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    Where is, or was, the apartment building on the front cover of Led Zepplin's "Physical Graffiti" album?

    Question #110782. Asked by star_gazer. (Nov 15 09 4:30 PM)


    BRY2K

    		Artist Peter Corriston worked with designer Mike Doud to convince Led Zeppelin manager, Peter Grant, that the cover art idea was a good one. Unlikely as it may seem, the concept was itself heavily influenced by the design for Jose Feliciano’s album, Compartments. The new version was created by using a photograph of a New York apartment block, situated at 97 St. Marks Place.

    The building is still standing today. In the basement is a second-hand clothes shop. The name of the shop is, naturally, Physical Graffiti.

    http://www.hypergallery.com/prints/physical-graffiti-31.html

    http://www.musicartacademy.com/index.php?rockartinfo=petercorriston_1&lang=en

    Nov 15 09, 4:34 PM
    kalman_filter

    		Its a montage of 96 and 98 St. Mark's Place in New York city

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Graffiti

    Nov 15 09, 4:36 PM
    hansdelbruk

    		It is also the same apartment building used in the Rolling Stones video of "waiting on a friend".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_On_A_Friend

    Nov 16 09, 8:31 AM

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