So great to hear you sing the praises of In the Light. I first heard that track when I was 12 - back in 1981, and it still enthralls me. It's a mystery to me why it's so overlooked.
Stairway to Heaven is also famously overplayed to death a million times over as we all know. Radio just plays the first side of Zeppelin four and Kashmir to death, thank God they’re not burning out the real good stuff
@@abigaildevoe Followed immediately by Living Loving Maid, album style. It’s always interesting to me that it seems to have become an unspoken rule with radio - forged undoubtedly in the 70s by DJ habits - to do a two-fer. Much like We Will Rock You into We Are the Champions. I think it’s merely an old convention due to the fact that those songs seem to have extremely brief space between them on the vinyl for some reason. Although DJs spinning albums on air is long dead save perhaps college radio or small stations, it’s a habit that just stuck.
@@abigaildevoe It was brilliant. I actually started to do the store outside the sleeve thing a year ago, but reverted when I realized it was decreasing my storage space. Side note. There's a well known company that sells a round bottomed static free 2 mil sleeve that is perfect slipping into original paper sleeves and overtly snug jacket situations like this. I don't want to say the name. Lets just say it rhymes with Risk Leapers.
@@Frank_nwobhm yeah I use those too. They're great. But that said, the MSFL ones Abby uses will slide just fine into most liners too - certainly the heavy duty ones. I just keep them in there and slide the record out without removing the protective liner - solves the creasing problem.
I’ve been binging your vinyl Mondays episodes and I hope I’m not the only one to request Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder. Absolutely excellent job on all these.
Love what you do,thanks. This album is like part of me DNA--it's stuck way down inside at cellular level,man.🎶 1975-everyone bringing their 4 finger lid over to whoever's house to listen to all 4 sides non-stop. Designated doobie rollers and album flippers. Cheers!
Achilles Last Stand......You are the first I have ever known to say this is their favorite song from Zep. And I cannot agree more! Great video, all your videos are amazing, witty, insightful and well thought out. Thank you for sharing!
I just now discovered your channel, and looked through your videos, and for someone your age you sure have a high percentage of top classic artists and songs, or albums! Keep up the good work!
Led Zeppelin are my favorite band of all time , so I'm really happy of this episode of vinyl monday , great talk us usual , my favorite of this album are " custard pie", " the rover", in my time of dying" , " the wanton song" and "sick again"
I always thought that the cover of this album is one of the best ever, loved playing with the windows as I listened to the songs. Had the feeling that it represents perfectly what Zeppelin was, a mix of that British street sound from the seventies and the mysticism that always surrounded the band. Great review!
Hi Abby, I so appreciate all the hard work,and research you put into all your videos ! And that goes for your make up,and fashions ! Led Zeppelin were "Rock Gods" in my eyes, I saw them at Madison Square Garden twice. Jimmy Page was a "Merlin" type Magician on stage, dressed in black velvet pants and jacket embroidered with silver sequins of Astrological planets, and signs ! His guitar made sounds I never heard before,and when he got the violin bow out the crowd went wild ! He had "Hypnotized" the audience,and we LOVED it ! Robert Plant was a blond,god from an ancient myth,with a voice that made us believe anything he sang about ! John Bonham The constant beat of excitement,JPJ,the quiet gentlemen who played such an ethereal sound on keyboards.They were everything to us ! Physical Graffiti was not my favorite album though...Led Zeppelin III is my favorite,so artistic, and original. I will always love them !
all the accounts of seeing zeppelin in the flesh are similar to yours - they were MAGICAL! it’s one thing to be a great rock musician but they were performers too! what a treat it would’ve been to see jimmy’s costumes in person, they were gorgeous (i’m such a clothes nerd haha)
I feel the exact same way about "Hats Off To (Roy) Harper". I always thought that "Hey, Hey What Can I Do" would have actually made a better album closer on III than "Hats..." did.
In 1975 i moved to Sydney Australia,the first record that i bought at the music store round the corner of my street:that one ! Sweet memories,thank you Abigail.
Wonderful vid! This album never gets old for me, every time I listen to "In the Light," "In My Time of Dying," or "Night Flight" feels better than the last.
... early teenage years (1977 ish, Oxford, UK),...one of my favourite aunts dragged me into a record shop and said 'pick any record you want' .... I picked Led Zeppelin's 'Physical Graffiti' (loved the cover)... probably the best decision I ever made... fell in love with this life changing record... (The Rover...in my top 10 songs ever!!) ... first gig was Zeppelin's second Knebworth show '79.... LP sounds as fresh and exciting today (45 years later) as it did back then.... only other music that has done this for me is Bowie...
