Artist: LED ZEPPELIN
Album: "III REMASTERED (CD)"

Year: 1970
Media type: CD

For the composition of their third album, Led Zeppelin III, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant retired to Bron-Yr-Aur, a remote cottage in Wales, in 1970. This would result in a more acoustic sound than previously exhibited by the group (and a song, "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp", misspelled as "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" on the album cover, which was a complete remake of Bert Jansch's song "The Waggoners Lad"). Strongly influenced by folk and Celtic music, the album revealed a different side of the band's versatility.

The album's rich acoustic sound initially received mixed reactions, with many critics and fans surprised at the turn taken by the band away from the primarily electric compositions of the first two albums. Over time, however, its reputation has recovered and Led Zeppelin III is now generally praised. It has a unique album cover featuring a wheel which, when rotated, displayed various images through cut outs in the main jacket sleeve.

The album's opening track, "Immigrant Song", was released in November 1970 by Atlantic Records as a single against the band's wishes (Atlantic had earlier released an edited version of "Whole Lotta Love" which cut the 5:34 song to 3:10, removing the abstract middle section). It included their only non-album b-side, "Hey Hey What Can I Do". Even though the band saw their albums as indivisible, whole listening experiences — and their manager, Peter Grant, maintained an aggressive pro-album stance — some singles were released without their consent. The group also increasingly resisted television appearances, enforcing their preference that their fans hear and see them live in person.

Led Zeppelin III was the most eagerly awaited album of 1970, and advance orders in the United States alone were close to a million mark. Its release was trailered by a full page advertisement taken out in Melody Maker magazine at the end of September, which simply said "Thank you for making us the world's number one band." Following a lukewarm, if not confused and sometimes dismissive reception from critics, sales lagged after its initial peak. The album spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard chart, while it entered that British chart at number one and remained there for three weeks (returning to the top for a further week on December 12).[

TRACKLIST:

01 "Immigrant Song" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 2:25
02 "Friends" (Page, Plant) – 3:54
03 "Celebration Day" (Page, Plant, John Paul Jones) – 3:29
04 "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page, Plant, Jones) – 7:23
05 "Out on the Tiles" (Page, Plant, John Bonham) – 4:08
06 "Gallows Pole" (trad. arr. Page, Plant) – 4:58
07 "Tangerine" (Page) – 3:12
08 "That's the Way" (Page, Plant) – 5:39
09 "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" (Page, Plant, Jones) – 4:18
10 "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" (traditional) – 3:42

LINE-UP:

Jimmy Page – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals, banjo
Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica
John Paul Jones – bass, organ, synths, mandolin, backing vocals
John Bonham – drums, percussion, backing vocals

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