Led Zeppelin: The Complete Album-By-Album Guide

From the First Album to "Mothership": An Expert Rundown of Every Studio Album, Live Disc and Reissue

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LED ZEPPELIN (1969)
Highest Chart Position: Ten
Landmark Tracks: "Dazed and Confused," "Communication Breakdown"

Road-tested before it was recorded on a Scandinavian tour (as "the New Yardbirds"), the repertoire on Zep's debut album was largely drawn from vintage blues and folk records. The sound of it, though, was something massive and new, driven by Jimmy Page's mindbending, string-bending studio ingenuity.

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