On this day, March 28, 1973, Led Zeppelin released "Houses of the Holy."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

This Day in Music

What Happened Today In Music

March 28th

1973 - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin released their fifth studio album, Houses Of The Holy in the UK. The album title was a dedication by the band to their fans who appeared at venues they dubbed 'Houses of the Holy'. The cover is a collage of several photographs which were taken at the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland, by Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis. The two children who modelled for the cover were siblings Stefan and Samantha Gates.

Wikipedia says, yeah, they sure did -- in the United States. The UK would have to wait two days. This Day in Music says the opposite, that the UK got it first, and the US two days later.

I report; you decide.

Houses of the Holy


Studio album by Led Zeppelin
Released: 28 March 1973
Recorded: December 1971 – August 1972
Studios: Rolling Stones Mobile (Stargroves and Headley Grange); Island and Olympic (London)
Producer: Jimmy Page

Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 28 March 1973 in the United States and on 30 March 1973 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records. The album benefited from two band members installing studios at home, which allowed them to develop more sophisticated songs and arrangements and expand their musical style. Several songs subsequently became fixtures in the group's live set, including "The Song Remains the Same", "The Rain Song" and "No Quarter". Other material recorded at the sessions, including the title track, was shelved and released on the later albums Physical Graffiti (1975) and Coda (1982). All instruments and vocals were provided by the band members Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (guitar), John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards), and John Bonham (drums). The album was produced by Page and mixed by Eddie Kramer. The cover was the first for the band to be designed by Hipgnosis and was based on a photograph taken at Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.

Although critical response was mixed, Houses of the Holy became a commercial success, later receiving a Diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1999 for at least 10 million copies sold in the US. In 2020, the album was ranked at number 278 on Rolling Stone's 2020 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

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[Lochloosa]

1. I remember it well. That was the same year my brother introduced me to mushrooms.

[walkingman]

2. Those were the days my friend....they definately have ended.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. I Liked That Album

It was a continuation of LZ4 where they moved farther from the blues.
It was also their first album with a name for a title.