Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti｜Vinyl Monday

[@TheLyleB]

The bass line to Custard Pie should be beamed into space so the aliens know how smart we are.

[@troubadour723]

Ten Years Gone contains my favorite of Page’s guitar solos.

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

And you are very correct for pointing out all the "poor judgement" utilized by all parties concerned when it came to "baby groupies"...

[@konowd]

The deep cuts on this album are amazing, I’m glad classic rock radio isn’t running them into the ground

[@abigaildevoe]

me too - came back because i thought of your comment after hearing heartbreaker on the radio for the umpteenth time

[@konowd]

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

[@konowd]

Also always wondered what time Kashmir is in, like Kirk from Metallica once joked, I can only count to four

[@mikeyii]

@@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.

[@therichbuddha3277]

4@@konowd

[@MonkeyRush93]

This has always been my favorite record, it’s both their SGT Peppers, AND their White album, all at the same time!

[@biged680]

i see its correlation with the white album more, houses of the holy is more like their sgt p

[@die2no]

It's more like their Exile On Main Street

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

@@die2no Have you noticed that the track A day in the life there is a few seconds of locked groove madness.

[@drlarrymitchell]

It's their Exile on Main Street.

[@airyanawaejah2323]

So which one is their Abbey road?

[@anderstietz809]

Thank you for your commentary regarding “Groupies”.

[@davidhawthorne1757]

Peter Grant said that this was the bands best album. The album was almost as big as Peter himself.

[@Frank_nwobhm]

"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)

[@abigaildevoe]

nice to know that quip went over well with a longtime collector haha!

[@Frank_nwobhm]

@@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.

[@whssy]

@@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.

[@StonefieldJim4]

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.

[@alexanderednie1205]

In the Light still blows my mind

[@XFLexiconMatt]

PG is one of the albums I always go back to. Several in the Zeppelin catalog are hard to beat, but this highly regarded.

[@c.e.anderson558]

I'm 63 and just discovered Presence 5 years ago. Boogie With Stu was impromptu jam while tape running. One take all the way.

[@danielhamby9448]

I always made sure the cat was always in the window! I love this album!

[@solanaceae2069]

Abigail is groovy

[@trentrock3210]

She's rocking that early 70's look.

[@mikechirhart8840]

Right on!

[@russl9029]

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.

[@grommet3798]

A monumental effort. Thanks for covering this one! I so hope you'll do Presence soon.

[@dmitrivaloneart8277]

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!

[@almishti]

That makes me happy too, Presence is my fave rave album of theirs!

[@stingylizard]

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!

[@thermionic1234567]

That makes me think of that song by the Incredible String Band - “A Very Cellular Song.”

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Houses Of The Holy and Down By the Seaside are my favourite tracks on this amazing album. Nobody agrees with me. Sod 'em. 🤞👍

[@therichbuddha3277]

We all have our faves off this-no bad cuts.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@therichbuddha3277 Well said mate. ✌

[@iwanbottos5128]

If you hate them so much , then why......... ?

[@denniszipps1202]

Jerry said music is fundamentally emotional. That’s magic 🪄

[@MisterTMH]

Physical Graffitti is possibly the Best Led Zeppelin record and is one of the best double LP.s of all time.

[@tektoniks_architects]

The building is 96-98 St. Marks Place in NYC.

[@MojoPin1983]

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.

[@abigaildevoe]

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

[@MojoPin1983]

@@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.

[@johnwilding4664]

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.

[@kentclark6420]

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!

[@ArtbyJoeH]

Always makes me smile to see you young dudes loving up on classic albums 😎👍

[@timetraveler8777]

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"

[@emiliojoseguimaraes6736]

I love the song “ Sick again!” It’s so rocky! Congrats, Abigail for another great review! 👏👏👏

[@konowd]

Sick Again is about groupies if I understand correctly

[@effdonahue6595]

In the Light is a killer track 👍

[@abigaildevoe]

yes let's join the "in the light" fan club!!

[@effdonahue6595]

@@abigaildevoe indeed! The keyboards are so good on that ✌️

[@BenWillyums]

I saw Jimmy play it with The Black Crowes...epic

[@qam2024]

And what's great is newer Physical Graffiti albums there's two versions and both of them rock.

[@effdonahue6595]

@@qam2024 very cool!! Thanks for sharing! ✌️

[@markhorton1718]

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!! ☮❤☮

[@abigaildevoe]

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!

[@Boschini666]

My favorite Zep album ever.

[@rodrilefou2091]

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!

[@whssy]

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.

