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Led Zeppelin is het debuutalbum van de Engelse rockband Led Zeppelin, en kwam uit in januari 1969. De opnamen vonden plaats in september en oktober 1968, en duurden in totaal 36 uur. Verschillende nummers van dit album (Dazed and Confused) en nummers van volgende platen (Whole Lotta Love) worden gezien als de eerste hardrock-nummers. Voor dit album is Led Zeppelin onder andere geïnspireerd door Jeff Beck’s album Truth. Gitarist Jimmy Page (die al eerder met Beck speelde bij de Yardbirds) en bassist-organist John Paul Jones woonden de opnamen van dit album bij en speelden meerdere begeleidingstracks in. Het nummer "You Shook Me" komt op beide albums voor.

Led Zeppelin (sometimes referred to as Led Zeppelin I) is the debut studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on 13 January 1969 in the United States and on 31 March 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records.

The album was recorded in September and October 1968 at Olympic Studios in London, shortly after the band's formation. It contains a mix of original material worked out in the first rehearsals, and remakes and rearrangements of contemporary blues and folk songs. The sessions took place before the group had secured a recording contract and totalled 36 hours; they were paid for directly by Jimmy Page, the group's founder, leader and guitarist, and Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant, costing £1,782 (equivalent to £37,047 in 2023) to complete. They were produced by Page, who as a musician was joined by band members Robert Plant (lead vocals, harmonica), John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards), and John Bonham (drums). Percussionist Viram Jasani appears as a guest on one track. The tracks were mixed by Page's childhood friend Glyn Johns, and the iconic album cover showing the Hindenburg disaster was designed by George Hardie.

Led Zeppelin showcased the group's fusion of blues and rock, and their take on the emerging hard rock sound was immediately commercially successful in both the UK and US, reaching the top 10 on album charts in both countries, as well as several others. Many of the songs were longer and not well suited to be released as singles for radio airplay; Page was reluctant to release "singles", so only "Good Times Bad Times", backed with "Communication Breakdown", was released outside of the UK. However, due to exposure on album-oriented rock radio stations, and growth in popularity of the band, many of the album's songs have become classic rock radio staples.