Six years and nine North American tours later, Zeppelin had four No. 1 LPs and was outselling the Rolling Stones. When “Physical Graffiti,” Zeppelin’s sixth studio album, came out 50 years ...

This article was produced by Capital & Main.It is co-published by Rolling Stone with permission. Not everyone made it to the top floors of Oceanwide Plaza - the abandoned billion-dollar ...

When Zeppelin began work on Physical Graffiti, in what proved to be abortive early sessions in late 1973, they were – with apologies possibly due to The Rolling Stones – arguably the biggest ...

And in Physical Graffiti, the full scope of Zeppelin’s music was revealed ... its title referring to guest star pianist and “sixth Rolling Stone” Ian Stewart. And three were cut from the 1973 album ...