Led Zeppelin ( album ) - wikipedia Led Zeppelin ( album ) For the boxed set of the same name, see Led Zeppelin Boxed Set. Led Zeppelin Studio album by Led Zeppelin Released 12 January 1969 Recorded September -- October 1968 Studio Olympic Studios, London Genre Hard rock blues rock heavy metal Length 44 : 52 Label Atlantic Producer Jimmy Page Led Zeppelin chronology Led Zeppelin ( 1969 ) Led Zeppelin II ( 1969 ) Singles from Led Zeppelin `` Good Times Bad Times / Communication Breakdown '' Released : 10 March 1969 Led Zeppelin is the eponymous debut studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 12 January 1969 in the United States and on 31 March 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records. Featuring integral contributions from each of the group 's four members, the album was recorded in October 1968 at Olympic Studios in London and established their fusion style of both blues and rock music. It also attracted a large and devoted following to the band ; Zeppelin 's take on the emerging hard rock sound endeared them to parts of the counterculture on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Although the album was not critically well - received when first released, it was commercially successful, and critics have since come to view it in a more favourable light. In 2003, Led Zeppelin was ranked at # 29 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and keeping that position after the list was updated in 2012. In 2004, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Contents 1 Background 2 Recording 2.1 Production 3 Artwork 4 Composition 5 Critical reception 6 Legacy 6.1 Accolades 7 2014 reissue 8 Track listing 8.1 2014 Deluxe edition bonus disc 9 Personnel 10 Chart positions 10.1 Singles 11 Certifications 12 References 13 External links Background In August 1968, the English rock band The Yardbirds completely disbanded. Guitarist Jimmy Page, The Yardbirds ' sole remaining member, was left with rights to the group 's name and contractual obligations for a series of concerts in Scandinavia. Page recruited bassist John Paul Jones, vocalist Robert Plant and drummer John Bonham. During September 1968, the group toured Scandinavia as `` The New Yardbirds '', performing some old Yardbirds material as well as new songs such as `` Communication Breakdown '', `` I Ca n't Quit You Baby '', `` You Shook Me '', `` Babe I 'm Gonna Leave You '' and `` How Many More Times ''. The month after they returned to England, October 1968, Page changed the band 's name to Led Zeppelin, and the group entered Olympic Studios in London to record their debut album. Recording In a 1990 interview, Page said that the album took only about 36 hours of studio time ( over a span of a few weeks ) to create ( including mixing ), adding that he knew this because of the amount charged on the studio bill. One of the primary reasons for the short recording time was that the material selected for the album had been well - rehearsed and pre-arranged by the band on Led Zeppelin 's tour of Scandinavia in September 1968. As Page explained, `` ( the band ) had begun developing the arrangements on the Scandinavian tour and I knew what sound I was looking for. It just came together incredibly quickly. '' In addition, since the band had not yet signed their deal with Atlantic Records, Page and Zeppelin 's manager Peter Grant paid for the sessions entirely themselves, meaning there was no record company money to waste on excessive studio time. In another interview, Page revealed that the self - funding was to ensure artistic freedom : `` I wanted artistic control in a vise grip, because I knew exactly what I wanted to do with these fellows. In fact, I financed and completely recorded the first album before going to Atlantic... It was n't your typical story where you get an advance to make an album -- we arrived at Atlantic with tapes in hand... Atlantic 's reaction was very positive -- I mean they signed us, did n't they ? '' The group reportedly recorded their songs for £ 1,782. Led Zeppelin archivist Dave Lewis noted that `` ( w ) ith the possible exception of the 12 hours that the Beatles took to record their first album at Abbey Road, rarely has studio time been used so economically. Led Zeppelin 's debut album went on to gross more than £ 3.5 million, just short of 2,000 times more than they invested ! '' For the recordings, Page played a psychedelically painted Fender Telecaster, a gift from Jeff Beck after Page recommended his boyhood friend to the Yardbirds in 1965 as a potential replacement for Eric Clapton on lead guitar. This was a different guitar from those he favoured for later albums ( most notably a Gibson Les Paul ). Page played the Telecaster through a Supro amplifier. He also used a Gibson J - 200, borrowed from Big Jim Sullivan, for the album 's acoustic tracks. For `` Your