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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Atlantic / Wea
Salesrank: 1838
Released: August 16, 1994 |
| Our Price: $6.64 |
| Used Price: $4.48 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Led Zeppelin III Track Listing:
1. Immigrant Song
2. Friends
3. Celebration Day
4. Since I've Been Loving You
5. Out on the Tiles
6. Gallows Pole
7. Tangerine
8. That's the Way
9. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
10. Hats off To (Roy) Harper
Editorial Review:
2005 Japanese standard jewel case pressing of Led Zeppelin's 1970 album. Features the same tracks and mastering as the US edition but includes an OBI and Japanese/English insert. Warner. 2005.
Description of Led Zeppelin III:
After plundering the Yardbirds' legacy and Willie Dixon (among others) for their blues-riff-heavy first two albums, Jimmy Page and company surprised many listeners with the strong acoustic/folk sensibility displayed on III. Page aficionados shouldn't have been caught off guard; the guitarist had toyed with similar sensibilities and modalities during his brief tenure with the Yardbirds (most notably "White Summer" from the Little Games album). Ever the creative thieves, Zep kick off the album by nicking the riff from "Bali Ha'i" no less, with Robert Plant wailing it to punctuate the thundering FM warhorse "Immigrant Song." Even other electric rockers like "Celebration Day" and "Out on the Tiles" have an inventive, offbeat musicality to them that suggest the band was already wary of stereotyping. But it's the decidedly mellower acoustic groove of the album's latter half that's the news here, from the graceful beauty of "That's the Way" and "Tangerine" to the raw, folksy charm of "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp," "Hats Off (to Roy Harper)," and the traditional "Gallows Pole." --Jerry McCulley
Led Zeppelin III Reviews:
Not What We Expected at the Time but.... 
2009-12-04 - Bought the album the week it was released. At the time I was really into LZII and after hearing the first cut ("Immigrant Song")the rest of LZIII was a bit of a "shock".
However, after a few close listenings you really appreciate their musicianship and versatility. The Moog intro into "Celebration Day" is very cool, and the subtle guitar work on "That's the Way" and "Tangerine" is awesome. "Since I've Been Loving You" is a great and powerful blues number. And the much underrated Jonesy does some great bass lines on bass pedals, in addition to playing Hammond Organ
My original vinyl LP with the spinning wheel is but a memory, but the remaster CD sounds excellent and belongs in every Zepp fan's collection.
English folk metal. 
2009-11-10 - The first Zeppelin LP to showcase their English folk side, "III" is usually overshadowed by "II" and "IV", the two monolithic metal records that bookend this blues-folk masterpiece. Indeed, the record is appreciated more today that at the time of its original release. The heart of the album is its second side (in LP terms). Traditional English ballads, acoustic guitars, and Delta blues dominate the 2nd half of the record and make this one of the more understated, even subtle, records of Zeppelin's career, foreshadowing the acoustic and mythical worlds they would later explore in more depth.
A necessary fall album
2009-10-15 - The film "Almost Famous" is what encouraged me to purchase this album. The use of "Tangerine" from the album is perfect in the movie. Music afficienados would have to agree that Led Zeppelin III is a quintessential piece of music history, great for a library collection, and chalk full of Zeppelin greatness. The album contains the top hits "Immigrant Song", "Tangerine", "That's the Way", and "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp". A folk tuned album to Zeppelin's hard rock days, "III" presents a cornerstone to the folk-rock side of Led Zeppelin, while tantlizing the rock heart of many listeners.
The 3rd Led Zeppelin album...
2009-10-07 - Im surprised to see quite a few 4 star ratings here, but i suppose this is natural when you have so many different opinions, isn't that what democracy is all about?
I personally love this album, although i don't listen to it much anymore. But everytime i hear Immigration Song, or Since I ve Been Loving You, or Gallow's Pole I have something akin to Pavlov Dog's reflex. I start nodding my head, stomping with my feet, and waving my hands or something.
I would like to hope that that reaction is more that just reflexive though and these powerful rock pieces are actually producing that effect in people by the virtue of what they are. I would definitely recommend these album to anyone who is thinking of getting into rock, especially heavy rock, or to anyone who hasn't listen to this album yet.
Nice balance of soft and loud
2009-09-29 - Led Zeppelin III (1970) was apparently a response to the criticism that they were only capable of playing loudly. As such, while loud tracks are still present, there is a greater proportion of soft, acoustic tracks which reflects the influences of English folk music. Soft is a relative term however, and while this may be the mellowest recording in the Led Zeppelin catalog, it is still pretty thunderous (the Immigrant Song always elevated my blood pressure).
Elevated blood pressure aside, I have to say that I really appreciate the softer side of the group and find this album to be especially enjoyable. Some of my favorite Led Zeppelin tracks are on this album including the mellow acoustic track That's the Way, the melodic Tangerine, and the electrifying heavy blues/rock of Since I've Been Loving You. Come to think of it, the album is fairly diverse and is a fine example of their brand of eclectic "heavy metal". Other highlights include the (fairly early) use of the mini-moog synthesizer at the end of Friends, the drumming of John Bonham, and the acoustic guitar work of Jimmy Page.
This 1994 remaster is OK and the sound quality is not too shabby. Overall though, the CD package does not come close to the high quality of my old (and dearly departed) vinyl LP.
Unfortunately, Led Zeppelin III does not receive the acclaim of albums such as II (1969) and IV (1971), which is too bad. It seems to me that this excellent album would offer a lot to the Led Zeppelin fan; both casual and hardcore alike.
