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    On this day
    1968
    Chris Dreja photographed Led Zeppelin

    On this day in 1968, Chris Dreja photographed the members of Led Zeppelin for the back cover of Led Zeppelin I.

    Chris had passionately played with the iconic Yardbirds, on rhythm guitar and then the bass, and I wanted his shot on the back cover to look like a sepia photograph, and then have the Led Zeppelin lettering and Atlantic logo on the front cover in orange to be sympathetic with the sepia tone on the back.

    RIP Chris.

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