Time Is Gonna Come '' he used an out - of - tune Fender 10 - string steel guitar. Two other songs from the sessions, `` Baby Come on Home '' and `` Sugar Mama '' both appeared on the 2015 Coda reissue ( although `` Baby Come on Home '' was first released on the 1993 compilation Boxed Set 2. ) Production Led Zeppelin was produced by Jimmy Page and engineered by Glyn Johns, both of whom had known each other since teenagers in the suburb of Epsom. According to Page, `` The first album is a live album, it really is, and it 's done intentionally in that way. It 's got overdubs on it, but the original tracks are live. '' Page reportedly used natural room ambience to enhance the reverb and recording texture on the record, demonstrating the innovations in sound recording he had learned during his session days. Up until the late 1960s, most music producers placed microphones directly in front of the amplifiers and drums. For Led Zeppelin, Page developed the idea of placing an additional microphone some distance from the amplifier ( as far as twenty feet ) and then recording the balance between the two. By adopting this `` distance equals depth '' technique, Page became one of the first producers to record a band 's `` ambient sound '' : the distance of a note 's time - lag from one end of the room to the other. Another notable feature of the album was the `` leakage '' on the recordings of Plant 's vocals. In a 1998 Guitar World interview, Page stated that `` Robert 's voice was extremely powerful and, as a result, would get on some of the other tracks. But oddly, the leakage sounds intentional. '' On `` You Shook Me '', Page used the `` backward echo '' technique. It involves hearing the echo before the main sound ( instead of after it ), and is achieved by turning the tape over and recording the echo on a spare track, then turning the tape back over again to get the echo preceding the signal. The album was one of the first albums to be released in stereo - only form ; at the time, the practice of releasing both mono and stereo versions was the norm. Artwork The image of the Hindenburg airship seconds after catching fire used as the Led Zeppelin album cover. Led Zeppelin 's front cover, which was chosen by Page, features a black - and - white image of the burning Hindenburg airship, photographed by Sam Shere. The image refers to the origin of the band 's name itself : When Page, Beck and The Who 's Keith Moon and John Entwistle were discussing the idea of forming a group, Moon joked, `` It would probably go over like a lead balloon '', and Entwistle allegedly replied, `` a lead zeppelin ! '' The album 's back cover features a photograph of the band taken by former Yardbird Chris Dreja. The entire design of the album 's sleeve was coordinated by George Hardie, with whom the band would continue to collaborate for future sleeves. Hardie himself also created the front cover illustration, rendering the famous original black - and - white photograph in ink using a Rapidograph technical pen and a mezzotint technique. Hardie recalled that he originally offered the band a design based on an old club sign in San Francisco -- a multi-sequential image of a phallic zeppelin airship up in the clouds. Page declined but it was retained as the logo for the back cover of Led Zeppelin 's first two albums and a number of early press advertisements. Most prints of the album have the band name and the Atlantic Records logo on the cover in red, but on some prints such as the iTunes Store release of the album they can be found in orange instead. During the first few weeks of the album 's availability in the UK, some prints of the album sleeve featured the band name and the Atlantic logo in turquoise. When it was switched to the orange print later that year, the turquoise - printed sleeve became a collector 's item. The album cover received widespread attention when, at a February 1970 gig in Copenhagen, the band were billed as `` The Nobs '' as the result of a legal threat from aristocrat Eva von Zeppelin ( a relative of the creator of the Zeppelin aircraft ). Von Zeppelin, upon seeing the logo of the Hindenburg crashing in flames, threatened to have the show pulled off the air. In 2001, Greg Kot wrote in Rolling Stone that `` The cover of Led Zeppelin... shows the Hindenburg airship, in all its phallic glory, going down in flames. The image did a pretty good job of encapsulating the music inside : sex, catastrophe and things blowing up. '' Composition See also : List of Led Zeppelin songs written or inspired by others It has been said that Plant participated in songwriting but was not given credit because of unexpired contractual obligations resulting from his association with CBS Records. This claim is disputed by Mick Wall, author of the Led Zeppelin biography When Giants Walked the Earth. Tracks such as `` Good Times