ROBERT PLANT – PICTURES AT ELEVEN LP – Nr MINT LED ZEPPELIN

Robert Plant – Pictures At Eleven
(Swan Song Records  1982  SSK59418  French Press)
Matrix No’s: A3/B2

Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– sticker mark in top right corner & light discolouration mark in bottom right corner
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Robert Anthony Plant CBE (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Plant is regarded as one of the greatest vocalists in the history of rock music.

Plant enjoyed great success with Led Zeppelin throughout the 1970s and developed a compelling image as the charismatic rock-and-roll front man, similar to contemporaries such as Roger Daltrey of the Who, Freddie Mercury of Queen, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones and Jim Morrison of the Doors. With his mane of long blond hair and powerful, bare-chested appearance, Plant helped to create the “god of rock and roll” or “rock god” archetype. Although Led Zeppelin dissolved in 1980, Plant occasionally collaborated with Jimmy Page on various projects through this period, including forming a short-lived all-star group with Page and Jeff Beck in 1984, called the Honeydrippers. They released an album called The Honeydrippers: Volume One, and the band had a No. 3 hit with a remake of the Phil Phillips’ tune “Sea of Love”, plus a follow-up hit with a cover of Roy Brown’s “Rockin’ at Midnight”.

A powerful and wide vocal range (particularly evident in his high-pitched vocals) has given him a successful singing career spanning over 50 years. In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 15 on their list of the 100 best singers of all time. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers ranked Plant the greatest of all lead singers. In 2006, magazine Hit Parader named Plant the “Greatest Metal Vocalist of All Time”. In 2009, Plant was voted “the greatest voice in rock” in a poll conducted by Planet Rock.

Pictures at Eleven is the debut solo album by former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released in 1982. Genesis drummer Phil Collins played drums for six of the album’s eight songs. Ex-Rainbow drummer Cozy Powell handled drums on “Slow Dancer” and “Like I’ve Never Been Gone”. The title is an often-heard phrase in U.S. television news that would follow a brief announcement of a story of interest to be shown later during a station’s 11 p.m. news program.

Pictures at Eleven is the only one of Plant’s solo albums to appear on Led Zeppelin’s record label Swan Song. By the time of Plant’s next release, 1983’s The Principle of Moments, Swan Song had ceased to function and Plant had started his own label titled Es Paranza, which would also be distributed by Atlantic Records.

Track listing

Side one

1. “Burning Down One Side” – 3:55
2. “Moonlight in Samosa” – 3:58
3. “Pledge Pin” – 4:01
4. “Slow Dancer” – 7:43

Side two

1. “Worse Than Detroit” – 5:55
2. “Fat Lip” – 5:05
3. “Like I’ve Never Been Gone” – 5:56
4. “Mystery Title” – 5:16

Personnel

• Robert Plant – vocals
• Robbie Blunt – guitars
• Jezz Woodroffe – keyboards, synthesizers
• Phil Collins – drums on tracks 1-3, 5-6, 8-10
• Cozy Powell – drums on tracks 4 and 7
• Paul Martinez – bass guitar
• Raphael Ravenscroft – saxophone on track 3