In the mood (Robert Plant) (LP 3510 - 3511)

Robert Plant  Pictures at Eleven (Vinyl, Swan Song Records, 1982) ***  

Robert Plant  The Principle of Moments (Vinyl, Atlantic Records, 1983) *** 

Genre: Rock

Places I remember: Marbecks Records

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Big Log (Principle of Moments)

Gear costume: In The Mood (Principle of Moments)

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5

Active compensatory factors: I bought these in the early eighties out of a sense of loyalty to Led Zeppelin.

Pictures at Eleven was his debut solo album and it appeared on Swan Song Records. I was flirting with the thought of buying albums on that label for a while, but pretty quickly I abandoned the idea. 

The Principle of Moments followed quickly after and is in the same style. It was a solid start to his solo years. In both albums, he takes on a different sound to Led Zep with success, but it just didn't resonate with me in the same way. I wasn't a teenager anymore, it was the early eighties, and I was starting my teaching career. 

Where do they all belong? That's it for solo Robert Plant. I tried, but I struggle to think of him outside of the band of my youth.