[@abigaildevoe]

unusual coincidence indeed. but a really wonderful story :) i have a batch of albums i will forever associate with travels

[@rickdrais9737]

I listened to side three with In the Light more than the rest of the album. Over and over and over again. The same way I listened to side one of Exile on Main Street repeatedly

[@alvinhayden8358]

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.

[@cindyurban150]

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 !

[@abigaildevoe]

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)

[@Philoceratops]

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.

[@malcolmsmith5271]

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.

[@abigaildevoe]

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

[@donaldgibson4459]

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?

[@effdonahue6595]

Hey Sparky!! 🕺🏿🤪

[@abigaildevoe]

i - ELEVEN?? man you must've gotten an earful about that!!

[@Stormaggedonx]

Houses of the Holy is my favorite Zeppelin song (it’s extremely nostalgic and sentimental to me) and whenever I play Houses of the Holy (the album) I miss it so bad 😭

[@twofromthetrunk9932]

Love watching your vinyl Mondays. Physical Graffiti is one of Led Zeps best. You have such great back stories. Well done.

[@abigaildevoe]

thank you so much!

[@yannmounier2123]

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.

[@marydarko3380]

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

[@robertcampbell1977]

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.

[@johnwelch5132]

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…

[@mcolville]

ACHILLES LAST STAND!! !!!

[@Wayner71]

I bought this record as a teen back then and enjoyed getting into it very much indeed. Side 1 is probably the most exciting Led Zeppelin side on any record. The earlier tracks from other album sessions fit into this record seamlessly. I can think of only one record I enjoyed becoming familiar with more than Physical Graffiti and that was The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Prog-era Genesis. Cheers.

[@paulf.5261]

The Lamb.... is a brilliant album 😁👍

[@jennydeaf9O9]

this channel makes my day, like,,, evry day. thx u abby

[@stevecowder4774]

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.

[@whssy]

The original cover of "Different Class" by Pulp has a similar thing going on.

[@zephead64]

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. 🎵💜

[@abigaildevoe]

that's the one zeppelin opinion i hold that has yet to be unseated!

[@zephead64]

@@abigaildevoe believe me... when I heard you say that it was Achilles Last Stand I gasped... with pure joy!

[@williamcabell142]

They are, and will always be the GOATS, they created their own genre! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@leejohnson3209]

I'm welsh, you got Bron Yr Aur just about perfect! Well done.

[@almishti]

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?

[@leejohnson3209]

@@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.

[@almishti]

@@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.

[@leejohnson3209]

@@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 :)

[@albundy666]

Thanks for addressing the issue of abuse of underage girls and rock music. It is rarely given any time at all, glossed over if mentioned. I think it is important, especially given your blog postings and period fashion persona. Kudos. And there is one good reason for storing some vinyl outside your sleeves. I don’t do it for my never albums but some of my 50 or 60 year old sleeves are worn and threatening seam splits, and it doesn’t make sense to keep taking the sharp edged vinyl in and out any more.

[@abigaildevoe]

thank you so much for being receptive to me addressing abuse in the industry. at times my thoughts on it aren't taken seriously because i "didn't live in the time" - but they forget there was a time when i was a 14/15/16 year old girl. that much is a universal experience. that's the only reason i store my discs outside the sleeves - i have some sleeves that are VERY busted (see my first copy of rubber soul)

[@yinoveryang4246]

​@@abigaildevoe The simple bald fact is that 98% of men just aren't interested in underage girls. Not when there's plenty else available, which there definitely would have been for them. Just why? why on earth would anyone do this? I think it's important to be careful: It's very easy to SAY these things, without knowing what happened. Needless to say, of course it's true that having sexual relations with 14 - 16 year-old enthusiastic fans is wrong, if that's what happened in the mid 70's. Bear in mind that claiming you even met one of a band like that would have been a great way of achieving status. For example there was one a standup comedian who I saw claiming to have been picked up in a car by led zeppelin. In her story they never laid a finger on her. her punchline was that she left after they'd graciously given her a lift, saying she was "tired". When you're famous people make these kind of claims, that is my point, who knows what's true. Myself as a man, really object to this assumption of a kind of inbuilt predation in men. It's creepy, and frankly inaccurate. The only example that's generally referred to was Jimmy Pages relationship with Lori Maddox. This is assumed to have been sexual in nature, but never openly stated as such. As far as I am aware theres no historically proved example of any of the other members: Jones and Bonham who both seem to have been married and committed to their wives at the time. Or Robert Plant, none of them seem to have shown any interest in young girls. To cast broad assumptions about their guilt in this regard, or even to throw this into question, doesnt seem right. An interesting book, which you've probably read called "When Giants Walked the Earth" tells this story: The writer Mick Wall came to the conclusion that Zeppelins management, in particular fixers and tour managers, got corrupted and became seriously thuggish towards the end of their career. Which may have indirectly led to all kinds of problems. Who knows Here's what's missing from the story: None of these women have claimed to have been "abused." There so much potentially to be gained, this is a very key factor. Thanks for reading this. Interesting channel Abigail.

