𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…
41 years ago today, Robert Plant embarked on his solo career with “Pictures at Eleven”!
On this day (June 28) in 1982, Former Led Zeppelin singer, Robert Plant released his first full-length solo studio album “Pictures at Eleven” in the US via Swan Song (on July 2, 1982 in the UK).
Background:
After Led Zeppelin disbanded in December 1980 (following the death of drummer John Bonham), Plant briefly considered abandoning music to pursue a career as a teacher in the Rudolf Steiner education system, going so far as to be accepted for teacher training. He nevertheless embarked on a successful solo career, helped by encouragement from Genesis drummer Phil Collins, who would go on to play with him.
Plant's solo career began with the album “Pictures at Eleven”. Phil Collins played drums for five of the album's eight songs. Ex-Rainbow drummer Cozy Powell handled drums on "Slow Dancer" and "Like I've Never Been Gone." On the song "Fat Lip", guitarist Robbie Blunt played a TR-808 drum machine.
The title was 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 PM 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 named Es Paranza, which would also be distributed by Atlantic Records. Rhino Entertainment released a remastered edition of the album, with bonus tracks, on March 20, 2007.
Links to Artists, Albums, and Music Videos:
Click this link to listen to “Pictures at Eleven” via Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/pictures-at-eleven-remastered/254111395
Click this link to listen to “Pictures at Eleven” via Spotify:
Click this link to watch the official music video for “Burning Down One Side”: https://youtu.be/n_7abjQe3J0
Click this link to follow the Robert Plant on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robertplant
Click this link to follow Phil Collins on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philcollins
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