Interesting tidbit: Jeff Buckley’s favourite band and biggest musical influence was Led Zeppelin. The first album that he ever owned was Physical Graffiti. The apartment building on the cover of said album is on the same street, just doors away, from where Jeff regularly played and recorded his first EP, Live at Sin-e.
wow i didn't know that but it makes perfect sense! jeff covered everything from leonard cohen to MC5, no surprise he'd like an album as eclectic as physical graffiti
@@abigaildevoe Jeff also said in an early interview that he wanted to make an album that would make people forget about Led Zeppelin II. On the night that he drowned, Jeff was singing along to the opening track on said album - which was playing on his friend’s boombox - just moments before he disappeared, under the waves. Have you heard his covers of Night Flight? The extended version from the album, You and I, includes Jeff giving a shoutout to each member of Led Zeppelin, while talking about how much the song meant to him. Also, in a live rendition of The Way Young Lovers Do, during a concert in Germany, circa 1995, Jeff incorporated a really cool segue of Led Zeppelin’s Four Sticks, in the intro.
I have a 1975 new zealand re lease of led Zeppelin physical graffiti album used to belong to my parents its a classic .Seen robert plant live in 1999 solo tour in scandinavia . very proud. brings back a lot of Great childhood memmories
Fantastic breakdown on this amazing classic. I give you extra props for your very BOLD statement that no other LZ song can unseat Achilles Last Stand as your personal favorite. I would definitely state that one as an incredible high contender as one of my favs since the time that Presence was released. 🎵💜
so glad you covered this record and i definitely fangirled a little cause of the sleeve of the record, i literally had no idea! also i agree with the fact that side 3 is the strongest, i remember hearing ‘in the light’ watching mindhunter and it gave me absolute chills, made me a massive fan immediately. that’s definitely a favourite and down by the seaside, it reminds me so much of school trips to seaside resorts
Physical Graffiti!!! What an iconic record!! I was finally able to make it to NYC this past June and go to Saint Mark's Place. Every hardcore fan really should make the trek to the building on the cover. I even met a couple from the west coast doing the same thing I was. Love your channel Abigail!! ☮❤☮
thanks! that trip is on my list for spots to see in NY - but i gotta say, the street in greenwich village where bob and suze did the freewheelin album art takes the priority!
Too much to take in in one sitting on its initial release back in ‘75, but over the years my love for this album knows no bounds. It’s sheer eclecticism makes for a engrossing listening experience, and your observations about the track listing were most pertinent. Excellent informative episode once again.
thank you so much, it was almost too much to take in for this video! 4/5 listens before the video is A LOT of physical graffiti in a matter of days haha
Oh my gosh .... i,m first comment . Great choice Abigail , i can,t count how many copies of this record i,ve had .... cd / vinyl / 8-track ... yadda yadda yadda .... FYI - that was cool how you did " COUGH " 😜 , that made my giggle !! wonder if you saw my comment on Master Of Reality ( Black Sabbath ) .... amyway ... enjoying your channel !! have a great day Abigail 😊
Hats Off To Roy Harper is Shake 'Em On Down by Bukka White. This is my favorite Zeppelin album: it is very rich and multi-layered; yes a behemoth. Thus it will take numerous listens to properly absorb. When I saw Pag and Plant in 1998 at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto theyopened with The Wonton Song. Interesting analysis.
Another Great job, Abby. I had the original album. My older brother brought it home on November 23, 1975. I was 8 years old. This double album was the first hard rock album my ears EVER heard. THIS is the album that changed my young life forever. His copy was an opening g album, Luke 2 and 4 were. Yours is a single jacket. I listened to all 4 sides,all in one sitting. Incredible double album, if half of it is earlier stuff from the prior albums.
You have those odd thoughts that I have, such as your opinion about Zeppelin 3 and Ray Manzarek being your favorite member of The Doors. So cool to hear those things from a youngster (compared to me) LOL!!! Hats off to (Abigail) Devoe!!!
I saw them three times. For this tour they had a ticket lottery for the show at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. M e, my ex and my brother would have had third row center stage seats. However, Robert Plant's son died the day before the show. The best concert to me was during the III tour.
Once again, you have completely nailed it! My thinking is over 90% with you. For me, the most delicious, beautiful and appropriate album sleeve for such a vast sprawling double album. And I agree that “in the light“, “10 years gone“ and “the wanton song” are the true triumph of this album. I would also add “in my Time of dying” to the shortlist amongst four sides of glorious riches.
I lived in Cardiff /Caerdydd for 9 years, I love Wales, wish I was still there. But boy is that a hard language to wrap one's tongue around! Once one does though it's positively delicious. I am in linguistic awe at the mutations principle. Was Cymraeg designed to fit poetry, or was poetry the logical end point?
