Tenements of the holy: 'Physical Graffiti' 40 years later

Feb. 24 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Led Zeppelin's double studio album "Physical Graffiti."

And on Feb. 24, the band is releasing a remastered/expanded super-duper-deluxe version of the album.

Over at Dangerous Minds, Richard Metzger relays some facts about the "Physical Graffiti" cover — a heavily doctored photo of 96 and 98 St. Mark's Place…



Anyway, in case you are new to all this. Per Dangerous Minds:

The front cover is a daytime shot, while the back cover was taken at night. Amongst the tenants who can be seen through the die-cut windows are JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, astronaut Neil Armstrong, Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, King Kong, the Virgin Mary, Judy Garland and the main cast of The Wizard of Oz, members of Led Zeppelin in drag, their infamous manager Peter Grant, body builder Charles Atlas, the Queen and Laurel & Hardy.

As for that super-duper-deluxe release ...



And since we're all here…



Previously on EV Grieve:
Fire scare on St. Mark's Place at iconic Physical Graffiti building

I'm not waiting on a lady...say, what the hell is Mick wearing anyway?

[Photos via Off the Grid, who has a nice history of the buildings here]