[@randykent9594]

Side three is perfect. It encompasses everything about the creativity of the band.

[@brianx8550]

the building is also in the video "Waiting on a friend" rolling stones ...Mick is singing on the steps

[@fran98832]

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 ! ! !

[@thecroft6070]

Down by the Seaside is fantastic

[@MrsFish7]

... 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...

[@abigaildevoe]

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

[@rickstahl6839]

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.

[@abigaildevoe]

man that's gonna sound great, enjoy it!

[@steevvvippch5589]

somebody may have pointed this out already but regarding Kashmir and the different overlapping time signatures, they will meet up every 12 beats not measures. Interesting video! My favorite Zepplin record

[@VurseTV]

Awesome video. I love hearing people talk about albums I love in great detail. A true 10/10 record for me.

[@c.e.anderson558]

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 .

[@audiophileman7047]

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! 👍💖🎸😎

[@thomasroth4533]

"Down by the Seaside" is apparently a tribute, sort of, to Neil Young and his album "Harvest". Some find a likenes to Young's "Down by the River" but all I can find that is similar is the title. "Down by the River" is very dark and quite far from a seaside resort.

[@tomballentine6106]

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!!

[@franco426]

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!

[@leipherd8118]

I'm more of a Sabbath head than Zeppelin, but you've made me want to give this a listen again. I think the ick around the "groupie" history tainted my enjoyment pretty soon after I started listening to them and never recovered, even with Tori Amos batting for Plant in her 90s heyday. Sabbath also got raked in the press, but it took a lot longer for the "critical reappraisal" to take place

[@lyndoncmp5751]

You pronounced Bron-yr-Aur perfectly. Im English/Welsh and you were spot on. It really is pronounced "bron a riar". Well done luv x

[@abigaildevoe]

i will remember this achievement forever thank you!!

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Hehe brilliant. You know your stuff. Keep it coolin'. X

[@rayk6049]

“Go cry about it” 😂 awesome. Another great review.

[@abigaildevoe]

hahaha i'm glad the audiophile snark is appreciated

[@EricSchultz-zs8hz]

Your commentary is very well thought out, and I agree with you on practically on every point (I probably like "Trampled Under Foot" better than you do- it's an interesting departure of style, sounding more urban American 70s than they usually did, while still remaining themselves in it). I look forward to hearing what you have to say about "Presence."

[@paulduggan5323]

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.

[@fallspeed]

I just notice Lee Harvey Oswald in one of the windows, lol

[@abigaildevoe]

yes he’s on the cover too! if this record had been written/released much earlier, that inclusion would have gone over like a lead zeppelin here in the US

[@fallspeed]

@@abigaildevoe But it was 1975, just after Watergate, in the middle of growing FBI/CIA scandals & investigations, and increasing public skepticism about the assassination.

[@donleblanc2669]

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 😊

[@abigaildevoe]

master of reality is in the schedule for december! we love ozzy, gotta celebrate his birthday on the channel!

[@jimmymelendez1836]

(Sigh) Tis a different time. I don't know about the parents letting their young teenage girls go traveling with the band. I think they just go become groupies and travel with the band to wherever the band needed to go without telling their parents. I don't know if groupies is still even a thing. In today's modern world? I don't think so. Who knows what went on after every concert? My memory of this album was looking at the record label spinning round and round while Trampled Under Foot was playing on a big record counsel we used to have. It had a turntable, an 8-track tape player and a radio. What a thing to have. It was awesome.

[@leeprice9649]

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.

[@jameseason8206]

Good for you for identifying the then-accepted abusive and statutory behavior for what it is! It continues to be a modern day challenge to reconcile horrible behavior with great art.

[@abigaildevoe]

thank you, it's important i acknowledge it considering it's so relevant to "sick again" and you're right, it's still relevant today: scene queen called out the pop punk scene (all time low specifically) with her newest song

[@davidlacey2588]

Insightful review, nice work! Always a personal favourite & one of the very few 70s double albums that work.

