WILL DRIVE OUR SHIPS TO NEW LANDS
TO FIGHT THE HORDE,
SING AND CRY
VALLHALA,
I'M COMING HOME...
Led Zeppelin III
is the third album
by the English
Rock band
Led Zeppelin,
released on
October, 5th 1970.
It was recorded
in three locations.
Much of the work
was done at
Headley Grange,
a country house,
using
the Rolling Stones
Mobile Studio.
Additional sessions
were held at
Island Studios
and
Olympic Studios
in London.
As with the
prior album,
the band eschewed
the use of
guest musicians,
with all music
performed by
band members
Robert Plant
(vocals),
Jimmy Page
(guitars),
John Paul Jones
(bass, keyboards),
and
John Bonham
(drums).
The range of instruments
played by the band
was greatly enhanced
on this album,
with Jones especially
emerging as a
talented
multi-instrumentalist,
playing a wide range
of keyboard
and
stringed instruments,
including
various synthesizers,
mandolin
and
double bass,
in addition to his
usual bass guitar.
As with prior albums,
Page served as
producer on the album,
with mixing
done by
Andy Johns
and
Terry Manning.
The album showed a
progression from
straightforward rock
towards folk
and
acoustic music.
While hard rock influences
were still present,
such as on
"Immigrant Song",
acoustic-based songs
such as
"Gallows Pole"
and
"That's the Way"
showed
Led Zeppelin
were capable of
playing different styles
successfully.
The band specifically
wanted a change in direction,
to show they could play
any style of music
they wanted,
The band wrote most
of the
material themselves,
but as with prior records,
included two songs
that were
re-interpretations
of earlier works:
"Gallows Pole",
based on a
traditional
English folk song,
by way of
American singer
Fred Gerlach;
and
"Hats Off to (Roy) Harper",
a reworking of a
blues song by
Bukka White.
The acoustic material
developed from a
songwriting session
between
Plant and Page
at
Bron-Yr-Aur cottage
in Wales,
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