@@almishti Hi. Cymraeg is quite difficult for English speakers. The mutation principal is called treiglo. The language is one of the Brittonic languages that evolved over centuries from another much older common language. If you ever get back to Cymru I would recommend you visit the north where the native language is still the first language for most people.
@@leejohnson3209 oh yes I've been to Bangor, Bethesda (I spent my first Nadolig Llawen up there, love those slate heaps), Holyhead and all the castles! Castell Beaumarais is my secret love. I was entranced hearing families at the coffee shops speaking Cymraeg. I was too busy doing my PhD at Cardiff to get to learn the language but I did delve a bit into the poetry (in translation though) and started learning to play the crwth. Not well but I started lol.
@@almishti Just like Robert Plant it sounds like you're quite smitten with our little nation! 'Mae croeso i chi ddod yn ôl unrhyw bryd' You're welcome back any time :)
Really enjoy your channel Abby! Love the fresh perspective on music I've enjoyed for many years. Note about the cover; the New York building was the site of the Rolling Stones "Waiting On a Friend" video. Thank you for your good work!!
Kudos for pronouncing Kashmir correctly. 10 Years Gone so complex they played it once on stage with KPJ playing bass with his feet and mandolin . Great song. Great chords .
That album IS truly special, not only for the music inside but for that unique, creative and mystique design, filled with an abundant amount of trivia. Other than Zepp. 3, there’s just no other cover like it. I don’t have nearly the awesome collection of vinyl that you do but at least I do possess this one. I love your favorite song choices but I really dig the epic “ In my time of Dying. “ And that one was never burned out because it was too long to get any airplay, making it even more special for myself. Great demo by the way, Abby.
First heard this in 1984 when visiting my French penpal near Bordeaux when I was 15. Her older male cousin lived round the corner in a shabby house and he'd repair motorbikes and stuff. I think she was the "annoying younger cousin who comes to hang out sometimes" and she took me along. He asked what music I liked and said I'd been getting into Led Zeppelin. At this point I had only heard my younger brother's copies of the first 4 LPs (he didn't have a new wave/ Bowie habit to support like I did. He started young with LZ1 when he was about 12) - and he put "Physical Graffiti" on. I knew right away I had to have a copy - it sounded even better than the other Zeppelin I'd heard. Being just 15 I was constantly broke and couldn't afford all the records I wanted, even though ALL of my money went on records - so it would be another few years till I actually did get a copy - it was usually in the "this or 3 other records" price level. I eventually found a second hand copy in about 1988 - years later Discogs revealed it to be a first pressing. I only have this and LZ1 on vinyl - but I do have the CD box set. Where am I going with this? Well - after your LA Woman video last week that makes 2 consecutive videos on your channel covering pretty much the entirety of the English-language music I associate with my various stays in France. Unusual coincidence.
The review was like the album, epic and amazing! I think it just might be my favorite Zeppelin album as it has so much amazing stuff on it! I love how it is a top loader and the cover is so cool too!
I'm one of these guys that only played side 2. I love the rock and blues and folk songs .the more complicated stuff was never my thing . Favorite tracks .? Come on , Kashmir , Trampled under foot and in my time of dying, what else, But for me 4,3,1,2 in that order is their best work . Hoses of the holy .? Have it , but only for over the hills and far away. In through the out door only for I'm gonna crawl.
You have great taste in music, Abby. In my opinion, LZ's Physical Graffiti is their best album. There's a lot of cool blues in that album; I particularly like the slide guitar in the album. I have a promo vinyl version of it from when it was first released; it sounds terrific, and it's all analogue! 👍💖🎸😎
The tape or CD of this when I was in High School (90s) was in probably half the cars in my class. And at home, it wasnt unusual to see a copy either. Like "Exile On Main Street" it is HARD partying music! I did so many times. Great video, entertaining, informative, and without doubt done by the best dressed and best coiffed in the vinyl community. Thanks Xo
@@abigaildevoe You are something no matter how dressed! That's your knowledge about music and your talent to tell about it interesting way, what really matters. The rest is just (really) well-chosen entourage. :)
Fun review! There was one other time that Page, Plant, et al, revisited a song from one album while recording another album, at least one other time that I can think of. "Hots on For Nowhere" on the 'Presence' album was actually a reworked arrangement of "Custard Pie."
This is one album that has been missing from my collection and one that I haven't heard until yesterday. Bought a 1st UK pressing that was on eBay from the original owner that only had two plays on it. Unfortunately I have to wait 10 days for it because its coming from England.
