Editing Houses of the Holy (section)

==Recording==
By 1972, Led Zeppelin had achieved sustained commercial and critical success from both their studio albums and live shows. They were keen to record on location using the [[Rolling Stones Mobile Studio]] as it had been an enjoyable experience for their [[Led Zeppelin IV|untitled fourth album]], released the previous year.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=17}} After touring Australia, in April 1972 the group decided to take the mobile studio to [[Mick Jagger]]'s home, [[Stargroves]], a manor house and country estate in [[Hampshire]]. [[Eddie Kramer]] returned as recording engineer.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|pp=17, 89}}

Some songs from the album had initially been tried out in earlier sessions, such as "[[No Quarter (song)|No Quarter]]", which was first attempted during a session at [[Headley Grange]] Estate, in East Hampshire.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=54}} Both guitarist and producer [[Jimmy Page]] and bassist / keyboardist [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] had installed home studios, which allowed them to arrive at Stargroves with complete compositions and arrangements.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=17}}

Page's home studio used some of the equipment from Pye Mobile Studios, which had been used to record [[the Who]]'s 1970 live album ''[[Live at Leeds]]''.{{sfn|Lewis|2012|p=132}} Because of his home studio, he was able to present a complete arrangement of "[[The Rain Song]]", including non-standard guitar tunings and a variety of dynamics, and "[[Over the Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin song)|Over the Hills and Far Away]]", featuring multiple guitar parts. Meanwhile, Jones had developed a new arrangement of "No Quarter". Once the group were settled in Stargroves, they composed the other songs through [[jam session]]s together. Further recording took place at [[Olympic Studios]] in May, and during the band's [[Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1972|1972 North American tour]] additional recording sessions were conducted at [[Electric Lady Studios]] in New York.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=17}} Some songs recorded during these various sessions did not make it onto ''Houses of the Holy'', though several were released on later albums. A series of rock 'n' roll covers, including songs that appeared on [[Elvis Presley]]'s ''[[Elvis' Golden Records]]'', were recorded at Electric Lady Studios, which remain unreleased.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=17}}