Released as a double album on February 24, 1975, "Physical Graffiti" is the sixth studio album by English rock group Led Zeppelin. When the album was first published, the sleeve design featured a die-cut image of a tenement block in New York City, with windows that allowed fans to view different cultural symbols at different times. Peter Corriston, the album's designer, searched for a building that would fit the square album cover, was symmetrical, had intriguing details, and was unhindered by other objects. He then used the concept of people coming and going from the tenement to create the rest of the cover, adding several sleeves that could be tucked under the main cover and adding different information to the windows.
To get the final image, several adjustments were made to the original photograph. The original album sleeve featured four covers: an outer cover, a center insert cover, an inner cover (one for each disk), and a unique die-cut cover instead of the standard gatefold style. All of the album track listings and recording facts are listed on the white middle insert sleeve. Because the building's windows are die-cut into the outer cover, the album title appears on the front cover when the middle cover is pushed into the outer cover after being wrapped around the inner covers. This is how "Physical Graffiti" is written.
"The Rover". Poster Print
"In My Time of Dying". Canvas Print
"Houses of the Holy". Framed Print
"Trampled Under Foot". Metal Print
"Kashmir". Acrylic Print
"In the Light". Wood Print
"Bron-Yr-Aur".Jigsaw Puzzle
"Down by the Seaside". Tote Bag
"Ten Years Gone". Zip Pouch
"Night Flight". Throw Pillow
"The Wanton Song". Coffee Mug
"Boogie with Stu". Art Cover Side Four
"Black Country Woman". Art Wood Print
"Sick Again". Art Canvas Print
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