[@ChromeDestiny]

Zeppelin I and III are my overall favourite Zeppelin albums but Physical Graffiti does have two of my favourite Zep songs, Ten Years Gone and Sick Again.

[@JimiHendrix-es4lv]

With the time signatures, you're right, except that they meet evey 12 beats, not every 12 measures. 4 measures of 3/4 take the same time as 3 measures of 4/4. 12 beats each.

[@marcrussell8593]

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.

[@toddhill7483]

Very insightful. Side 3 is my favorite. Gratitude.

[@josemenendez4454]

My favorite Led Zeppelin album

[@Chris-lp2ok]

Love the Zeppelin “cough” reference @ 16:53 😜.

[@tremelo8508]

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!!!

[@vinylrevenge558]

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]

thank you!! i am nothing if not best dressed

[@jarosawnowosad6973]

@@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. :)

[@vinylrevenge558]

@@abigaildevoe Everytime guaranteed!

[@user-gk1nt6sm2z]

Maybe the best review of anything I have seen. Congrats

[@patlampo9288]

Thank you for hilighting this album😃

[@johnlorinc2081]

Physical Graffiti isn't necessarily Led Zep's best album.....but it is my personal favorite. Yes, there is filler.....does IMTOD really have to pass the 11 minute mark? Boogie With Stu is harmless fun, but not much more. However, the high points.....including Custard Pie, Ten Years Gone, Kashmir and especially In the Light.....are majestic. Great video once again!

[@gimmesometruth2003]

Awesome review. Awesome album.

[@ThiagodMoraes]

Hey Abigail, thanks for that. My all time favorite record by my favorite band, timeless!

[@kowalski3769]

Spot on review! Great album. Practically every song is a keeper!

[@colingillis5989]

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!

[@guillermocevallos9587]

Just finished watching your Led Zep Physical Graffiti Vinyl Monday vid. As always, a pleasure to watch. Your insight is illuminating and it's obvious you did your due diligence prior to recording your video. This is my favorite album of theirs. I love every song. It did take me a long time to appreciate some of their more "unzeppelinesque" tunes, but just like most anything else, appreciation comes with time and patience for being my fave, I don't own a copy. I'm holding out for a clean OG copy in the wild when i find one. Keep up the good work and looking forward to next Monday's broadcast.

[@abigaildevoe]

the most fun thing about zeppelin is that once you get into the post-LZIV stuff, they really throw out the blueprint of what a zeppelin song "should" sound like and do whatever they can dream up

[@ryangunwitch-black]

A decade and a half ago I was living just outside Asheville NC and working in a big red double decker coffee bus parked in a courtyard. I played a lot of White Stripes and of course, Zeppelin. Physical Graffiti was a favorite. Imagine silent downtown streets covered in snow with Physical Graffiti booming from a big red coffee bus. I was in a big Zeppelin period because of course I was. I was living in Hobbiton.

[@jonrhythm3686]

This was a fantastic breakdown. She did her homework for this one.

[@a2zme]

You have a great channel, girl .. not sure how someone so young knows so much about older music but I'm not gonna ask :)

[@LEWDUVA]

First time watching - you caught my attention with PG. Spot on and thoughtful review. Nice work. Achilles' Last Stand - hell yes!

[@abigaildevoe]

thanks so much! glad i could get your attention

[@JerryDavis]

I love watching your videos and then going back and listening to the album. I just wish I just had all my vinyl -- I had all of them, and most of them were first pressings. They all got sold during my (friendly) divorce out of necessity, and from that point on I went full digital. Sadness.

[@chuckdibble1425]

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!!

[@alanosterman7130]

When I first heard the start of "The Rover", that was it for me. Wish they had played it live, but never did. Over all, to me, this album is up and down. But what the hell, best band ever, always gave 200 % live, (but my favorite band is Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac).

[@davidalkhed3368]

Next to III and IV my favorite Zeppelin album. Just got so many ambitious and different songs on it, feel like no two songs on it are the same. I love the epic feel of In My Time of Dying, the atmospheric and haunting In the Light and the romantic and mournful Ten Years Gone. Also gotta give a shoutout to Trampled Under Foot, one of my mans JPJ:s finest hours in Zeppelin. If you haven’t heard any of the live versions of that song from the Earl’s Court concerts I highly recommend it, way superior (and longer lol) than the album version. Anyways nice video, really liked this one.

[@abigaildevoe]

observation incoming: those who like physical graffiti also tend to like LZIII and IV, including you! III and IV are just about as different as you can get on zeppelin terms. but they both bear so many similarities to physical graffiti! it's eclectic like III and a near-perfect execution like IV.