Bad Times '', `` Dazed and Confused '' and `` Communication Breakdown '' displayed a distinctively heavy sound that was uncommon in the late 1960s. Led Zeppelin also featured steel - string acoustic guitar by Page on `` Black Mountain Side '', and a combination of acoustic and electric approaches on their adaptation of `` Babe I 'm Gonna Leave You ''. Page 's credit for writing `` Black Mountain Side '' has generated some controversy over the years, as it is very similar to the Bert Jansch version of the traditional folk song `` Black Water Side ''. `` Dazed and Confused '', based on the 1967 Jake Holmes song of the same name, is considered by some to be the album 's centrepiece ; its arrangement features a descending bass line from Jones, heavy drumming from Bonham and distorted guitar riffs and soloing from Page. It also showcased Page playing guitar with a violin bow ( an idea suggested by David McCallum Sr., whom Page had met while doing studio session work ). This technique was also employed on `` How Many More Times '', a song that features a `` Bolero '' riff and an improvised shift in cadence. Holmes sued for copyright infringement in 2010 and an out - of - court settlement was made. Many of Led Zeppelin 's earliest songs were based on blues standards, and the album also included three songs composed by others : `` You Shook Me '' and `` I Ca n't Quit You Baby '', both by blues artist Willie Dixon, and `` Babe I 'm Gonna Leave You ''. Regarding the last of these, at the time Page mistakenly believed he was adapting a traditional folk song he had heard on a Joan Baez record, but this was corrected on subsequent rereleases after it was revealed that the song was composed by Anne Bredon in the 1950s. Bredon eventually received royalties for the song. On `` You Shook Me '', Plant vocally mimics Page 's guitar effects, a metallicised version of the call - and - response blues technique. Jeff Beck had previously recorded `` You Shook Me '' for his album Truth, and accused Page of stealing his idea. With John Paul Jones and Keith Moon, Page had played on `` Beck 's Bolero '', an instrumental on Truth that would be fused into the mix of the Led Zeppelin jam `` How Many More Times ''. Beck and Page both claim they wrote the majority of the song, while Page also claims he produced it. These cross-pollinations led to a rift between Beck and Page, who had played in the Yardbirds together and been friends since childhood. `` How Many More Times '' includes passages ( uncredited ) from `` The Hunter '', written by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr. and Carl Wells in 1967 and popularised by Albert King ; Howlin Wolf 's `` How Many More Years '' ( 1951 ) ; and a passage from `` Beck 's Bolero ''. In an interview he gave in 1975, Page offered his own perspective on the album 's music : For material, we obviously went right down to our blues roots. I still had plenty of Yardbirds riffs left over. By the time Jeff ( Beck ) did go, it was up to me to come up with a lot of new stuff. It was this thing where ( Eric ) Clapton set a heavy precedent in the Yardbirds which Beck had to follow and then it was even harder for me, in a way, because the second lead guitarist had suddenly become the first. And I was under pressure to come up with my own riffs. On the first LP I was still heavily influenced by the earlier days. I think it tells a bit, too... It was obvious that somebody had to take the lead, otherwise we 'd have all sat around jamming for six months. But after that, on the second LP, you can really hear the group identity coming together. Plant is credited on the album with `` occasional bass ''. In an interview he gave to Rolling Stone magazine in 2005, Plant made reference to this : In truth, I was an occasional bass player. It says so on Zeppelin I, next to my name : vocals, harmonica and occasional bass. Very occasionally -- once, I think, since 1968. How in God 's name that ended up on the cover is so funny. I 'm sure Jonesy ( John Paul Jones ) did n't like it ( laughs ). But I suppose every time he fucked up he could say it was me. Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating Metacritic 97 / 100 Review scores Source Rating AllMusic Blender Entertainment Weekly A -- Oz ( favourable ) Pitchfork Media 9.2 / 10 Q Rolling Stone ( 1969 ) ( unfavourable ) Rolling Stone ( 2001 ) The Rolling Stone Album Guide Sputnikmusic 3 / 5 The album was advertised in selected music papers under the slogan `` Led Zeppelin -- the only way to fly ''. It initially received poor reviews. In a stinging assessment, Rolling Stone magazine asserted that the band offered `` little that its twin, the Jeff Beck Group, did n't say as well or better three months ago... It would seem that if they are to fill the void created by the demise of Cream, they will have to find a producer, editor