Great review again 👏 👌 my favourites 😀 agree with your favourites 😀 I would add In my time of dying into that mix 😀 😊 🙂 😄 What I would say though I still think Led Zeppelin 4 is their masterpiece 😀 😊
Abigale DeVowe !! I just found you this week !! Im a punk rocker since 77 but i grew up with the stuff you reveiew.And i appreiate how you do it!! Your depth in research is impressive Its obvoius you have had some communications training and you are doing a great job!! I hope you keep- on going I love your style!!
I saw Page/Plant on their Walking into Clarksdale tour in 98 I think it was.....might have the wrong year.....they opened with the Wonton Song and it was the first time I got goosebumps from a concert.....it was almost a spiritual feeling.....I'll never forget that feeling of seeing my heroes for the first time.
Great review. Zeppelin 1 was the first or second long player album I ever purchased in 1969. I was only in the 6th grade. I never spent much time listening to Graffiti. I had moved on to country and bluegrass by 1975. I need to go back and give it a listen with fresh ears. Your review will help me wade through it. Thanks,
That was real interesting. That is my most favorite album. I bought it in 1975, when I was 17. I imeadiatly recorded it onto cassette, and always played it very loud in my car, with the windows rolled up usually. I had two big speaker cabinets in the cars back seat. I recieved 11 speeding tickets from age 17 to 19 and almost had my licence suspended. I used to hate when the red hot cherry, would fall off the Doobie, and land on my beach shorts , while I was driving to the beach. Like ' Hey man quick hold the wheel aaaa- owww! I'm here today. Unreal?
Ten Years Gone contains my favorite of Page’s guitar solos.
So great to hear you sing the praises of In the Light. I first heard that track when I was 12 - back in 1981, and it still enthralls me. It's a mystery to me why it's so overlooked.
The deep cuts on this album are amazing, I’m glad classic rock radio isn’t running them into the ground
me too - came back because i thought of your comment after hearing heartbreaker on the radio for the umpteenth time
Stairway to Heaven is also famously overplayed to death a million times over as we all know. Radio just plays the first side of Zeppelin four and Kashmir to death, thank God they’re not burning out the real good stuff
Also always wondered what time Kashmir is in, like Kirk from Metallica once joked, I can only count to four
@@abigaildevoe Followed immediately by Living Loving Maid, album style. It’s always interesting to me that it seems to have become an unspoken rule with radio - forged undoubtedly in the 70s by DJ habits - to do a two-fer. Much like We Will Rock You into We Are the Champions.
I think it’s merely an old convention due to the fact that those songs seem to have extremely brief space between them on the vinyl for some reason. Although DJs spinning albums on air is long dead save perhaps college radio or small stations, it’s a habit that just stuck.
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Thank you for your commentary regarding “Groupies”.
ACHILLES LAST STAND!!
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COLVILLE'S ALIVE
Peter Grant said that this was the bands best album. The album was almost as big as Peter himself.
PG is one of the albums I always go back to. Several in the Zeppelin catalog are hard to beat, but this highly regarded.
In the Light still blows my mind
I'm 63 and just discovered Presence 5 years ago.
Boogie With Stu was impromptu jam while tape running.
One take all the way.
This has always been my favorite record, it’s both their SGT Peppers, AND their White album, all at the same time!
i see its correlation with the white album more, houses of the holy is more like their sgt p
It's more like their Exile On Main Street
@@die2no Have you noticed that the track A day in the life there is a few seconds of locked groove madness.
It's their Exile on Main Street.
So which one is their Abbey road?
Love the Zeppelin “cough” reference @ 16:53 😜.
"Boo hoo, I store my records in the jacket, go ahead and cry about it" Quote of the year right there. (I do it too Abby. 40+ years, no ill affect)
nice to know that quip went over well with a longtime collector haha!
@@abigaildevoe It was brilliant. I actually started to do the store outside the sleeve thing a year ago, but reverted when I realized it was decreasing my storage space. Side note. There's a well known company that sells a round bottomed static free 2 mil sleeve that is perfect slipping into original paper sleeves and overtly snug jacket situations like this. I don't want to say the name. Lets just say it rhymes with Risk Leapers.
@@Frank_nwobhm yeah I use those too. They're great. But that said, the MSFL ones Abby uses will slide just fine into most liners too - certainly the heavy duty ones. I just keep them in there and slide the record out without removing the protective liner - solves the creasing problem.
I always made sure the cat was always in the window! I love this album!
The bass line to Custard Pie should be beamed into space so the aliens know how smart we are.
I’ve been binging your vinyl Mondays episodes and I hope I’m not the only one to request Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder.
Absolutely excellent job on all these.
Love what you do,thanks. This album is like part of me DNA--it's stuck way down inside at cellular level,man.🎶 1975-everyone bringing their 4 finger lid over to whoever's house to listen to all 4 sides non-stop. Designated doobie rollers and album flippers. Cheers!
