Editing Led Zeppelin III (section)

==Background==
[[File:Bron-y-aur - geograph.org.uk - 21107 (cropped).jpg|alt=|thumb|right|Three songs on ''Led Zeppelin III'' were written by [[Jimmy Page|Page]] and [[Robert Plant|Plant]] while holidaying in [[Bron-Yr-Aur]] cottage.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Phil Sutcliffe|title=Back to Nature|magazine=Q Magazine Special Led Zeppelin Edition|date=2003|page= 34}}</ref>]]

By 1970, Led Zeppelin had achieved commercial success in both the UK and the US with their first two albums. They were determined to have a proper break, having recorded most of ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]'' in various locations while on tour, financing the sessions with the album sales and tour receipts.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=16}} Following an exhausting [[Led Zeppelin North American Tour Spring 1970|concert tour of North America]] that spring, lead singer [[Robert Plant]] recommended to guitarist and producer [[Jimmy Page]] that they should retreat to [[Bron-Yr-Aur]], an 18th-century cottage in [[Snowdonia]], Wales, on a hilltop overlooking the [[River Dyfi|Dyfi Valley]], {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} north of the market town [[Machynlleth]]. Plant had spent holidays there with his family.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=16}}{{sfn|McParland|2018|p=29}}

This remote setting had no running water or electric power, which encouraged a slight change of musical direction for the band towards an emphasis on acoustic arrangements.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=16}}{{sfn|Welch|1994|pp=52, 55}} Page later explained that the tranquillity of Bron-Yr-Aur stood in sharp contrast to the continual touring of 1969, affecting the overall tone of the songwriting and dominance of acoustic guitars.<ref name=Schulps>{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Schulps|url=http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/page_77.trp|title=Interview with Jimmy Page|publisher=[[Trouser Press]]|date=October 1977|access-date=10 September 2008|archive-date=20 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820054853/http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/page_77.trp|url-status=dead}}</ref> His playing was influenced by folk guitarists [[Davey Graham]] and [[Bert Jansch]], who regularly used alternative guitar tunings. Plant also recalled the band were "obsessed with change" and enjoyed listening to [[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]].<ref name=williamson>{{cite magazine|first=Nigel|last=Williamson|author-link=Nigel Williamson|title=Good Times...Bad Times|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|date=May 2005|page=56}}</ref> The band specifically wanted a change in direction, to show they could play any style of music they wanted.{{sfn|Lewis|2012|p=96}}