Editing Physical Graffiti (section)

==Recording==
The first attempt by Led Zeppelin to record songs for ''Physical Graffiti'' took place in November 1973 at [[Headley Grange]] in [[Hampshire]], England, where they had previously recorded their [[Led Zeppelin IV|untitled fourth album]]. The recording equipment consisted of [[Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio]]. Guitarist and producer [[Jimmy Page]] and drummer [[John Bonham]] recorded an instrumental which was later reworked as "[[Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]" during this visit. However, these sessions came to a halt quickly and the studio time was turned over to [[Bad Company]], who used it to record songs for [[Bad Company (album)|their debut album]].{{sfn|Lewis|1990|pp=17,89}} The press reported that bassist/keyboardist [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] was ill and unable to record.<ref name=cameroncrowe>{{cite web |url=http://www.cameroncrowe.com/journalism/articles/crowe_eyesandears_journalism_led.html |title=Cameron Crowe interview Led Zeppelin |access-date=16 September 2018 |date=18 March 1975 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024124033/http://www.cameroncrowe.com/journalism/articles/crowe_eyesandears_journalism_led.html |archive-date=24 October 2007}}</ref> However, he had become disillusioned with the group and tired of touring, and told manager [[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]] he was considering quitting.{{efn|Jones later joked that he had considered becoming the choirmaster at [[Winchester Cathedral]] had he left Led Zeppelin in 1973.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Reiff |first=Corbin |title=20 Things You Didn't Know John Paul Jones Did |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/20-things-you-didnt-know-john-paul-jones-did-227646/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=18 March 2016 |access-date=5 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705234118/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/20-things-you-didnt-know-john-paul-jones-did-227646/ |archive-date=5 July 2018}}</ref>}} Grant asked him to reconsider and to take the rest of the year off to recuperate.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=17}}

The group reconvened at Headley Grange in January and February 1974, where they recorded eight tracks engineered by [[Ron Nevison]].{{sfn|Lewis|1990|pp=17–18}} Lead singer [[Robert Plant]] later referred to these eight tracks as "the belters," including "off-the-wall stuff that turned out really nice."{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=18}} As with previous sessions at Headley Grange, the informal atmosphere allowed the group to improvise and develop material while recording. Sometimes the group would rehearse or record a track several times, discuss what went wrong or what could be improved and then realized they'd worked out an alternative arrangement for it which was better. Bonham was a driving force at the sessions, regularly suggesting ideas or the best ways in which a complicated arrangement could be played successfully. This led to him getting a lead songwriting credit on several tracks.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=21}}

The eight songs extended beyond the length of a conventional album, almost spanning three sides of an LP, so the group decided to create a [[double album]], adding material they'd recorded for previous albums but never issued. This included various jam sessions such as "Boogie With Stu," which Page thought would be unsuitable as a track on a single album.<ref name=Schulps>{{cite journal |first=Dave |last=Schulps |url=http://www.iem.ac.ru/zeppelin/docs/interviews/page_77.trp |title=Interview with Jimmy Page |journal=[[Trouser Press]] |date=October 1977 |access-date=17 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> Additional overdubs were laid down, and the final mixing of the album was performed in July 1974 by [[Keith Harwood]] at [[Olympic Studios]], London. The title "Physical Graffiti" was coined by Page to illustrate the whole physical and written energy that had gone into producing the set.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=55}}