The Story of Led Zeppelin's Explosive Debut 

Unrelated, but I think it’s so cool how RU-vid lets you do “square” layouts/cropping for videos like this, thought it was a short at first!

More astounding than Led Zeppelin's debut is the fact that two thirds of the Hindenburg's passengers actually survived that huge fire and crash!

Hipgnosis, which designed Zep album covers, Floyd covers, and so much more, has published several books discussing their work. Highly recommend. Great video!

Jimmy took the fractured ‘New Yardbirds’ on tour in Scandinavia. He didn’t leave the yardbirds, he was one of the final members of the Yardbirds.

Man, you really need to make the cover story of Jethro Tull's "Thick As A Brick". That's, in my honest opinion, one of the most genial packaging ever made in the history of music

I'd love to see a cover story for Rush's Permanent Waves album.

The Led Zeppelin I cover is also full of light and shade just like Zeppelin’s music.

i can see why it would be controversial but it fits the band and a great debut intro. I’m curious to see your take with Electric Light Orchestra and their fascination with “Wizard Of Oz” and why they used that scene for thier album “Elderado”.

Your content on Led Zeppelin is amazing wow!!!

I just found you out and I already LOVE your videos (this is the third one I watched)

I'd spend hours and hours watching these videos... I LOVE THIS CHANNEL ❤

led zeppelin I is one of my favourite album because i love each song so much and the artwork is sooooooo beautiful

Into The Pandemonium, from Celtic frost, I thought it is interesting the Hieronymus Bosch's depiction of Hell was in the artwork, and I think it might be cool making a video how Hieronymus Bosch influenced a lot of the dark themed artworks of the more extreme and dark metal bands, like Slayer (Reign in Blood cover is also kind of similar to Hieronymus Bosch's paintings.)

Disappointed you didn't mention how Eva met the band before the show, found them to be polite young men. Only when she was on her way out did she see the cover art and flipped her 💩.

I would love to have a video like this about any of the rush albums, I'm thinking specifically perminant waves

Hey Poly, quick video idea, do you think you could to a cover story/any other video format on Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick" if you haven't already? The album has some of the most unique packaging ever!

great channel, as usual

I always enjoy any historical retelling of the Hindenburg… But enjoy even more since I grew up 3 miles away from Lakehurst though that happened 32 years before I was born the history is still there. The album cover makes the history for us locals connected to Led Zeppelin in a very unique way. Great video!

You got me to sign up for Nebula. Love your stuff.

Great video as always. It's by far their best album, in my opinion. Perfect from front to back.

Perfect timing man 😂 Right now I'm writing a paper on Led Zeppelin for my ELA project in school

Great video! What's the "shrieking monkeys" (great band name btw.) font called? I love it!!

BTW Led Zeppelin I with BLUE logo and band name are super expensive, I wish I could afford one since it's my favourite band! Cool video as always.

The new intro is sick bro

Jeff Beck recorded Truth before LZ1, pioneering the innovations often given to this (also great) album

A Radiohead cover story would be very cool especially delving into the artwork of Stanley Donwood, a lot of people talk about how the music fits the album and each one has such meaning to it. Its fascinating and I'd be awesome if you covered it, no pressure though :3

Strange to think about how Entwistle and Moon would have changed Zeppelin. Or Steve Winwood on vocals (as Page wanted). I wouldn't change LZ if I could. Especially not JP Jones, but it would be cool to go to an alternate universe where those guys did join the band. Just to hear what it would sound like.

First of a long, long line of heavy music using black and white, hyper-saturated photos of death as album covers. D-Beat to death metal, helluva trend to start!

awe hell yeah, cover stories! if you're gonna do more rock, can you do Hendrix's and how he hates all of them

YEAHHHHH NEW POLYPHONIC

I want one of these videos for the cover of Aqualung

First album, first song: Good Times Bad Times. This was a statement as apparent as a head on collision. The would-be competition of the day surely took note...upon burying head in hand.

Good news .. I guess. The cause of the Hindenburg explosion was found to be static electricity from the rain storm the zeppelin was landing in. As the mooring ropes got wet, they grounded the ship. As the fabric of the ship got wet it began arching until it reached a leaking hydrogen bag at the tail end - then BOOM!

I hope someday you do a video about the story and legacy of the velvet underground and nico album

how long until it's okay to make a WTC album cover?

Legendary debut

By the way, could you do a video on Hall and Oates?

Polyphonic, I am BEGGING you to do a video on Jaco Pastorius! This shall mark my Day 1.

Actually, the cause of the Hindenburg fire is fairly well understood with new video evidence, and experimental recreation. There’s a good NOVA program on it.

LETS GO LED ZEPPELIN VIDEO

You should do a video on Jaco Pastorius! Seeing that you already did one on Jimi Hendrix.

Very unconventional 1 by 1 ratio. I like it

Do you have any specific instrument that you play?

Always knew that cover is iconic, since I first saw it

Static electricity is what set the fire off, when they dropped the landing lines they were wet, and as soon as they came in contact with the ground it sparked

The band name and Atlantic Records logo were actually turqoise on the very first press of the album

The story I heard was it was John Entwistle who said “it will go over like a lead zeppelin”. In North America we say “lead balloon” but in England it’s more popular to say “zeppelin”. I could be wrong on either one but this is just what I heard

Huh? The normal way the end of the Yardbirds is presented is that all the other members left the band so that Page was the only member left. LZ even played some shows as the "New Yardbirds" to fulfill concert contracts, before coming up with their new name.