That makes me think of that song by the Incredible String Band - “A Very Cellular Song.”
Achilles Last Stand......You are the first I have ever known to say this is their favorite song from Zep. And I cannot agree more! Great video, all your videos are amazing, witty, insightful and well thought out. Thank you for sharing!
That makes me happy too, Presence is my fave rave album of theirs!
A monumental effort. Thanks for covering this one! I so hope you'll do Presence soon.
Abigail is groovy
She's rocking that early 70's look.
Right on!
I just now discovered your channel, and looked through your videos, and for someone your age you sure have a high percentage of top classic artists and songs, or albums! Keep up the good work!
Always makes me smile to see you young dudes loving up on classic albums 😎👍
And you are very correct for pointing out all the "poor judgement" utilized by all parties concerned when it came to "baby groupies"...
My personal favorite album by Led Zeppelin......amazing record
the building is also in the video "Waiting on a friend" rolling stones ...Mick is singing on the steps
Led Zeppelin are my favorite band of all time , so I'm really happy of this episode of vinyl monday , great talk us usual , my favorite of this album are " custard pie", " the rover", in my time of dying" , " the wanton song" and "sick again"
“Go cry about it” 😂 awesome. Another great review.
hahaha i'm glad the audiophile snark is appreciated
Physical Graffitti is possibly the Best Led Zeppelin record and is one of the best double LP.s of all time.
Great to have you back! And great choice. Bit of Kashmir always welcome. I’d say that sleeve art is better than Some Girls by the Stones…
The building is 96-98 St. Marks Place in NYC.
I always thought that the cover of this album is one of the best ever, loved playing with the windows as I listened to the songs. Had the feeling that it represents perfectly what Zeppelin was, a mix of that British street sound from the seventies and the mysticism that always surrounded the band. Great review!
I couldn't agree more on your take of SIDE C being the strongest side of the album and side closers being heavy hits, great video, I loved it ! ! !
Hi Abby, I so appreciate all the hard work,and research you put into all your videos ! And that goes for your make up,and fashions ! Led Zeppelin were "Rock Gods" in my eyes, I saw them at Madison Square Garden twice. Jimmy Page was a "Merlin" type Magician on stage, dressed in black velvet pants and jacket embroidered with silver sequins of Astrological planets, and signs ! His guitar made sounds I never heard before,and when he got the violin bow out the crowd went wild ! He had "Hypnotized" the audience,and we LOVED it ! Robert Plant was a blond,god from an ancient myth,with a voice that made us believe anything he sang about ! John Bonham The constant beat of excitement,JPJ,the quiet gentlemen who played such an ethereal sound on keyboards.They were everything to us ! Physical Graffiti was not my favorite album though...Led Zeppelin III is my favorite,so artistic, and original. I will always love them !
all the accounts of seeing zeppelin in the flesh are similar to yours - they were MAGICAL! it’s one thing to be a great rock musician but they were performers too! what a treat it would’ve been to see jimmy’s costumes in person, they were gorgeous (i’m such a clothes nerd haha)
My favorite Zep album ever.
I feel the exact same way about "Hats Off To (Roy) Harper". I always thought that "Hey, Hey What Can I Do" would have actually made a better album closer on III than "Hats..." did.
this channel makes my day, like,,, evry day. thx u abby
In 1975 i moved to Sydney Australia,the first record that i bought at the music store round the corner of my street:that one ! Sweet memories,thank you Abigail.
My favorite Led Zeppelin album
Wonderful vid!
This album never gets old for me, every time I listen to "In the Light," "In My Time of Dying," or "Night Flight" feels better than the last.
... early teenage years (1977 ish, Oxford, UK),...one of my favourite aunts dragged me into a record shop and said 'pick any record you want' .... I picked Led Zeppelin's 'Physical Graffiti' (loved the cover)... probably the best decision I ever made... fell in love with this life changing record... (The Rover...in my top 10 songs ever!!) ... first gig was Zeppelin's second Knebworth show '79.... LP sounds as fresh and exciting today (45 years later) as it did back then.... only other music that has done this for me is Bowie...
sounds like one damn cool aunt! you're so lucky to have had this music in your life for so long, and very lucky to have seen zeppelin
They are, and will always be the GOATS, they created their own genre! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Interesting tidbit: Jeff Buckley’s favourite band and biggest musical influence was Led Zeppelin. The first album that he ever owned was Physical Graffiti. The apartment building on the cover of said album is on the same street, just doors away, from where Jeff regularly played and recorded his first EP, Live at Sin-e.
wow i didn't know that but it makes perfect sense! jeff covered everything from leonard cohen to MC5, no surprise he'd like an album as eclectic as physical graffiti
@@abigaildevoe Jeff also said in an early interview that he wanted to make an album that would make people forget about Led Zeppelin II. On the night that he drowned, Jeff was singing along to the opening track on said album - which was playing on his friend’s boombox - just moments before he disappeared, under the waves.
