On March 18, 2017, Charles Edward Anderson “Chuck” Berry died aged 90. He was musician (guitar), singer and songwriter, one of the pioneers and most important figures of rock and roll music. His songs “Maybellene” (1955), “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956), “Rock and Roll Music” (1957) and “Johnny B. Goode” (1958), defined the contours of rock and roll music, and changed the face of popular music. His unique guitar solos and stage appearance made lasting influence on subsequent rock artists, including names like The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. In 1984, Berry was awarded “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award”. He was among the first musicians to be inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” on its opening in 1986. In 2004, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked him at number 5 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”. The same magazine ranked his compilation album “The Great Twenty-Eight” at number 21 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. His songs “Johnny B. Goode,” “Maybellene,” and “Rock and Roll Music”, are included in the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll”. “Johnny B. Goode” is the only rock-and-roll song included on the “Voyager Golden Record”. In 2014, Berry was made a laureate of the “Polar Music Prize”.
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Led Zeppeilin: Physical Graffiti
On February 25, 1975, “Swan Song” label released “Physical Graffiti”, the sixth studio Led Zeppelin album. It was recorded July – December 1970, January and March 1971, May 1972, January and February 1974, at multiple locations, and was produced by Jimmy Page. The album included unreleased tracks from earlier recording sessions: one outtake from “Led Zeppelin III”, three tracks from “Led Zeppelin IV”, and three tracks from “Houses of the Holy”, including the unused title track. “Physical Graffiti” was certified 16× Platinum in the US by “RIAA”, and 2× Platinum in UK by “BPI”. In 1996, “Mojo” magazine ranked the album at number 47 on its list of “The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made”; in 2000, “Q” magazine ranked the album at number 32 on its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”; in 2001 “Classic Rock” magazine ranked the album at number 5 at its list of “100 Greatest Rock Album Ever”; in 2003, the TV network “VH1” named it the 71st “Greatest album ever”; in 2003, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Physical Graffiti” at number 70 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”; in 2006 “Guitar World” magazine ranked the album at number 9 at its list of “Reader’s Poll: 100 Greatest Guitar Albums”. In 1976, the album won “Grammy Award for Best Recording Package”.
Personnel:
- Robert Plant– lead vocals, harmonica, acoustic guitar
- Jimmy Page– electric, acoustic, lap steel and slide guitar, mandolin
- John Paul Jones– bass guitar, organ, acoustic and electric piano, mellotron, guitar, mandolin, VCS3 synthesiser, Hohner clavinet, Hammond organ, string arrangement
- John Bonham– drums, percussion
- Ian Stewart– piano
- Peter Corriston– artwork, design
- Mike Doud – artwork, design
- Dave Heffernan – illustrations
- Elliot Erwitt, P. Fallon, Roy Harper– photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, except where noted.
- Custard Pie
- The Rover
- In My Time of Dying – John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
- Houses of the Holy
- Trampled Under Foot – John Paul Jones, Robert Plant
- Kashmir – John Bonham, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
- In the Light – John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
- Bron-Yr-Aur – Jimmy Page
- Down by the Seaside
- Ten Years Gone
- Night Flight – John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
- The Wanton Song
- Boogie with Stu – John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Ian Stewart
- Black Country Woman
- Sick Again
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