and some material worthy of their collective talents. '' It also called Plant `` as foppish as Rod Stewart, but nowhere near so exciting ''. John Paul Jones later recalled : We had appalling press at the time. Nobody seemed to want to know us for one reason or another. We got to America and read the Rolling Stone review of the very first album, which was going on about us as another hyped British band. We could n't believe it. In our naivety we thought we 'd done a good album and were doing all right, and then this venom comes flying out. We could n't understand why or what we 'd done to them. After that we were very wary of the press, which became a chicken - and - egg situation. We avoided them and so they avoided us. It was only because we did a lot of shows that our reputation got around as a good live band. As was noted by rock journalist Cameron Crowe years later : `` It was a time of ' super-groups ', of furiously hyped bands who could barely cut it, and Led Zeppelin initially found themselves fighting upstream to prove their authenticity. '' However, press reaction to the album was not entirely negative. In Britain the album received a glowing review in Melody Maker. Chris Welch wrote, in a review titled `` Jimmy Page triumphs -- Led Zeppelin is a gas ! '' : `` their material does not rely on obvious blues riffs, although when they do play them, they avoid the emaciated feebleness of most so - called British blues bands ''. In comparing the record to their follow - up Led Zeppelin II, Robert Christgau wrote in The Village Voice that the debut was `` subtler and more ambitious musically '', and not as good, `` because subtlety defeated the effect. Musicianship, in other words, was really incidental to such music, but the music did have real strength and validity : a combination of showmanship and overwhelming physical force. '' The album was very successful commercially. It was initially released in the US on 12 January 1969 to capitalise on the band 's first North American concert tour. Before that, Atlantic Records had distributed a few hundred advance white label copies to key radio stations and reviewers. A positive reaction to its contents, coupled with a good reaction to the band 's opening concerts, resulted in the album generating 50,000 advance orders. Within two months of its release the album had reached Billboard 's top ten, peaking at number 10. The album earned its first US gold certification on 22 July 1969. Page remarked : A lot of it you think, ' Well, this might happen, that might possibly happen. ' But I 'd say as far as the manifestation of it went, ( the most surprising moment ) was getting the first gold disc for Led Zeppelin I... Suddenly everything we 'd done, all the work, etcetera etcetera... we 'd broken America, I know, but the fact is that gold disc was so symbolic of everything for me. A major thing. Led Zeppelin stayed on the Billboard chart for 73 weeks and held a 79 - week run on the British charts. By 1975 it had grossed $7,000,000. The 2014 reissue of the album helped it return to the Billboard top ten, peaking at number 7. Legacy The success and influence of the album is today widely acknowledged, even amongst publications that were initially sceptical. In 2006, Rolling Stone stated : ( The album ) was pretty much unlike anything else. The arrangements were more sculpted than those of Cream or Jimi Hendrix, and the musicianship was n't cumbersome like Iron Butterfly 's or bombastic like Vanilla Fudge 's. The closest comparisons might be to MC5 or the Stooges -- both from Michigan -- yet neither had the polish or prowess of Led Zeppelin, nor did Led Zeppelin have the political, social or die - hard sensibility of those landmark bands. What they did have, though, was the potential for a mass audience. According to Lewis : Time has done nothing to diminish the quality of one of the finest debut albums ever recorded. There 's an urgency and enthusiasm about their performance that retains timeless charm. The nine cuts offer a tour de force of powerful yet often subtle dynamics... And let 's not forget the fact that with this album, Page virtually invents the guitar riff as a key songwriting component. In 2003, VH1 named Led Zeppelin the 44th greatest album of all time, while Rolling Stone ranked it 29th on the magazine 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It is widely regarded as marking a significant turning point in the evolution of hard rock and heavy metal. Accolades Publication Country Accolade Year Rank The Times United Kingdom `` The 100 Best Albums of All Time '' 41 Rolling Stone United States The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 2003 29 Grammy Awards United States Grammy Hall of Fame Award * Q United Kingdom `` The Music That Changed the World '' 7 Robert Dimery United States 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 