Led Zeppelin III
Album by Led Zeppelin
Released	October 5, 1970
Recorded	May-August 1970 at Ardent Studios, Memphis; Headley Grange, Hampshire, with The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio ; Island Studios , London; Olympic Studios, London. Mixed at Island Studios , London; Electric Lady , New York
Producer	Jimmy Page
Genre	Hard rock
Length	43 min 04 s
Record label	Atlantic Records
Catalogue	(US) Atlantic SD 7201 (UK) Atlantic 2401 002
Professional reviews
Q	5/5	October 2000
Led Zeppelin Chronology
Led Zeppelin II (1969)	Led Zeppelin III (1970)	Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Led Zeppelin III, the third album by Led Zeppelin, was released October 5, 1970 by Atlantic Records (see 1970 in music). This album added acoustic and folk rock elements to the band's rock and blues repertoire, which also helped endear the band to progressive rock fans. Detractors attacked the album as being a pale imitation of the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Contents

1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Cover design 4 External Links

Track listing

1. "Immigrant Song" (Page/Plant) 2:23
2. "Friends" (Page/Plant) 3:54
3. "Celebration Day" (Page/Plant/Jones) 3:28
4. "Since I've Been Loving You" (Page/Plant/Jones) 7:24
5. "Out On the Tiles" (Page/Plant/Bonham) 4:05
6. "Gallows Pole" (trad. arr. Page/Plant) 4:56
7. "Tangerine" (Page) 2:57
8. "That's the Way" (Page/Plant) 5:37
9. "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp"* (Page/Plant/Jones) 4:16
10. "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" (trad.) 3:42

* (misspelled as Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp on most pressings)

Personnel

• Jimmy Page - Acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitar, backing vocals, producer
• Robert Plant - Vocals, harmonica
• John Paul Jones - Bass guitar, organ, mandolin, backing vocals
• John Bonham - Drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Peter Grant - Executive producer
• Andy Johns - Engineer, mixing
• Eddie Kramer - Mixing (Track 6)
• Zacron - Visual creations

Cover design

The original vinyl edition was packaged in a gatefold sleeve with a novelty cover. The cover and interior gatefold art consisted of a surreal collection of seemingly random images on a white background, many of them connected with flight or aviation (as in "Zeppelin"). Behind the front cover was a rotatable paper disc covered with more images, including photos of the band members, which showed through holes in the cover. Moving an image into place behind one hole would usually bring one or two others into place behind other holes. This could not be replicated on a conventional cassette or CD cover, but there have been Japanese and British pressings packaged in miniature versions of the original sleeve.

External Links

• Led Zeppelin III Lyrics