2,000 times more than the initial amount invested.

‘How Many More Times’ would be much longer

Closing song from the album, “How Many More Times” was composed by Jimmy Page, John Bonham It is John Paul Jones and very inspired by two songs: “Hunter,” in Albert KingIt is “How Many More Years,” in Howlin’ Wolf. Originally, it would have eight minutes, but it was reduced to 3:30 with the intention of being played on radio, a communication platform that helped popularize music at the time.

Led Zeppelin It’s a ‘live’ album

As Page said on one occasion, “the first album was actually a live album, it was intentionally made that way. It has overdubsbut the original tracks are live.” According to the guitarist, Led Zeppelin used four natural environments to increase the reverberation and recording texture of the album, something that revolutionized the way sound was recorded in the studio.