2006 * Classic Rock United Kingdom `` 100 Greatest British Rock Album Ever '' 2006 81 Uncut United Kingdom 100 Greatest Debut Albums 2006 7 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame United States The Definitive 200 2007 165 Q United Kingdom 21 Albums That Changed Music 2007 6 Rolling Stone United States Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 2012 29 * denotes an unordered list 2014 reissue Along with the group 's next two albums -- Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin III -- the album was remastered and reissued on 2 June 2014. The reissue comes in six formats : a standard CD edition, a deluxe two - CD edition, a standard LP version, a deluxe three - LP version, a super deluxe two CD plus three LP version with a hardback book, and as high - resolution, 96k / 24 - bit digital downloads. The deluxe and super deluxe editions feature bonus material from a concert in Paris recorded in October 1969. The reissue was released with an inverted black and white ( technically inverted color ) version of the original album 's artwork as its bonus disc 's cover. Track listing Side one No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Good Times Bad Times '' Jimmy Page John Paul Jones John Bonham Robert Plant 2 : 46 2. `` Babe I 'm Gonna Leave You '' Anne Bredon Page Plant 6 : 42 3. `` You Shook Me '' Willie Dixon J.B. Lenoir 6 : 28 4. `` Dazed and Confused '' Page, inspired by Jake Holmes 6 : 28 Side two No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 5. `` Your Time Is Gonna Come '' Page Jones Plant 4 : 34 6. `` Black Mountain Side '' ( instrumental ) Page 2 : 12 7. `` Communication Breakdown '' Page Jones Bonham Plant 2 : 30 8. `` I Ca n't Quit You Baby '' Dixon 4 : 42 9. `` How Many More Times '' Page Jones Bonham Plant 8 : 27 Notes Some cassette versions of the album reversed the order of the sides. For these versions, side one began with `` Your Time Is Gonna Come '' and ended with `` How Many More Times '', while side two began with `` Good Times Bad Times '' and ended with `` Dazed and Confused ''. 2014 deluxe edition bonus disc Live -- Olympia, Paris, France, 10 October 1969 No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Good Times Bad Times / Communication Breakdown '' '' Page Jones Bonham Plant 3 : 52 ( CD ) * 2. `` I Ca n't Quit You Baby '' Dixon 6 : 41 3. `` Heartbreaker '' Page Plant Jones Bonham 3 : 50 4. `` Dazed and Confused '' Page, inspired by Jake Holmes 15 : 01 5. `` White Summer / Black Mountain Side '' Page 9 : 19 6. `` You Shook Me '' Dixon Lenoir 11 : 56 7. `` Moby Dick '' Bonham Jones Page 9 : 51 8. `` How Many More Times '' Page Jones Bonham 10 : 43 Total length : 1 : 11 : 12 Track 1 was 4 : 05 on the high - resolution and iTunes downloads, before the album was released, and is now 3 : 52. Personnel Jimmy Page -- acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitars, production Robert Plant -- lead vocals, harmonica, bass John Bonham -- drums, timpani, backing vocals John Paul Jones -- bass guitar, Hammond organ, backing vocals Viram Jasani -- tabla on `` Black Mountain Side '' Barry Diament -- original 1986 CD mastering Chris Dreja -- back cover photography Peter Grant -- executive production George Hardie -- cover design Glyn Johns -- engineering, mixing George Marino -- CD remastering Jimmy Page -- 2014 Reissue Remastering Chart positions Original release Chart ( 1969 -- 70 ) Peak position Australian Go - Set Top 20 Albums Chart 9 German Albums Chart 32 Canadian RPM Top 100 Chart 11 Danish Albums Chart 8 French Albums Chart 19 Japanese Albums Chart 36 Norwegian Albums Chart 16 Spanish Albums Chart UK Albums Chart 6 US Billboard 200 10 2014 reissue Chart ( 2014 ) Peak position Polish Albums ( ZPAV ) 10 US Billboard 200 7 Singles Year Single Chart Position 1969 `` Good Times Bad Times '' US Billboard Hot 100 80 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Australia ( ARIA ) 2 × Platinum 140,000 Argentina ( CAPIF ) Gold 30,000 Canada ( Music Canada ) Diamond 1,000,000 France ( SNEP ) Gold 100,000 Italy ( FIMI ) Gold 50,000 Netherlands ( NVPI ) Gold 50,000 Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) Platinum 100,000 Switzerland ( IFPI Switzerland ) Gold 25,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) 2 × Platinum 600,000 United States ( RIAA ) 8 × Platinum 8,000,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone References ^ Jump up to : Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin, Atlantic Records, R2 - 536179, Super Deluxe Edition Box, 2014 Liner Notes, page 3. 