Gentlemen…. I have been so impressed by your adventurousness and embrace of this music.  I have been listening to Led Zepplin since 1970.  The year I came home from Vietnam.  I was there at an air base where we had our barracks and big wall lockers.  Many of us had $1,000 worth is stereo equipment and head phones.  The music was our refuge from the craziness of where we were.  That year I discovered LZ 1 and 2.  They were ground breaking then and still are very deep in my heart.  Oh.  I’m a black guy, formerly from LA now retired to Jacksonville Florida.  72 years young.  You guys give me hope.  You have opened your minds and are sharing your findings.  Never stop.  Never.

Gallows Pole is one of my favorite Zep songs. The banjo was a big part of the swing era, not just country music.

This album is fantastic. Massively underrated

It's an amazing a crazy album all the way through- can't understand why anyone who calls themselves a LZ fan wouldn't dig it.

With "Tangerine," Robert Plant would sometimes introduce this at concerts by saying: "This song is for our families and friends and people we've been close to. It's a song of love at its most innocent stages." Plant also said the lyrics are personal to him as it was written with regards to a love interest of his that slipped away over time. And he wonders what might've been-  "I was her love, she was my queen, now a thousand years between..."

No one sings lead vocal for Led Zeppelin but Robert Plant.

Tangerine, if you already didn't know, was a song Page wrote about the American singer/songwriter early 60s girlfriend Jackie DeShannon; whom he collaborated songwriting with.  I think he loved her and got his heart broken!!

You know you are special when what some people consider your worst album is still a masterpiece in comparison to other artists.

I love you guys.  What makes you different is the fact that you LOVE music and APPRECIATE music,  I love it.  Keep it going guys.

When the lead comes in on Tangerine, after "and I do..." I always get goosebumps. Great vibe.

I love this album because of all the different musical instruments they brought into rock music. The same as the Beatles, they showed that rock music can be more than guitar, bass and drums.✌️

Sister I implore you, take him by the hand , take him to some shady bower , save me from the wrath of this man..

It is a banjo on Gallows Pole, which is actually based off a song that goes back centuries. It slowly builds in intensity like another song off their next album, Stairway to Heaven. Also the drums come in later, like in Stairway too. It’s a great song that gives me bluegrass vibes.

They went acoustic and showed their versatility and talent as creative musicians.

The ORIGINAL album cover actually has a spin wheel inside of it, so you can change what is inside the little circles.... Not sure if the Reproduction albums do that too...

Tangerine about a summer of young love and how it comes to its enevitable end.
Sweet tale.

You have to give mad mad mad props to John Paul Jones Bass playing, style and tone! Dude is a femonimal Bassist and Musician!

Country, Folk, Bluegrass, Reggae, Rock, Funk...but you can always tell it's Led Zeppelin. And they always KILL it.

This song is what happens when four master musicians come together. All part are equal, all contribute to the sound of perfection. BTW I had this on 8 track. Yes I am old!

Lest we not forget, Since I've Been Loving You was also on this album and is considered one of their great masterpieces of blues rock.   I bought this when it was brand new and loved it as much as the first 2 albums, and saw them live on the supporting tour.