Led Zeppelin - The Making of Physical Graffiti - Documentary - Episode 4 - SERIES FINALE 

I love your work, you have a Tarantino quality about you. I have thought you are a bot because of the overload of information you present.

Bonham and John Paul held their live shows together. It was a long time ago, feb 13 1975, and I was just 15 yrs old, but what I remember most was the power coming off of that stage. The live bootlegs and other live recordings do their live shows no justice. 3 1/2 hours of pure hard rock joy! Thanks for keeping the Zeppelin legend alive!

Been watching your docs on Zeppelin for many months now and they are just so good and informing - I thought I knew all about Led Zeppelin - saw them in 1979 - Best concert ever - still think of it and made dam sure my children were bought up on Zep plus special guests - once again thank you for A wonderful documentry

Good Lord, you literally looked up NBA games happening concurrently with LZ concerts in the mid-70s in nearby regional cities and then did a broadcast-level job of presenting basketball footage in the background. I've listened to LZ bootlegs since the CD-R era and been aware of the differences in the major tours but this video is the first in all those years of succinctly presenting why the '75 tour was just so...1975. With the way you put the same tune back-to-back comparitively from various concerts on the tour with your narrative for insight it was as if a war was being set to drama. Absolutely penetrating analysis.

For years, I've been trying to get my head around the exclusion of Wanton Song from the 77 tour. Its one of my favourites because to me it's quintessential Zeppelin. Now I know!

I can hear every crackle at 33 1/3 RPM... I can still remember that needle jump during Kashmir... I can remember how out of place "I can't Quit You Baby" tacked on to the end of side B was but it just fit... I can remember these things because in 1986 for my 13th Birthday I had asked for Physical Graffiti. Being that I was just becoming an insane Zeppelin fan who was mesmerized by Bonzo and trying to figure everything out on a VERY experienced Rogers jazz kit, the Double album was outside of my means. Worst case scenario, perhaps if there was some cash in the birthday cards and if I could convince someone older to ride the bus with me up to one of the underground record stores near Syracuse University then I might be able to procure my own copy. In my heart, mind and spirit this double album was the evolutionary jump that I was starved for. My brother being 7 years my senior partied with his crew. The scents in his apartment...the weed, the hashish, the alcohol unmercifully soaked into that poor carpet, the incense, his female friends body splash all mixing with Marlboro Reds. Nothing has ever smelled like that or the same ever since. I can only imagine that while he was dubbing Physical Graffiti onto that Maxel 90 minute tape during one of those hangouts at his crib that someone bumped into the stand that held his turntable and that is how the needle jumps during Kashmir. At some point later on during one of my visits to my brother's apartment I went and listened to Kashmir from his copy of PG and nope, there wasn't a scratch. There was no needle jump. By then I had listened to my dubbed cassette so many times that the needle jump was embezzled into my memory. Lol, it sounded odd to not hear that jump at "and my eyes fill with"(cue the needle jump). Hahaha, TRY TO FIND THE WAY I FEEL!!! My brother gave me more than a dub. He gave me more than an album that I had mystified on my own. He gifted me a menagerie of windows on St. Mark's for my imagination to peer into by way of my mind because there was no album cover to look at, being it was a dub. He gave me a door to enter where my adolescent mind could escape to and find a comfort as I was going through changes while becoming an unfamiliar version of myself...Whoa, mama, well it must be time I'm goin' They're knockin' down them doors They're tryin' to take me away. He gave me this insane live version of ICQYB at the end of side B. He knew what he was doing. Sure, it filled the space nicely at the end of the cassette but even after all of it's light and dark ebb and flow, it's loud and soft...it was the chaotic galloping polly-rythemed drum fill that resonated out in to an empty hall that stoned REALLY stoned me. I was figuring out drumming and Bonzo had already been changing my game but that drum outro at the completion of ICQYB was haunting, calculated and melancholy all at once. He knew I'd never heard this before and he knew it would push me even further towards finding my way to a flurry of triplets that would take me a lifetime to master. When you touch the dragon's tail , understand just who and what it is that you have awoke. JCM, Thank You for your videos and thank You immensely for accepting the challenge of telling the story of planet Zeppelin and just how this amazing album was created. Then as it was, then again it will be.

