Vincent Vega Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 (edited) As some know, Physical Graffiti is an album which featured a lot of new material (recorded from January to February 1974) by Led Zeppelin, with older vault material prior to 1974 thrown in to fill out the release.Instead of doing that, should Physical Graffiti have been two separate albums? Not like the UYIs where it's a double album just split in two parts, but literally just two utterly separate albums.The material the band had in the vaults dating prior to 1974 was this:The RoverHouses of the HolyBron-YR-AurNight FlightBoogie with StuDown by the SeasideBlack Country WomanWe're Gonna GroovePoor TomBaby Come on HomeWalter's WalkThe "new" 1974 material was this:Custard PieIn My Time of DyingTrampled UnderfootIn the LightTen Years GoneThe Wanton SongSick AgainKashmirHow do you think if the albums were released like that--like I outlined above--two separate albums with those songs, say one album of the old material released in 1974 and the other of the new material in 1975, how would they have been received? Would they have been as good apart, strong records on their own? Edited September 2, 2012 by Vincent Vega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Hell no it`s a masterpiece the way it was released best double album that has ever been recorded in Hard Rock History Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 They prob. could've tacked on "Hey Hey What Can I Do" on to "Physical Graffiti" at the time. It would've been cool if Page finished "Swan Song" instead of putting that one in the vaults and brought it out for The Firm. It prob. would've been as much of a classic as anything else on there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7NP47UKeRE"Physical Graffiti" works as a whole and doesn't sound like an "odds and ends" album. Zep could do no wrong at that time, so they could've done the single album and done well, but they needed a break from the road at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GivenToFly Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I would personally remove the last 4 tracks, since I don't like either of them, move Kashmir to the end, and I think it would fit on one disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 it's absolutely correct as is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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