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If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH External links Led Zeppelin at MusicBrainz Led Zeppelin track listing Songs Side one `` Good Times Bad Times '' `` Babe I 'm Gonna Leave You '' `` You Shook Me '' `` Dazed and Confused '' Side two `` Your Time Is Gonna Come '' `` Black Mountain Side '' `` Communication Breakdown '' `` I Ca n't Quit You Baby '' `` How Many More Times '' Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin IV Houses of the Holy Physical Graffiti Presence In Through the Out Door Coda Led Zeppelin John Bonham John Paul Jones Jimmy Page Robert Plant Studio albums Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin IV Houses of the Holy Physical Graffiti Presence In Through the Out Door Coda Live albums The Song Remains the Same BBC Sessions How the West Was Won Celebration Day Compilations Profiled The Best of Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions Mothership Led Zeppelin Deluxe Edition Boxed sets Led Zeppelin Remasters Boxed Set 2 The Complete Studio Recordings Definitive Collection Singles `` Good Times Bad Times '' / `` Communication Breakdown '' `` Whole Lotta Love '' / `` Living Loving Maid ( She 's Just a Woman ) '' `` Immigrant Song '' / `` Hey, Hey, What Can I Do '' `` Black Dog '' / `` Misty Mountain Hop '' `` Rock and Roll '' / `` Four Sticks '' `` Over the Hills and Far Away '' / `` Dancing Days '' `` D'yer Mak'er '' / `` The Crunge '' `` Trampled Under Foot '' / `` Black Country Woman '' `` Candy Store Rock '' / `` Royal Orleans '' `` Fool in the Rain '' / `` Hot Dog '' `` Travelling Riverside Blues '' `` Baby Come On Home '' `` The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair '' Films The Song Remains the Same Led Zeppelin DVD Celebration Day Tours Scandinavia 1968 U.K. 1968 North America 1968 -- 1969 U.K. & Scandinavia 1969 North America Spring 1969 U.K. Summer 1969 North America Summer 1969 Europe Autumn 1969 North America Autumn 1969 U.K. 1970 Europe 1970 North America Spring 1970 Iceland, Bath & Germany 1970 North America Summer 1970 U.K. Spring 1971 Europe 1971 North America 1971 Japan 1971 U.K. Winter 1971 Australasia 1972 North America 1972 Japan 1972 U.K. 1972 -- 1973 Europe 1973 North America 1973 North America 1975 Earls Court 1975 North America 1977 Knebworth 1979 Over Europe 1980 Reunions Live Aid ( 1985 ) Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary ( 1988 ) Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert ( 2007 ) Lists Discography Songs Awards and nominations Bootlegs Cover versions by others Led Zeppelin songs written or inspired by others Related Articles Swan Song Records Three Week Hero `` Beck 's Bolero '' Bron - Yr - Aur The Starship Caesar 's Chariot Shark episode Planned tour -- The 1980s, Part One Covers and tributes That ' 70s Show ( season 5 ) Bands The Yardbirds Band of Joy XYZ The Honeydrippers The Firm Coverdale Page Page and Plant Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes Them Crooked Vultures Strange Sensation Books Hammer of the Gods : The Led Zeppelin Saga Stairway to Heaven : Led Zeppelin Uncensored When Giants Walked the Earth People Jason Bonham Peter Grant Richard Cole Book Portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Led_Zeppelin_(album)&oldid=804726253 '' Categories : 1969 debut albums Albums produced by Jimmy Page Atlantic Records albums English - language albums Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients Led Zeppelin albums LZ 129 Hindenburg Polydor Records albums Warner Music Group albums Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from January 2012 Articles with dead external links from August 2017 Articles with dead external links from May 2016 CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) CS1 Italian - language sources ( it ) CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) CS1 Spanish - language sources ( es ) Use dmy dates from June 2014 EngvarB from October 2016 Articles with hAudio microformats Track listings with input errors Certification Table Entry usages for Australia Certification Table Entry usages for Argentina Certification Table Entry usages for Canada Certification Table Entry usages for France Certification Table Entry usages for Italy Certification Table Entry usages for Netherlands Certification Table Entry usages for Spain Certification Table Entry usages for Switzerland Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom Certification Table Entry usages for United States Articles with MusicBrainz release links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Boarisch Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français Gaeilge Galego 한국어 Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Íslenska Italiano עברית ქართული Kurdî Latina Latviešu Magyar Македонски Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Română Русский Sicilianu Simple English Slovenčina Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 10 October 2017, at 19 : 28. 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Question: when was led zeppelin's first album released
Answer: 12 January 1969