[ Atlantic Records / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 22 July 1994
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham had reached a peak in their songwriting and performances at this stage - the quality and variety of the material is phenomenall!! This is the album that contains the masterpiece "Stairway to Heaven".
"The most popular Led Zeppelin album goes by many names ('Four Symbols', 'The Runes Album', 'Led Zeppelin 4', etc.) but the title is actually unpronouncable, as it is the individual symbols assigned to each member of the group when this incredible record was released in 1971. Now Jimmy Page has meticulously re-mastered the album to make it sound better than ever!
Page, Plant, Jones and Bonham had reached a peak in their songwriting and performances at this stage - the quality and variety of the material on 'Zep 4' is phenomenal. There's the ultimate powerful rockers "Black Dog", "Misty Mountain Hop" and "Rock and Roll", the folky "Going to California" and "Battle of Evermore" (featuring the late Sandy Denny on duet vocals), the rhythmically vibrant "Four Sticks" and thunderous blues of "When the Levee Breaks".
But who could ever forget that Led Zeppelin's fourth album also contains the most popular song ever to be played on the radio (even though it was never released as a single) - the masterpiece "Stairway to Heaven". Rock albums don't get more consistant than this and 'Four Symbols', 'The Runes Album', 'Led Zeppelin 4' or whatever you want to call it, is essential for every real music collection!"
- GEOFF
Black Dog
Rock and Roll
The Battle of Evermore
Stairway To Heaven
Misty Mountain Hop
Four Sticks
Going to California
When The Levee Breaks