After the previous album Led Zeppelin III (1970) received lukewarm reviews from critics, they decided their fourth album would officially be untitled and represented instead by four symbols …

Apr 17, 2025 · Whatever its provenance, this was the central image that featured on the front sleeve of Led Zeppelin ’s fourth album, affixed to a decaying house wall and overlooked by a …

Apr 11, 2021 · This week, I’ll be diving into the story behind one of the most iconic album covers in the history of classic rock: “Led Zeppelin IV.” I first heard about the cover’s origin in rock …

Nov 9, 2023 · After more than half a century, the identity of the elderly, stick-carrying man featured on the “Led Zeppelin IV” album cover has finally been revealed.

Nov 10, 2023 · A researcher in England has uncovered a copy of the original photograph featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV —and revealed the identity of its subject.

Nov 8, 2023 · He instantly recognized Long as the mysterious man on the cover of Led Zeppelin IV, an album to which he’s been listening since it was released in 1971.

Nov 8, 2023 · It features the band’s major hit “Stairway to Heaven,” and the wordless cover shows the framed image of a bearded, older man with a large bundle of sticks on his back against the …

Nov 8, 2023 · A man depicted on the album cover of Led Zeppelin IV has been revealed as a 19th Century thatcher. The figure is most likely Lot Long from Mere in Wiltshire, photographed by …

Nov 8, 2023 · The origins of the image on the iconic album cover for Led Zeppelin IV have been discovered by a photo researcher. Led Zeppelin IV has on it one of the most successful rock …

Nov 9, 2023 · For decades fans have speculated who the mysterious old man carrying sticks on the cover of Led Zeppelin’s fourth album might be. A West Country historian has finally …