I really am glad that you provide the itch, that is, I can't get enough of the story about how Jimmy Page formed the greatest rock band of all time. The band, when I first heard them, I was hooked like a big catfish ! And introduced pure rock and roll and the blues into my youth. And for that they will always be for me " The Mighty Led Zeppelin "

The theme song to this is suitably epic. Great job, JCM!

The most amazing thing from the totality of the Mighty Led Zeppelin is... Ticket requests for the 2007 show were in the 10s of millions! That is just incredible!

Jose's, my friend. You are an incredible historian and documentary creator. Your addiction and love for Led Zeppelin is almost unhealthy, but thank God You are able to give large doses to other fans to share in that wonderment so that everyone can feel what You feel about this legendary quartet. You are helping fans remember why they became fans and hopefully turning the newer fans into Zeppelin fanatics. Fantastic work on this series. Your friend

Another great episode. Thank you as always,Jose! ✌️

Another home run, Jose! Thank you again, for a great documentary.

Thank you for this.

Can’t believe how hard you work putting this together for us, thank you! ✌️😎🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

Thanks again, as always.

You did magnificent work on this series it was endlessly fascinating.

1975, especially in NYC, was not a good time for people and the municipality overall. The city was on the verge of bankruptcy, city services were cut, and, of course, the abandonment and burning of buildings. (For the record, I was a Bronx native.) People found solace in attending concerts. And many thousands wanted to see LZ again. Bravo.

Love your documentaries. Thank you!

Good series man. Love watching your production skills grow and grow.

I'm from Pittsburgh. What a year it was in 1975. I became 10 years old, I learned about Marijuana, and the Pittsburgh Steelers won the Superbowl and led Zeppelin was playing at the Civic Arena! Who could ask for more

Your my favorite Zeppelin channel! Keep up the outstanding work! All the best! 😎😎😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Jose, no other band has ever been this Amazing, Inspiring and NEVER with Imo . You have done it My Friend you have made amazing content from Day one looking into the Mighty Led Zeppelin. Hats off to you Jose. 10/10 A++++++ work . 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you Jose!!!! Physical Grafitti is my favorite album from my favorite band. And as always you’ve done an awesome job of bringing the story of its making to life.

I’m totally addicted to these documentaries Jose Happy Easter 🐰

Hey, sensational episode as always, and heartfelt thank you for such devotion and dedication to your research. It's so great to hear the snippets from the tour as well. It's truly inspirational hearing them play these numbers until they are well oiled. Fascinating, truly fascinating. I'm sure you will agree as a fellow musician that it's one thing recording new songs, it's another thing rehearsing them before taking the show on the road, but when you first play them live? Man that's next level and it's a highly pressured environment. I found it with my old band when we played our own material. And the thing with all Led Zeppelin's material, there's no easy tracks as I've found out many many times no matter how much you think you might have nailed it! With my latest band we're rehearsing Kashmir and I tell you what it's a really, really out of this world feeling as we're progressing. The song is an experience, it's a cut above everything else. I've always counted it as my favourite, and my friend on drums absolutely owns it. And here's the thing; our bass player and vocalist have both said that it's a surreal hypnotic experience. They're in awe of it!!! I recently tried to cover In my time of dying...... jeez it's one of the hardest things I have ever tried to play!!! The Wanton Song as well? Another real tough one! Apparently Robert said they started with it during the 1996 and 1998 gigs because it was a great way to warm up. Just finally? So glad you used clips from the Page Plant London gig for Night Flight......I wish they would release the entire gig, it's a sublime capture best played very very loud!!! Just search for "Page Plant from the pit" and should find it. Beautiful version of Rock and Roll at the end. Thanks so much again Jose, sending peace and love, keep rocking Sir ❤️🎸

So much goes on in the lives of the band members that we know nothing of at the time. Your dedication to the Zepp timeline and what external events, releases were going on during it, makes me feel like the fly on the wall. Nice one Jose.

