Led Zeppelin to Issue ‘Physical Graffiti’ 50th Anniversary Releases

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Led Zeppelin will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their iconic sixth album, Physical Graffiti, with two releases: a new live EP and an updated Deluxe Edition of the studio album. Both will arrive on September 12, 2025. The EP features live recordings of “In My Time of Dying” and “Trampled Under Foot” from Earl’s Court, 1975, alongside “Sick Again” and “Kashmir” from Knebworth, 1979. These live performances were originally released in 2003 on DVD and thus appear on CD and vinyl for the first time. The 50th Anniversary edition of 2015’s Physical Graffiti Deluxe Edition 3-LP set features a companion audio disc and a new bonus replica album promotional poster. It’s available to pre-order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here. The Live E.P., on 180-gram 12″ vinyl or CD, is available for pre-order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.

From the July 24 announcement: Originally released on February 24, 1975, in the U.S. (and four days later in the U.K.), Physical Graffiti immediately achieved Platinum sales status and has recently been certified 17x Platinum.

Generally regarded as one of the greatest double albums of all time, the original 15 tracks represent a creative tour de force that explores the band’s dynamic musical range, from the driving rock of “Custard Pie” to the exotic construction of “Kashmir” and the funky groove of “Trampled Under Foot.”

Watch them perform “Trampled Under Foot (Live From Earl’s Court, 1975)”

Says Robert Plant, “It goes from one extreme to the other but at the same time, it’s very evident that it’s Zeppelin… I love the album and it does work as a double album. There are some real humdinger, roaring tracks.”

Physical Graffiti was comprised of new compositions including “Kashmir,” “Sick Again,” “Ten Years Gone,” “The Wanton Song,” “Custard Pie,” “Trampled Under Foot” and “In My Time of Dying,” as well as unreleased songs from earlier album sessions: “Houses of the Holy,” “The Rover,” “Black Country Woman” (from Houses of the Holy sessions), “Down By the Seaside,” “Boogie With Stu,” “Night Flight” (from Untitled, aka Led Zeppelin IV, sessions) and “Bron-Yr-Aur” (from Led Zeppelin III sessions).

Jimmy Page began the initial work at his home studio in Plumpton, Sussex, England, in the summer and autumn of 1973, with the first recording sessions taking place that October at Headley Grange, using Ronnie Lane’s Mobile Studio. Further sessions at Headley continued in January 1974. Additional overdubs were recorded at Olympic Studios, where Page completed mixing of the album in July 1974.

Says Page, “We had enough material for one-and-a-half LPs, so I figured, ‘Let’s put out a double and use some of the material we’d done previously but never released’. I always thought the sequencing of an album was really important and that was part of my role as the producer.”

Physical Graffiti was not only the band’s first double LP, it was also the first release on their new label, Swan Song, which launched in May 1974. The album’s release was first announced on November 13, 1974.

An ad for the original LP ran in the March 8, 1975 issue of Record World.

“I’m a big fan of Physical Graffiti,” says John Paul Jones. “[It] was very wide ranging. It probably was a pinnacle.”

Following the 10-week North American tour that ran from January through March 1975, Led Zeppelin played five sold-out nights at London’s Earl’s Court in May 1975. Initially, three shows were announced, with another two added after the tremendous demand for tickets.

From the late John Bonham: “On the last night at Earl’s Court, we played ‘Heartbreaker,’ ‘Black Dog’, and a bit from ‘Out on the Tiles.’ With the songs from Physical Graffiti, we’ve got such a wide range of material.”

The band headlined both nights of the Knebworth Festival, which took place at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, England, on August 4 and 11, 1979. These were Led Zeppelin’s first live dates since their 1977 North American tour, and their first U.K. dates since the Earl’s Court 1975 shows.