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Overview

This album was conceived after Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant sustained serious injuries from a car accident on the Greek island of Rhodes on August 5, 1975, which postponed a planned 1975/1976 world tour by the band. At this point, Led Zeppelin were arguably at the height of their popularity. Plant recalls: Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin, but also for his successful solo career. ... Rhodes (Greek: Ρόδος (pron. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

During a convalescent period on both the Channel Island of Jersey and in Malibu, California, Plant, with Jimmy Page, had written enough material for rehearsals to begin at Hollywood's SIR Studio. The album was recorded within three weeks at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany, with Plant in a wheelchair. The rushed recording sessions were in part a result of Led Zeppelin having booked the studio immediately prior to The Rolling Stones, who were amazed upon their arrival that the album had indeed been completed (both recorded and mixed) in a mere seventeen days. Jimmy Page had simply stayed awake for two days straight to perform all of the guitar overdubs. In an interview he gave to Guitar World magazine in 1998, Page stated that he worked an average of 18 to 20 hours a day during the mixing period at Musicland Studios: The Ocean is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, from their 1973 album Houses of the Holy. ... Houses of the Holy is an album by English rock band Led Zeppelin released by Atlantic Records on March 28, 1973 (see 1973 in music). ... Location of Malibu in California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government  - Mayor Ken Kearsley [1] Area  - City  100. ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist and record producer. ... ... Musicland Studios was a recording studio based in Munich, Germany. ... Munich (German: , pronounced  ; Austro-Bavarian: Minga [1]) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... A wheelchair is a wheeled mobility device in which the user sits. ... “Rolling Stones” redirects here. ... Two issues of Guitar World featuring Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix on the covers, and the accompanying CDs (May 2005, October 2005) Guitar World is a musical magazine. ...

Both Page and Plant had planned this album's recording session as a return to hard rock, much like their debut album, except at a new level of complexity. It marked a change in the Led Zeppelin sound towards more straightforward, guitar-based jams. Whereas their previous albums contain electric hard rock anthems balanced with acoustic ballads and intricate arrangements, Presence was seen to include more simplified riffs, and is Led Zeppelin's only studio album that features neither acoustic tracks nor keyboards (almost buried in the mix, a lone acoustic guitar can be heard on "Candy Store Rock"). An Audio Engineer is a person recording, editing, manipulating, mixing and mastering sound by technical means. ...

The album peaked at #1 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. Its catalogue numbers were (US) Swan Song SS 8416 (UK) Swan Song SSK59402, before being changed to 92439-2 for when the remastered version was released. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

The cover and inside sleeve of this album, created by Hipgnosis, features various images of people interacting with a black obelisk-shaped object. Inside the album sleeve, the item is referred to simply as "The Object". It was intended to represent the "force and presence" of Led Zeppelin. In the liner notes of the Led Zeppelin Remasters, Jimmy Page explained: Hipgnosis was a British art design group which specialized in creating cover art for rock albums, most notably for Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Yes and Black Sabbath. ... The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris For other uses, see Obelisk (disambiguation). ... Led Zeppelin Remasters is a box set of remastered material by Led Zeppelin. ...

The background used in the cover photograph is of an artificial marina that was installed inside London's Earl's Court arena for the annual Earl's Court Boat Show that was held in the winter of 1974-1975. This was the same venue where the band played a series of concerts a few months after the Boat Show, in May of 1975. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (also known as Earls Court Arena or often simply Earls Court) is located in West London, England on the boundary between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham. ...

In contrast to earlier albums which contained several tracks played live at Led Zeppelin concerts, only two tracks from Presence were played in full on stage. "Achilles Last Stand" and "Nobody's Fault But Mine" were added to the setlist for the 1977 tour of the United States and stayed through the band's final concerts in 1980. Some of the guitar solo from "Tea for One" was also incorporated into "Since I've Been Loving You" in these shows, but the actual song was never performed live until the Page and Plant tour of Japan in 1996, where it received three airings backed by an orchestra. Led Zeppelin performing live at Madison Square Garden on their 1973 US tour, as shown in the bands concert film The Song Remains the Same Throughout the late-1960s and 1970s, English rock group Led Zeppelin was one of the worlds most popular live music attractions, making numerous... Achilles Last Stand is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin, featured as the opening track on their 1976 album Presence. ... Led Zeppelin was a British rock band that became one of the most popular and influential musical ensembles of all time. ... Tea for One is the last track on English rock band Led Zeppelins 1976 album Presence. ... Since Ive Been Loving You is a blues rock song by Led Zeppelin, released on the 1970 album Led Zeppelin III. Robert Plant (left) and Jimmy Page performing Since Ive Been Loving You in 1973 at Madison Square Garden The verse portion of this song is heavily influenced... Page and Plant is the name that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of Led Zeppelin, recorded and toured under in the mid-1990s. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page except where noted (according to the band, but "Nobody's Fault But Mine" was a 1920s gospel/blues song recorded by Blind Willie Johnson). Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin, but also for his successful solo career. ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist and record producer. ... Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie Johnson (c. ...

1. "Achilles Last Stand" – 10:25
2. "For Your Life" – 6:20
3. "Royal Orleans" (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant) – 2:58
4. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" – 6:27
5. "Candy Store Rock" – 4:07
6. "Hots on for Nowhere" – 4:43
7. "Tea for One" – 9:27

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Personnel

• Jimmy Page – electric guitars, producer
• Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica
• John Paul Jones – 4- and 8-string bass guitars
• John Bonham – drums, percussion

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Additional personnel

• Peter Grant – executive producer
• Keith Harwood – engineer, mixing
• Jeremy Gee – tape engineer
• George Hardie – sleeve design
• Hipgnosis – sleeve design

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External links

• Presence at MusicBrainz

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