In through the out door is the eighth and final studio album by the english rock band led zeppelin it was recorded over a three week period in november and december 1978 at abba s polar studios in stockholm sweden and released by swan song records on 15 august 1979.
Led zeppelin in through the out door album cover.
The front of sleeve a is shown from the fat guy at the door.
The scenario has been photographed from 6 different viewpoints within the bar and then 6 different sleeve variations have been created with the letters a f at the top of the spine denoting each variation.
This is the final album released during the lifetime of drummer john bonham which was shortly followed by the dissolution of.
Each cover showed an alternate angle of a man in a bar.
In my opinion led zeppelin has always had some great album covers and for what would become their last studio album in through the out door was no exception.
Album issued in a brown paper bag with band name and title on front tracks on back printed in the u s a with two white stickers on the bottom a small one with the canadian catalog number and a larger one with the manufacturer and distributor information.
All photos by neil priddey.
The back is the black woman laughing.
Released in an outer sleeve which was made to look like a plain brown paper bag.