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.date 1970, 1994 Remaster
.genre rock
After plundering the Yardbirds' legacy and Willie Dixon (among others) for their blues-riff-heavy first two albums, Jimmy Page and company surprised many listeners with the strong acoustic/folk sensibility displayed on III. Page aficionados shouldn't have been caught off guard; the guitarist had toyed with similar sensibilities and modalities during his brief tenure with the Yardbirds (most notably "White Summer" from the Little Games album). Ever the creative thieves, Zep kick off the album by nicking the riff from "Bali Ha'i" no less, with Robert Plant wailing it to punctuate the thundering FM warhorse "Immigrant Song." Even other electric rockers like "Celebration Day" and "Out on the Tiles" have an inventive, offbeat musicality to them that suggest the band was already wary of stereotyping. But it's the decidedly mellower acoustic groove of the album's latter half that's the news here, from the graceful beauty of "That's the Way" and "Tangerine" to the raw, folksy charm of "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp," "Hats Off (to Roy Harper)," and the traditional "Gallows Pole."
Jerry McCulley
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01. Immigrant Song
02. Friends
03. Celebration Day
04. Since Ive Been Loving You
05. Out On The Tiles
06. Gallows Pole
07. Tangerine
08. Thats The Way
09. Bron Yr Aur Stomp
10. Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
Jimmy Page - electric & acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, backing vocal
Robert Plant - lead vocal, harmonica
John Paul Jones - bass, organ, backing vocal
John Bonham - drums, tympans, backing vocal
Digitally remastered from the original master tapes
by Jimmy Page and George Marino at Sterling Sound
© 1994 Atlantic Records Co.
Printed in USA
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