The orange graphic wasn't the original artwork design it was actually turquoise, orange came later with the reissued copies

2:41 it's not entirely true. Based on the weather data on that day, studies suggested it sparked due to electric charges channeling from the ground through the docking ropes and into the gas chamber, which supposedly was compromised prior to the arrival. I'll try to link sources but this was pretty much it

Maybe an episode about the formation of LZ and the forgotten genius Terry Reid.

You should do a video on Kashmir

I'm really happy for you that you can run a separate, paid service providing more content, and earn what you are rightfully deserved for the content you create! But honestly, as someone who can barely justify the expense of paying for spotify and netflix, it kind of sucks to see hints at videos I can't afford to watch while otherwise enjoying your content. I don't know if others feel the same, but that has been my feeling for the past few months... hope that doesn't come off too harsh! Long story short, I love your content and want to see more!

These “The Nobs” are pretty good, huh

I've seen the original art work. Pen & ink on a piece of tracing paper copied straight from the photograph. Only about 7 x 7 inches big. Blown up to fit the album cover.

you should do a video about the fragile album by yes

Il miglior gruppo hard rock del pianeta

Is that Syd Barrett's mirrored telecaster at 00:32?

Absolutely Fabulous. Philadelphia USA 🇺🇲☦️🙏😇❤️💋🩰

So does this whole channel just explain the things people find out immediately as soon as they’re introduced to a band? Would love to hear your over-explanation of Chocolate Starfish…

Please do an iron maiden video 😅. Your content is among the best of the best on youtube 🙌🙌

Check out JCM-Led Zeppelin Stories if you’re a die hard Led-head.Its an amazing series!

jimmy page in the studio like yeah this tragedy goes hard let's put it on our first (and second) album

The who's manager found out jimmy was trying to scoop entwistle and moon and there manager asked Jimmy page how would ya like to play with broken fingers ... jimmy changed his mind apparently

Oh, the humanity!

I would love a video about how The Rolling Stones Shaped the 70`s!!!😊😊😊

Yes

The whole thing with eva von hindenburg is strange because she and the other hindenburgs related to the airship were all German and not from the Netherlands where Copenhagen is... so why was she so mad when they were not even playing in her country? Its so strange that at first I thought it can't be true information but it is probably more likely that this particular aristocrat, despite being named "hindenburg" was not actually really related to "the hindenburgs" and was using it as a scam to sue led zeppelin. Or by complete coincidence she happened to live in Amsterdam at the time I guess.

Jimmy didnt “leave” the band, there is a lot of errors in this video but thats a weird one to mess up.

"sounded like a catastrophe" An example of Poly's turn of phrase that makes his analysis and music history bits legendary. 🎉

Do a video on phonk

"How to listen like a musician." It's funny that you say that. One of my podcasts they said how their musician friend told them to listen to this or that little thing and they said that that's not how they listen. They don't hear music like that. I was quite surprised by this. I'm a musician. Most people don't hear music like I do. I had no idea. I thought everyone who was a little more into music could do that. Interesting.

I would recommend you checkout, NOVA: Hindenburg - The New Evidence (2021). 👍

"Oh the humanity..."

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YESSS LED ZEPPELINNN

What do you mean when you said “to this day, nobody knows the cause of the fire”? -that’s not true. It was caused when a mooring line touched the ground, causing an electrostatic discharge that ignited leaking hydrogen. They’ve known the cause since the disaster happened.

By asking politely :*)

"Blimp go boom"

Jimmy didn’t leave the yardbirds. The yardbirds left Jimmy Page. Jimmy owned the rights to the band, and was trying to get new members for the new yardbirds.

What the hell, Mrs. Eva Von Zeppelin should be proud to have her last name associated with the greatest rock band in the world. There was no disrespect there

Your videos are always a little bit quieter than the rest, not sure why

Santos dummont invented airships

Page left the group???

They could have always changed their name to "Shrieking Monkeys"....

Because it would go down like a lead balloon! Lol

Yes the Zeppelin also looks like an advocado... showing that Led Zeppelin would be populair all over the world, from Europe to tropical countries. :P

Hello Polyphonic! pls leave a reply pls thank you

Hindenburg

They first put out the text in turquoise? Why gloss over that?

I always like you videos in their beginning, but then your poetic descriptions just become so over-wrought that the whole thing descends into ridiculousness.

Some facts are not acurate as to why the Yardbirds dismembered.

pretty sure that's spelled The Knobs, dude...

square and not square

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It’s hilarious that there are people in this world who actually think that Queen is better than Led Zeppelin 😂

So, this is a Nebula advertisement and incidentally we mention the click bait name of Led Zeppelin. And that's how we manipulate people to give us 24K views. Nice.. instant dislike.

First, pin? :)

No matter what sleaze came out from their personal lives, you just can’t stay away from these guys, can you?

I am danish, and I beg you, don't ever pronouce Copenhagen like that again. Might make you look fancy, but no one, as in absolutely no dane would ever call it "HaRgen" if you asked them what the capital is named in english. "Haegen" not Hargen.