Jose... Since you spoke of your love of the 98 Page/Plant version of "Night Flight," have you ever heard Jeff Buckley's take on "Night Flight" from the expanded "Live at Sin-é" album? Jeff always mentioned Zeppelin as an influence in his music and cited Graffiti as his favorite record. (PS: Jeff's spontaneous take on "Kashmir" from the 95 Paris Olympia show is a hoot...) Godspeed, Jose...

Inspiring stuff. Love looking 'under the hood' of the musical engine, even the mistakes are enlightening. Great work.

Thank you very much for your dedication to telling an accurate Zeppelin story. I had no idea that Robert had vocal surgery TWICE, I always wondered what had happened to his vocals. The power that he used to have was gone by 1975. The first three albums his vocals were very powerful then his first surgery, his vocals were still really good then 1975 and after the second surgery you can hear his vocals had changed.

Great post❤

Such awesome work, all your docs. Have you ever thought about making a series on the 1970 Royal Albert Hall show? The video of that concert is absolutely amazing.

Superb episode Jose, loving this series. I was gutted when they dropped the Wanton Song for Earls Court, but it made sense if it was killing Roberts voice. I got to hear him sing it at Reading in 98, where he used his low register. Amazing documentary again JCM I thank you 🙏

Amazing work!!

Well done series.

Brother I appreciate your documentary’s. I watch them all more than once, they are excellent I wish I could remember them. I’m 68 , & I saw my 1st show in 10th grade @ 16 in ‘71 Then ‘73 first year after High School graduation Then ‘75 when in Jr College @ 21 The ‘77 was my last year single @ 24.⭐️ Back then in the ‘70’s I was doing a lot of “just say no” & (it does effect you memory) 😀 Thanks amigo for the great reminders of my youth Peace ✌🏻

❤ OK! JCM you are possessed with Zep!!! Dude Man, your research is off the charts. OMG! Never seen anything like this. St. Mark is a great nasty jam. You are the GOAT of Zep research and knowledge. I wish I had this knowledge and media 30 years ago. So much fun to watch and learn, you rock man. Just the fact that you focused on Robert’s register makes me want to bow down man, no one thinks about that?! You’re on a different level, needs to be appreciated, I donated $$ to you, others have to too. I respect you, you got a sick fever, check your temp. ❤❤❤❤❤

Lots of history. I know his voice was not like it was in the first few albums, but I just take it as part of that time and place of that album. I love the album though. Great video! Looking forward to more from you! Also curious of what artist or album you might focus on next. The Santana videos were too good! I might have to watch those for a 3rd or 4th time!

ANOTHER killer episode! i think you've outdone yourself, again! one little thing i found awesome was how you superimposed some of the basketball stuff. and the classic supersonics logo! i went to many games at the coliseum as a kid. before zeppelin and rock music, there was basketball games. i didn't end up seeing a show there until 1978 aerosmtih. oh and a few months later, van halen opening for sabbath. :) i'd trade all of it to have seen the march 21st show though. but i was only 12 and not ready.

great job - yes Jimmys soloing and tone never was the same after 1973 he lost his dexterity

Muchas Gracias

Another killa vid JCM and do you like the lamb lies down on broadway? Fantastic album

Well done.

Thanks for all the hard work! Amazing series! What is the intro song to this? Very cool

Hey JCM - I really enjoy it when you analyze "unreleased" recordings. Today I have a bunch of Zep boots taken off of CD and dumped in to my iTunes. Back in the day, I had the big vinyl boots of the time - Badgeholders, Destroyer, Paris Theatre, BBC compilations, etc...

Thank you JCM for all the research and effort you put into these videos. You are a legend! Could you please cover the relationship between Zep and Black Sabbath one day? I know that they were all mates and Zep wanted to sign Sabbath onto Swan Song at one point. Keep up the great work man!

Great wrap up to the series Jose!! I still do not know why they didn't film footage from the '75 tour to use in TSRTS . It would of be a great addition even with '73 footage. Like during Page's druid part change time during Dazed and Confused then to return to the show footage of 1975. That would of been interesting. I have spoke with people that went to the Chicago shows and they all praised them. The live cuts are great !! great job on this !!!!

