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    Houses of the Holy

    May 25, 2021 5 minutes
    By Aubrey Powell

    Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell began his career as a set designer. He and Storm Thorgerson co-founded Hipgnosis in 1967, and produced LP covers for Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis and many more. He progressed to making music videos, TV commercials, documentaries and corporate films but in 2014 returned to album design for Pink Floyd’s The Division Bell 20th anniversary box set. aubreypowell.com.

    FACT FILE

    Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy

    Musicians: John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant

    Released: 28 March 1973 (Atlantic Records)

    Best chart performance: No. 1 in the US Billboard 200, the UK Albums Chart, Canadian RPM Top 100 Albums Chart and the Australian Go-Set Top 20 Albums Chart

    Sales: Over 11,800,000 certified sales

    Fascinating fact: was the first and the fourth album was deliberately not titled at all but has been known by different names, including IV, Four Symbols, ZoSo, Runes and even Untitled. In 1974 the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Album Package category

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