• Led Zeppelin Share Rough Mix of "Houses Of The Holy" From Upcoming 'Physical Graffiti' Reissue [LISTEN]

    Next month, Led Zeppelin will be releasing the remastered edition of their classic 1975 album, 'Physical Graffiti,' with a bonus disc of alternate mixes, and today the rough mix of one of the album's standout tracks "Houses of the Holy" has been shared, which you can check out below. Even if you're not an audiophile, the differences between this version and the original are quite obvious — the bass is more prominent, the drums are looser, Robert Plant's vocals (particularly the backing vocals) are pushed up in the mix, and there are less guitar overdubs. It's a fascinating listen for diehard Zeppelin fans, but you probably won't prefer this to the album version.

  • Jimmy Page: Why 'Houses of the Holy' Wasn't Called 'Led Zeppelin V'

    After releasing four self-titled albums accompanied by Roman numerals, Led Zeppelin opted to call their fifth effort "Houses of the Holy," which baffled some fans. Jimmy Page gave a simple explanation for the name change recently. "It goes 'I,' 'II' and 'III,' as you say, but then 'IV,' there's still four symbols, so it still goes in digits [like 'IIII'], you see," Page said during a Q&A with fans on SiriusXM, "Rolling Stone" reports. "But [the fifth album] wasn't going to be 'Led Zeppelin Victory Sign [V].' So 'Houses of the Holy'." "It's about all of us being houses of the Holy Spirit, in a sense," he added about the title. Fans have tried to explain the subtle move for years, with some saying it had to do with Page's fixation with occultist Aleister Crowley and others pointing out that Houses just sounded different from the first four records, "Consequence of Sound" notes.
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