The Seth Man
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Led Zeppelin IV cover image
Nov 08, 2023, 12:31
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I thought it was going to be hidden forever.
Or: how a simple rural image from a Victorian photo album entitled "Reminiscences of a visit to Shaftesbury, Whitsuntide 1892" was transmuted via Rock Music into something so wildly powerful and enigmatic that even now, knowing its provenance, it seems...even more powerful and enigmatic.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-67336495.amp
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Zariadris
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Re: Led Zeppelin IV cover image
Nov 08, 2023, 13:27
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Wow. What a cool discovery...thanks for sharing man. Next is to find the precise location of the half-demolished house.
Truly, the greatest album art ever.
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The Seth Man
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Re: Led Zeppelin IV cover image
Nov 08, 2023, 14:16
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Zariadris wrote: Wow. What a cool discovery...thanks for sharing man. Next is to find the precise location of the half-demolished house.
Truly, the greatest album art ever.
A friend pointed it out to me last year. It's now a Tesco Petrol Station at Camden St, Hockley, Birmingham B18 7BH. The Tesco sign runs perpendicular to the demolished wall, where the tower block still looms in the distance:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tesco+Petrol+Station/@52.4861926,-1.9184409,3a,75y,226.63h,89.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skbCbl9B5VzpGvHP68BqsNw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m11!1m2!2m1!1stESCO+Ladywood+Middleway,+Birmingham,+UK!3m7!1s0x4870bce562c41163:0x335197dddb572285!8m2!3d52.4862568!4d-1.918812!10e5!15sCih0RVNDTyBMYWR5d29vZCBNaWRkbGV3YXksIEJpcm1pbmdoYW0sIFVLIgOIAQGSAQtnYXNfc3RhdGlvbuABAA!16s%2Fg%2F11c43z8v3f?entry=ttu
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Zariadris
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Edited Nov 08, 2023, 16:03
Re: Led Zeppelin IV cover image
Nov 08, 2023, 16:01
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The Seth Man wrote: Zariadris wrote: Wow. What a cool discovery...thanks for sharing man. Next is to find the precise location of the half-demolished house.
Truly, the greatest album art ever.
A friend pointed it out to me last year. It's now a Tesco Petrol Station at Camden St, Hockley, Birmingham B18 7BH. The Tesco sign runs perpendicular to the demolished wall, where the tower block still looms in the distance:
That is truly incredible! THANK YOU
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Kid Calamity
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Re: Led Zeppelin IV cover image
Nov 08, 2023, 16:48
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This is amazing!
https://rock4fun.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/LedZeppelin-IV-capa-grande.jpg
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Monganaut
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Re: Led Zeppelin IV cover image
Nov 08, 2023, 20:36
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Ha ha, weird. Used to drive past there daily for a few years. Who'd have thought the cover image was shot nearby
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The Seth Man
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Re: Led Zeppelin IV cover image
Nov 09, 2023, 20:13
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Zariadris wrote: The Seth Man wrote: Zariadris wrote: Wow. What a cool discovery...thanks for sharing man. Next is to find the precise location of the half-demolished house.
Truly, the greatest album art ever.
A friend pointed it out to me last year. It's now a Tesco Petrol Station at Camden St, Hockley, Birmingham B18 7BH. The Tesco sign runs perpendicular to the demolished wall, where the tower block still looms in the distance:
That is truly incredible! THANK YOU
You're welcome, man!
Also, about that engraving on the inner sleeve...#121: The Merchant
https://chaucereditions.wordpress.com/1880s/1880-chatterbox/
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Citizensmurf
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Re: Led Zeppelin IV cover image
Nov 09, 2023, 22:03
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Very cool.
My wife, who is a much bigger Led Head than I, stumbled upon the Physical Graffiti building in NYC quite by accident when she was there on a trip. Also we went to the Giant's Causeway when travelling around Northern Ireland years before. The LP makes it seem so much bigger than it actually is in person.
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Zariadris
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Re: Led Zeppelin IV cover image
Nov 10, 2023, 06:32
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Citizensmurf wrote: Very cool.
My wife, who is a much bigger Led Head than I, stumbled upon the Physical Graffiti building in NYC quite by accident when she was there on a trip. Also we went to the Giant's Causeway when travelling around Northern Ireland years before. The LP makes it seem so much bigger than it actually is in person.
Next is to find the bar on the cover of In Through the Outdoor. Seth Man?
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Zariadris
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Re: Led Zeppelin IV cover image
Nov 10, 2023, 06:33
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Woah.
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