Have you heard his covers of Night Flight? The extended version from the album, You and I, includes Jeff giving a shoutout to each member of Led Zeppelin, while talking about how much the song meant to him.
Also, in a live rendition of The Way Young Lovers Do, during a concert in Germany, circa 1995, Jeff incorporated a really cool segue of Led Zeppelin’s Four Sticks, in the intro.
I have a 1975 new zealand re lease of led Zeppelin physical graffiti album used to belong to my parents its a classic .Seen robert plant live in 1999 solo tour in scandinavia . very proud. brings back a lot of Great childhood memmories
Isn‘t that building in the Waiting on a Friend video?
Fantastic breakdown on this amazing classic. I give you extra props for your very BOLD statement that no other LZ song can unseat Achilles Last Stand as your personal favorite. I would definitely state that one as an incredible high contender as one of my favs since the time that Presence was released. 🎵💜
that's the one zeppelin opinion i hold that has yet to be unseated!
@@abigaildevoe believe me... when I heard you say that it was Achilles Last Stand I gasped... with pure joy!
so glad you covered this record and i definitely fangirled a little cause of the sleeve of the record, i literally had no idea!
also i agree with the fact that side 3 is the strongest, i remember hearing ‘in the light’ watching mindhunter and it gave me absolute chills, made me a massive fan immediately. that’s definitely a favourite and down by the seaside, it reminds me so much of school trips to seaside resorts
You have a great channel, girl .. not sure how someone so young knows so much about older music but I'm not gonna ask :)
Physical Graffiti!!! What an iconic record!! I was finally able to make it to NYC this past June and go to Saint Mark's Place. Every hardcore fan really should make the trek to the building on the cover. I even met a couple from the west coast doing the same thing I was. Love your channel Abigail!! ☮❤☮
thanks! that trip is on my list for spots to see in NY - but i gotta say, the street in greenwich village where bob and suze did the freewheelin album art takes the priority!
Too much to take in in one sitting on its initial release back in ‘75, but over the years my love for this album knows no bounds. It’s sheer eclecticism makes for a engrossing listening experience, and your observations about the track listing were most pertinent. Excellent informative episode once again.
thank you so much, it was almost too much to take in for this video! 4/5 listens before the video is A LOT of physical graffiti in a matter of days haha
I love the song “ Sick again!” It’s so rocky! Congrats, Abigail for another great review! 👏👏👏
Sick Again is about groupies if I understand correctly
THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING MY FAVORITE LED ZEPPELIN ALBUM!!
1975 Was a Great Year!! Because I saw Zeppelin Live & Had my 1st Girlfriend! (Polite way of saying Lost My Virginity)
Did You Listen to the Album Straight or Stoned??
Oh my gosh .... i,m first comment . Great choice Abigail , i can,t count how many copies of this record i,ve had .... cd / vinyl / 8-track ... yadda yadda yadda .... FYI - that was cool how you did " COUGH " 😜 , that made my giggle !! wonder if you saw my comment on Master Of Reality ( Black Sabbath ) .... amyway ... enjoying your channel !! have a great day Abigail 😊
master of reality is in the schedule for december! we love ozzy, gotta celebrate his birthday on the channel!
Hats Off To Roy Harper is Shake 'Em On Down by Bukka White.
This is my favorite Zeppelin album: it is very rich and multi-layered; yes a behemoth. Thus it will take numerous listens to properly absorb.
When I saw Pag and Plant in 1998 at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto theyopened with The Wonton Song.
Interesting analysis.
Another Great job, Abby. I had the original album. My older brother brought it home on November 23, 1975. I was 8 years old. This double album was the first hard rock album my ears EVER heard.
THIS is the album that changed my young life forever. His copy was an opening g album, Luke 2 and 4 were. Yours is a single jacket.
I listened to all 4 sides,all in one sitting. Incredible double album, if half of it is earlier stuff from the prior albums.
In the Light is a killer track 👍
yes let's join the "in the light" fan club!!
@@abigaildevoe indeed! The keyboards are so good on that ✌️
I saw Jimmy play it with The Black Crowes...epic
And what's great is newer Physical Graffiti albums there's two versions and both of them rock.
@@qam2024 very cool!! Thanks for sharing! ✌️
Side three is perfect. It encompasses everything about the creativity of the band.
Very insightful. Side 3 is my favorite. Gratitude.