Very good videos

👍thanks

I never understood why they didn’t play “The Rover.” Would have been a great live song. They only used the intro to morph into “Sick again.” I guess we’ll never know.

just awesome! Please do a doc series on deep purple and the purple family tree: Whitesnake, Rainbow, Gillan, Ian Gillan band, Lord Ashton Paice, Coverdale solo work and the Butterfly ball. P.S. can you if possible make a video playing "sometimes I feel Like im in Barcelona" on the acustic guitar? I really wanna see you do that track!!!!!! Much love from Orlando Florida

GREAT series! I'm glad you mentioned the very noticeable change in Jimmy's tone from the '73 tour. From what I've read, he switched to a different model of Marshall head for '75. Personally I prefer his tone in '73, it was the perfect sound to me.

Great job - another job well done Sir!

Hi José, Thank you for mentioning me. Regarding Nico’s composition, ‘Afraid’ from her 1971 album, *Desertshore* - and any similarities to ‘In The Light’ - in particular, the chordal structure. This composition is done in a European art song style. After I taught myself a single guitar arrangement of ‘In The Light’ - I sensed, heard and realised a chordal connection to ‘Afraid’ and decided to try to learn that tune in solo guitar arrangement and figure out how to play ‘Afraid’ as well - and here is the interesting part: without hardly even trying, it seemed that some unseen force automatically guided my hands on the guitar’s strings and fretboard like magick... Spooky! The guitar arrangement harmony is in a classical style. This all happened soon after Nico died in 1988. I have another (really scary) story about Nico that I will tell you some other time.

St. Marks Groove sounds like a combination of the ending of she's so heavy by the beatles and the exciting middle part of anyway by Genesis but played by led zeppelin featuring Jeff beck. And anyway is from the lamb lies down.

Good job on the audio. Many miss the mark with amateur sound/editing. Well done.

The year that I was born. Such great music. Wish that I could have seen the actual band but Page and Plant was a great alternative. Thanks for another great episode.

Physical Graffiti is my favorite Zep disc.

10:38. I've lived in Chicago my entire laugh and I'm a huge Blackhawks fan and love Bonham. If that is a Chicago Blackhawks jersey under Bonzo's coat, I would go nuts. I can't find anymore photos from this scene. Also, I love your channel. Thanks!

Normally, in any comment, I’d be miffed about being the 224th commenter when I could have been the 222nd, if I’d only responded sooner. So much so that ordinarily I would not make a comment because 224 is not as special as 222, in an alliterative sense. However, it is very important the creator of this documentary to understand how essential this documentary is and how vital it is the narrator continues producing these documentaries. I never heard LED ZEPPELIN live. I am blown away by the snippets of their performances. I thought live, they were like a jam band, using repetition to extend shows. They are not like that. They are so intuitively linked with one another, they seem to do things they never have done before and make it sound professional. Maybe I am wrong, but Led Zeppelin seems to be a band that shows proof of telepathy in their performance. They evolve their songs, and it is not overly repetitive, from what I hear. Thank you for making these performances available.

thanks for making mention of the prrety things since there a relatively obscure Great band definetly noteworthy.!

Zeppelin FOREVER!!!🥁☮☘

THE GOATS !!! Going to see Robert this June with Alison Krauss on the fist show of their tour ! A live version of The Rover would kick ass !!

I have this vinyl!!

Another excellent finale! Can't wait for the eventual playlist of everything in chronological order from The New Yardbirds to Celebration Day! I do have a serious question I would love to hear your thoughts on... Why do so many album cuts fade out while the band is still jamming? Most of the time I really hate it, especially since they brought the song to a close in the studio. This is nowhere more painful than Kashmir, Ten Years Gone, and No Quarter. Why do you think they do this on so many iconic tracks? The live ending to Kashmir is sublime. Ten Years Gone starts fading just when they hit peak jam. Most of all, I want to hear about the dogs of doom howling low at full volume! Is there any universe where Jimmy Page could be convinced to release versions that don't fade out?

I have that album of pink Floyd's wish you were here, the original cover with the flames on it. One of my prize albums.

