Tracing the conception and evolution of a masterpiece, this chronicle examines the making of the fourth biggest rock album of all time, told by the musicians and engineers who produced it. Featuring interviews with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, the guide reveals the details of the classic "Stairway to Heaven" and offers the only photo of the actual stairway that inspired it due to its unique acoustics. With a song-by-song analysis tracing the composition and performance of each track, as well as little-known facts and historyincluding concert-date listings, details on rare and promotional versions of the album, and the secrets of the mysterious symbols and cover artworkthis must-have for rock fans is the ultimate companion to the band's incomparable sound.
Robert Godwin is the author and editor of dozens of books about space flight and science fiction. He produced the first ever virtual reality panoramas of the Apollo lunar surface photography and the first multi-camera move of the Apollo 11 Moonwalk. He was the Space Curator at the Canadian Air Space Museum in Toronto and he co-produced the movie 2001: The Science of Futures Past.