As with prior albums, most of the material was written by the band, though there was one cover song, a hard rock re-interpretation of the Memphis Minnie blues song "When the Levee Breaks". The album was a critical and commercial success and is Led Zeppelin's best-selling album, having shipped over 37 million copies worldwide.

Nov 10, 2023 · A researcher in England has uncovered a copy of the original photograph featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV —and revealed the identity of its subject. Released in 1971, the iconic album...

Apr 11, 2021 · This week, I’ll be diving into the story behind one of the most iconic album covers in the history of classic rock: “Led Zeppelin IV.” I first heard about the cover’s origin in rock journalist Brad Tolinski’s book, “Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page.”

Nov 8, 2023 · The origins of the image on the iconic album cover for Led Zeppelin IV have been discovered by a photo researcher. Led Zeppelin IV has on it one of the most successful rock songs of...

Nov 9, 2023 · The image of a bearded elderly man wearing a dark hat with a bundle of sticks on his back included in the album was the original source for the central image on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s fourth album, one of the most acclaimed albums in music history.

Nov 15, 2023 · Led Zeppelin released their fourth studio album, untitled but commonly called Led Zeppelin IV, back in 1971 with a simple but mysterious album cover: a bearded man hunched beneath a large bundle of sticks secured over his back. Now, over half a century later, that man and his story have been revealed.

Nov 8, 2023 · A man depicted on the album cover of Led Zeppelin IV has been revealed as a 19th Century thatcher. The figure is most likely Lot Long from Mere in Wiltshire, photographed by Ernest Farmer.

Nov 8, 2023 · Exactly 52 years after the release of Led Zeppelin ’s fourth studio album—widely referred to as Led Zeppelin IV —the identity of the man gracing its cover has been revealed, The...

Nov 8, 2023 · Released 52 years ago, on 8 November 1971, Led Zeppelin IV has sold more than 37m copies worldwide, and includes one of the group’s most popular songs, Stairway to Heaven. The album’s cover...

Nov 8, 2023 · It features the band’s major hit “Stairway to Heaven,” and the wordless cover shows the framed image of a bearded, older man with a large bundle of sticks on his back against the backdrop of a...