Led Zeppelin (part 1): A Whole Lotta Rock 'N Roll
Nick Kent, NME, 23 December 1972
IT'S WAY past the midnight hour and the room at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, is starting to look a trifle the worse for wear since the entourage of Led Zeppelin – "a visiting pop group" – had decided to see the wee wee hours through in its carefully antiseptic surroundings.
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