<P> As Physical Graffiti collected various out - takes from earlier albums, little was left over from the recording sessions that was not eventually released . An early arrangement of "Custard Pie", different from the final version, was reworked as "Hots on For Nowhere" on the following album, Presence . A number of other outtakes from earlier album sessions that had not been put on Physical Graffiti were later included on the 1982 album Coda . </P> <P> The album was originally released with a die - cut sleeve design depicting a New York City tenement block, through whose windows various cultural icons could be interchangeably viewed . The album designer, Peter Corriston, was looking for a building that was symmetrical with interesting details, that was not obstructed by other objects and would fit the square album cover . He subsequently came up with the rest of the cover based on people moving in and out of the tenement, with various sleeves that could be placed under the main cover and filling the windows with various pieces of information . </P> <P> The two five - storey buildings photographed for the album cover are located at 96 and 98 St. Mark's Place in New York City . The original photograph underwent a number of tweaks to arrive at the final image . The fifth floor of the building had to be cropped out to fit the square album cover format . </P> <P> Eschewing the usual gatefold design in favour of a special die - cut cover, the original album jacket included four covers made up of two inners (for each disc), a middle insert cover and an outer cover . The middle insert cover is white and details all the album track listings and recording information . The outer cover has die - cut windows on the building, so when the middle cover is wrapped around the inner covers and slid into the outer cover, the title of the album is shown on the front cover, spelling out the name "Physical Graffiti". Images in the windows touched upon a set of American icons and a range of Hollywood ephemera . Pictures of W.C. Fields and Buzz Aldrin alternated with the snapshots of Led Zeppelin . Photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald, Marcel Duchamp and Pope Leo XIII are also featured . Per the liner notes, package concept and design was by AGI / Mike Doud (London) and Peter Corriston (New York). Photography was by Elliot Erwitt, B.P. Fallen, and Roy Harper . "Tinting Extraordinaire:" Maurice Tate, and window illustration by Dave Heffernan . In 1976 the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of best album package . </P>

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