Seattle , San Diego , Dallas. All killer shows.

that first song sounds like Jeff Beck doing Led Zeppelin- very cool

Again, more of their shows should have been filmed. Talk about sick again.

Much appreciated ✌️ Edit: now I know precisely what wanton means.and the three fingered technique 😁

There are some great bootlegs of their show in Vancouver from that tour, Canadian Crush PEACE LOVE LED ZEPPELIN

I dont mean to be a stickler for detail, but that wasn't a photo of a volkswagon rabit. It was a picture of an amc pacer.

🌠OH YEAH !!! (GENE SIMMONS VOICE)

❤great part IV video. Do you think they will ever release an official live album from the 75or 77 tours? Or is the sound quality not there. I wonder why Houses of the Holy and the albums before didn’t switch to Swan Song labels like the Beatles and the Apple label

Going to live shows you get to hear comments and announcements made by the singer and other band mates, its like getting lil' gold nuggets of info straight from the band. When Robert mentions Phil Carson, it reminds of the time I actually met Phil Carson in a most accidental and remarkable meeting. I want to share how fast things move in the music industry and especially with movers and shakers like Phil Carson, (Robert's"idol," as Robert mentions at the 23:37 mark). Here's my personal story. I am driving a classic convertible with the top down in the French Quarter in New Orleans, and I am at a stop light. On the corner standing next to me is the Phil Carson. I look over and he is literally dancing and jamming to the music I am playing. He says to me while still dancing, "Who's that?" I tell him its a demo of my friend's band, "Blue Max" He says, "Really?" while smiling big. And I said "Really," smiling back. Right then, real quick, he says, "Tell them to come up to New York to see me, and I'll have a contract waiting for them." I was STUNNED. That was the Phil Carson saying that. The band he heard "Blue Max" was musically akin to the band "UFO" featuring shredding with tone and versatility. (We already know UFO is the underated metal band of it's time.) Blue Max's bassist was my brother's best friend, so that's how I had a cassette demo with me at the time. So the stop light now turns green and I yell back, "I sure WILL tell them." I was SO psyched thinking how my friend and the bassiest Wes Howard, was going to get signed. Well so I thought, it was a missed opportunity because the band," Blue Max" simply thought I was kidding with them and they would NOT fly to New York. The band NEVER got signed. It was a MISSED opportunity. They had great talent as many bands do. Phil Carson the great producer and ladies man, knew "IT" when he heard it. Amazing story, and true. It can happen anytime, anywhere.

Great stuff. You should do some videos on Pink Floyd too.

This used to be my favorite zep album, until I realized all the songs I didn’t like were outtakes. Your comment about how this may have been better as a single album was spot on. Contrary to your comment in the other episode, many of the songs like IMTOD, in the light and 10 years gone and others could have been edited down. And some tracks could have been left out just like every other zep album. For these reasons Presence is the best (as Plant said in a 2006 rolling stone article, obviously changing his mind from the late 80s). Zep 3 was the place to do a double album as an exploration of rock’s origins, they had way more than 90 minutes of music in the can for that one. Maybe then Coda could’ve been a solid double album of all 8 studio album outtakes including the studio outtakes that got released in box sets in the coming decades. Instead coda was a mess that contained live tracks that were out of place. Nice documentaries, they are better than any I have seen on the band!

Jimmy Page, RP and JPJ should hire you to be the bridge to the new generations.

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My dad went to the 03/30/1970 show. I wish I could find a recording of it.

I think I mentioned this before but you should do a video on KASHMIRS best and worst performances. Could be interesting.

Thanks again dude! I can't understand why they played the Montreal Forum and not Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, where I live. If I'm not mistaken, they only played in Toronto twice: The Rock Pile (1969?) and MLG in '70 or '71(?). Any idea why? Toronto is quite a bit larger than Montreal and closer to the U.S. border. Weird!

It was said that Bonzo told Bad Company to act as gentlemen during their after-party when on the road because they were representatives of the Swan Song label... the irony lol😂😂😂

please return for the pagenplant era ❤

I underlying question I have is...at this stage of the Led Zeppelin mystic are the boys still out there having fun and want to keep that feeling going or is Led Zeppelin just a money maker. At this time they already know they captured the pinnacle of being a great rock band ( or perhaps the greatest) And the shows are now just a job?