You have those odd thoughts that I have, such as your opinion about Zeppelin 3 and Ray Manzarek being your favorite member of The Doors. So cool to hear those things from a youngster (compared to me) LOL!!! Hats off to (Abigail) Devoe!!!
I saw them three times. For this tour they had a ticket lottery for the show at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. M e, my ex and my brother would have had third row center stage seats. However, Robert Plant's son died the day before the show. The best concert to me was during the III tour.
Awsome video on an Awsome album. 😀😃😄😁
Once again, you have completely nailed it! My thinking is over 90% with you. For me, the most delicious, beautiful and appropriate album sleeve for such a vast sprawling double album. And I agree that “in the light“, “10 years gone“ and “the wanton song” are the true triumph of this album. I would also add “in my Time of dying” to the shortlist amongst four sides of glorious riches.
I'm welsh, you got Bron Yr Aur just about perfect! Well done.
I lived in Cardiff /Caerdydd for 9 years, I love Wales, wish I was still there. But boy is that a hard language to wrap one's tongue around! Once one does though it's positively delicious. I am in linguistic awe at the mutations principle. Was Cymraeg designed to fit poetry, or was poetry the logical end point?
@@almishti Hi. Cymraeg is quite difficult for English speakers. The mutation principal is called treiglo.
The language is one of the Brittonic languages that evolved over centuries from another much older common language.
If you ever get back to Cymru I would recommend you visit the north where the native language is still the first language for most people.
@@leejohnson3209 oh yes I've been to Bangor, Bethesda (I spent my first Nadolig Llawen up there, love those slate heaps), Holyhead and all the castles! Castell Beaumarais is my secret love. I was entranced hearing families at the coffee shops speaking Cymraeg. I was too busy doing my PhD at Cardiff to get to learn the language but I did delve a bit into the poetry (in translation though) and started learning to play the crwth. Not well but I started lol.
@@almishti Just like Robert Plant it sounds like you're quite smitten with our little nation!
'Mae croeso i chi ddod yn ôl unrhyw bryd'
You're welcome back any time :)
Got my favorite one…again!
Really enjoy your channel Abby! Love the fresh perspective on music I've enjoyed for many years. Note about the cover; the New York building was the site of the Rolling Stones "Waiting On a Friend" video. Thank you for your good work!!
Kudos for pronouncing Kashmir correctly.
10 Years Gone so complex they played it once on stage with KPJ playing bass with his feet and mandolin .
Great song.
Great chords .
That album IS truly special, not only for the music inside but for that unique, creative and mystique design,
filled with an abundant amount of trivia. Other than Zepp. 3, there’s just no other cover like it. I don’t have nearly the awesome collection of vinyl that you do but at least I do possess this one. I love your favorite song choices but I really dig the epic “ In my time of Dying. “ And that one was never burned out because it was too long to get any airplay, making it even more special for myself. Great demo by the way, Abby.
The original cover of "Different Class" by Pulp has a similar thing going on.
Love watching your vinyl Mondays. Physical Graffiti is one of Led Zeps best. You have such great back stories. Well done.
thank you so much!
Thank you for hilighting this album😃
Insightful review, nice work! Always a personal favourite & one of the very few 70s double albums that work.
Awesome video. I love hearing people talk about albums I love in great detail. A true 10/10 record for me.
First heard this in 1984 when visiting my French penpal near Bordeaux when I was 15. Her older male cousin lived round the corner in a shabby house and he'd repair motorbikes and stuff. I think she was the "annoying younger cousin who comes to hang out sometimes" and she took me along.
He asked what music I liked and said I'd been getting into Led Zeppelin. At this point I had only heard my younger brother's copies of the first 4 LPs (he didn't have a new wave/ Bowie habit to support like I did. He started young with LZ1 when he was about 12) - and he put "Physical Graffiti" on. I knew right away I had to have a copy - it sounded even better than the other Zeppelin I'd heard. Being just 15 I was constantly broke and couldn't afford all the records I wanted, even though ALL of my money went on records - so it would be another few years till I actually did get a copy - it was usually in the "this or 3 other records" price level. I eventually found a second hand copy in about 1988 - years later Discogs revealed it to be a first pressing. I only have this and LZ1 on vinyl - but I do have the CD box set.
Where am I going with this?
Well - after your LA Woman video last week that makes 2 consecutive videos on your channel covering pretty much the entirety of the English-language music I associate with my various stays in France. Unusual coincidence.
unusual coincidence indeed. but a really wonderful story :) i have a batch of albums i will forever associate with travels
The review was like the album, epic and amazing! I think it just might be my favorite Zeppelin album as it has so much amazing stuff on it! I love how it is a top loader and the cover is so cool too!
one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands great review
I'm one of these guys that only played side 2. I love the rock and blues and folk songs .the more complicated stuff was never my thing . Favorite tracks .? Come on , Kashmir , Trampled under foot and in my time of dying, what else, But for me 4,3,1,2 in that order is their best work . Hoses of the holy .? Have it , but only for over the hills and far away. In through the out door only for I'm gonna crawl.
