Editing Led Zeppelin III (section)

==Recording==
The first recording sessions for ''Led Zeppelin III'' took place at [[Olympic Studios]] in November 1969.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=88}} A press statement from manager [[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]] said the group were recording a non-album track to be released as a single, but this was ultimately abandoned. Further sessions took place towards the end of the year, in between touring, before the decision was made to stop working and take a break at Bron-Yr-Aur.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=88}}{{sfn|Lewis|2012|p=74}} After preparing material for the album there, Page and Plant were joined by drummer [[John Bonham]] and bassist/keyboardist [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] at [[Headley Grange]], a mansion in [[East Hampshire]], to rehearse the songs. The rural atmosphere gave a relaxed feel to the sessions, and the band found it to be a more enjoyable environment in which to develop songs than a studio in the city.{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=16}}

The album was recorded between May and June 1970 at Headley Grange (using the [[Rolling Stones Mobile Studio]]) and at Olympic, with further recording at Island Records' [[Island Studios]] in [[Notting Hill]] the following month. Mixing took place at Ardent Studios, [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], in August 1970, partway through the group's [[Led Zeppelin North American Tour Summer 1970|sixth American concert tour]].{{sfn|Lewis|1990|p=16}}{{sfn|Lewis|2012|p=76}} The album was produced by Page and engineered by [[Andy Johns]] and [[Terry Manning]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Led Zeppelin III|publisher=Atlantic Records|id=K50002|year=1970}}</ref> Page had first met Manning when the latter's band, [[Lawson and Four More]], had supported Page's old band [[the Yardbirds]] in 1966. Manning had been to several Led Zeppelin shows, and this led to Page asking him to engineer the new album.{{sfn|Lewis|2012|p=77}}