Damn dude where did that Met Center rehearsal/soundcheck come from?

Jones and Bonham would remain the rock of the Zep stage show all the way from 1975 until the end in 1980. Bonham may have had his demons but his playing didn't decline. Changed? Yep, all musicians evolve and Bonham is no exception. Jonesy was always the most consistant player in the band. I know you don't like to discuss the bands lifestyle choices, but since "Hammer of the Gods" it has been an open secret that heavy drugs were a problem in the Zeppelin camp. You don't need to judge them over it, but it is something impacted the music and should be a part of the conversation.

Still remember all the 1975 soundboards dropping. And ordering therm at a fishy place in Tokyo. And sharing via BitTorrent.

Why was The Rover never adapted into the setlist?! That song would have been so great live!

Listen to Bonzo on the over hills solo Dallas march 4. I’d call that daring fills

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Of course Page had many influences. He definitely "Borrowed" from many different Artists. Now, let's talk about musically applying those influences; all of us who are musicians are influenced at one point or another. Just like hearing Chris Squire in 1972 on Fragile; that sound impacted me for the rest of my life. And there are many more influences. With Jimmy Page, he is one of the best guitarists, ever. Top 5 for sure. Think of the millions of guitar players that were influenced by Jimmy. His chord structures, alternate tunings and solos were Unique to him. Why can't we just listen and enjoy the music that was produced by this incredible group. Led Zep was no fluke. Each of them; Page, Bonham and Jonesey were World Class, top of the food chain and then you sprinkle in Plant's amazing vocals. What they left behind is pure Treasure and it is not to be trifled with or analyzed. It's fair to mention where things may have been borrowed but we have no idea what was in their minds at the time. What I'm trying to say is that all of the incredible Artists and Groups that we grew up with should be given the benefit of the doubt.

I think this should have been titled the “Physical Graffiti Tour”. What am I missing?

Prob my most listen to tour Plant hits amazing high howl not heard since 72 @ Montreal show, also page is getting inspired that time frame. Listen to Montreal black dog and heartbreaker just amazing Phili 2.8 heartbreaker amazing 2.13 page is great plant is blown out These are some late Jan/early Feb shows where page healed up But sadly plant was prob at his worst by mid Feb March was a good rebound and run with 3.21 prob their best from the tour and one of their best if their career First 4 songs are definitive, Kashmir, no quarter and heartbreaker just mind blowing JPJ is the winner from 75. Amazing sound and playing, he and bonzo killed it As far as substance i think the codine and Jack Daniels cocktail continued even with pages finger healing and lead to heroin in 76-83

Another change in Jimmy a few years later was in his attitude which became distinctly ‘punky’ as evidenced in the 77 tour. He appeared to sacrifice guitar virtuosity for a more on stage ‘don’t give a f*** ‘ attitude . His ‘lifestyle choices’ may have had an influence here.

Imagine what could have been if Robert Plant had Taylor Swift's vocal coach to help save his voice? What was that version of Night Flight at the end of the video? It's very raw and has a much stronger feel than the over produced studio version. I think a bit of roughness would have saved that track. I also love the Page & Plant version I recently came across...it made me look at that song in a new light.

Wish I could have went awesome uh so lucky best. Ban ever in my life

The carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter. [Isaiah- 41:7] The Power The Glory And The Hammer of The Gods PLAY LOUD

I like how you put the scores up of the games Hhhahaahahh.

Fully agree, set list became predictable after 73. JP in his comfort zone, RP struggling with vocal health. Surrounded by substance issues, you can perfectly understand why JPJ wanted out. Great research as never knew about Wanton Songs issues. Certainly agree that most bootlegs of 75' & 77' vintage are awful [but i think JP's back line sound was very thin, conpared to 68-73']

There's an A note on physical graffiti that's very similar to an A note played on the 4th album... somewhere... not sure which track but I know I heard it Might as well say In The Light has something to do with The Weight by The Band 🙄😛😂 ridiculous