That building is also featured in the video for "Waiting on a Friend" by the Rolling Stones
This was a fantastic breakdown. She did her homework for this one.
Maybe the best review of anything I have seen. Congrats
You have great taste in music, Abby. In my opinion, LZ's Physical Graffiti is their best album. There's a lot of cool blues in that album; I particularly like the slide guitar in the album. I have a promo vinyl version of it from when it was first released; it sounds terrific, and it's all analogue! 👍💖🎸😎
Fav Zep album!! Enjoyed it
double albums are usually an artist best work☝🏻
What an album zeppelin's best I think!!
Their best hands down! I was playing my Dad's copy of this at 6 years old and was fascinated with the interchangeable artwork. Great review cheers!
Spot on review! Great album. Practically every song is a keeper!
The tape or CD of this when I was in High School (90s) was in probably half the cars in my class. And at home, it wasnt unusual to see a copy either. Like "Exile On Main Street" it is HARD partying music! I did so many times. Great video, entertaining, informative, and without doubt done by the best dressed and best coiffed in the vinyl community. Thanks Xo
thank you!! i am nothing if not best dressed
@@abigaildevoe You are something no matter how dressed! That's your knowledge about music and your talent to tell about it interesting way, what really matters. The rest is just (really) well-chosen entourage. :)
@@abigaildevoe Everytime guaranteed!
Hey Abigail, thanks for that. My all time favorite record by my favorite band, timeless!
Fun review!
There was one other time that Page, Plant, et al, revisited a song from one album while recording another album, at least one other time that I can think of. "Hots on For Nowhere" on the 'Presence' album was actually a reworked arrangement of "Custard Pie."
This is one album that has been missing from my collection and one that I haven't heard until yesterday. Bought a 1st UK pressing that was on eBay from the original owner that only had two plays on it. Unfortunately I have to wait 10 days for it because its coming from England.
man that's gonna sound great, enjoy it!
I agree. Side 3 is the best. Great review.
Love your vids. I really like that for someone so young you are so knowledge and articulate.
Great review again 👏 👌 my favourites 😀 agree with your favourites 😀 I would add In my time of dying into that mix 😀 😊 🙂 😄 What I would say though I still think Led Zeppelin 4 is their masterpiece 😀 😊
Abigale DeVowe !! I just found you this week !! Im a punk rocker since 77 but i grew up with the stuff you reveiew.And i appreiate how you do it!! Your depth in research is impressive Its obvoius you have had some communications training and you are doing a great job!! I hope you keep- on going I love your style!!
A great album. Been listening to this since it was released. Timeless classic. I agree with you. Riff after riff it doesn’t get much better than this.
This is my favorite zeppelin album I love your custard pie and all the other songs awesome artwork too
Great video abby
I saw Page/Plant on their Walking into Clarksdale tour in 98 I think it was.....might have the wrong year.....they opened with the Wonton Song and it was the first time I got goosebumps from a concert.....it was almost a spiritual feeling.....I'll never forget that feeling of seeing my heroes for the first time.
love the shirt and coat!
thanks!! wore that shirt on constant rotation with 3 other zeppelin shirts all through college
Fantastic Album.10 Years Gone is probably my favorite.
Great review. Zeppelin 1 was the first or second long player album I ever purchased in 1969. I was only in the 6th grade. I never spent much time listening to Graffiti. I had moved on to country and bluegrass by 1975. I need to go back and give it a listen with fresh ears. Your review will help me wade through it. Thanks,
🌠 it's a Masterpiece...Good job with the video...🪐
That was real interesting. That is my most favorite album. I bought it in 1975, when I was 17. I imeadiatly recorded it onto cassette, and always played it very loud in my car, with the windows rolled up usually. I had two big speaker cabinets in the cars back seat. I recieved 11 speeding tickets from age 17 to 19 and almost had my licence suspended. I used to hate when the red hot cherry, would fall off the Doobie, and land on my beach shorts , while I was driving to the beach. Like ' Hey man quick hold the wheel aaaa- owww! I'm here today. Unreal?
Hey Sparky!! 🕺🏿🤪
i - ELEVEN?? man you must've gotten an earful about that!!
First time watching - you caught my attention with PG. Spot on and thoughtful review. Nice work. Achilles' Last Stand - hell yes!
thanks so much! glad i could get your attention