139g VERY1st Press 'WRECK' A2/B2 'THANKYOU' Led Zeppelin II(2) Plum 588198 UK Lp

	£		160
	$		212

Led Zeppelin II

ORIGINAL 1st PRESS UK Lp

RED & PLUM LABELS

139g

Very 1st pressing with 'Livin Lovin Wreck' & 'Lemon Song'

With the track listing showing 'THANKYOU' without the space.

*The earliest you could hope for*

This copy also has the lightest cover-showing to be the very 1st

Released in October 1969, this Lp was the follow up to the hugely successful Zeppelin I... & what an album...Being the groups very first album to reach No. 1 in both the UK and the USA.

The album production was entirely credited to Jimmy Page.

(as a little note: In November of 1999 the album was certified 12X platinum!!)

Catalogue Number: 588 198

QUALITY Red & Plum label

Matrix Numbers:

STAMPED

Side 1: 588198 A//2 11 (stamped back-to-front?!) 3

Side 2: 588198 B//2 11 (again, back-to-front stamping)

THE EARLIEST YOU CAN HOPE TO FIND!

The Vinyl:

HEAVY 148g

G+. (VERY conservative grading here)

I have just given here a gentle vacuum clean as well as an ultrasonic bath and then listened to her-all the way through and at volume.

The stereo split on Ramble On is lovely and clear and always makes me smile!...(Oh the times I have played this to a girl when we were splitting up)...!...And 'Thank You' too...perfect break-up/leaving your loved one tracks ;)

This quality, heavyweight slab of vinyl has been taken to a good number of parties (quite rightly so!!), providing manylight marks to the vinyl which do produce some light background noise...But I certainly didn't find them offensive at all-it just reminded me I am listening to a ground breaking album in glorious all oiriginal analogue format....I was still able to pick out the highs and lows which are cut out of the CD format...So much more depth to the album on vinyl.

Superb drums kicking in at the start-magical! And Ooooh, the escalation of the bass line on Ramble On is a pure joy to listen too..

NO SKIPS OR STICKS ON MY FOCUS ONE DECK.

FLAT AS THE DAY SHE WAS BORN

!!!!AS ZEPPELIN WANTED YOU TO HEAR THEM-with some original pops and crackle!!!!

(however-it is not an audiophiles dream due to bits of background crackle!)

The Labels:

EX-!

ORIGINAL RED & PLUM labels. Just light wear to the these labels...Please see the images...WOULD FRAME INCREDIBLY WELL!

LIVIN' LOVIN' WRECK mis-credit

LEMON SONG too.

Not just those two 1st pressing indicators, but she also carries the mistake for the last track on side 1: "THANKYOU"....without the space betweent the two words....The earliest example you can find.

"COPYRIGHT CONTROL" to BOTH SIDES, rather than the later Warner Bros.

MADE IN Gt. BRITAIN

There is a very faint name to the side 2 label-see if you can spot it in the detailed images provided.

Gorgeously deep in colour-a SUPERB example.

TRACK LISTING:

Side One:

Whole Lotta Love

What is and What Should Never Be

LEMON SONG

THANKYOU (no space)

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Side Two:

Heartbreaker

Livin' Lovin' WRECK (She's a Woman) ((NO ‘just’))

Ramble On

Moby Dick

 Bring it on Home

PRODUCED BY JIMMY PAGE

The Cover:

VG-

Original 1st printing LIGHT 'CHOCOLATE' coloured GATEFOLD cover with some light wear to her-Please see the pictures provided.

GREEN edges...Some would say that is the rarer printing run-I would say it could be sun-bleaching...?...You make your own mind up.

Small split of 4cm to the bottom of the right panel which houses the vinyl.

NO WRITING

Evidence of som water staining-see if you can spot it in the detailed images provided..?

SUPERBLY STRONG SPINE.

NO WRITING.

States "Lemon Song"as well as "Livin' Lovin' MAID" on the sleeve track listing.

Slight knocking to the corners and rubbing to the edges-but nothing bad at all.

"Printed and made by EJ Day & Co, London W11"

"UPTIGHTAN' OUTASIGHT is the Official Atlantic Appreciation Society at 17-19 Stratford Place W11"

THE VERY 1ST PRINTING CREDITS HERE

The Inner:

VG(+).

ORIGINAL inner with the text "PLASTIC BAGS CAN BE DANGEROUS"

Double-windowed poly-lined inner sleeve.

She has some wear to her but is free from any split, tears or writing. The poly-lining to the inside has come loose and the paper outer has some discolouration.

I HAVE BEEN HONEST AND OPEN WITH MY DESCRIPTION-PROVIDING AND AUDIO CLIP AND CLEAR PICTURES-DO NOT BID IF YOU THINK BETWEEN ME AND YOU IT GOES THROUGH SOME COSMIC CAR WASH WHICH MAGICALLY MAKES HER ANY BETTER THAN DESCRIBED!

This one is for the true collector who wants one of the first off the press, from back in the day.

ALL IN ALL SHE WOULD PUT A VERY LARGE SMILE ON ANY ROCK FANS FACE!!!

THE VERY COLLECTABLE 1ST RED & PLUM LABELS WITH "WRECK" AND "LEMON SONG" TRACK TITLES.

-ALL HOUSED IN THE VERY 1ST LIGHT CHOCOLATE GATEFOLD SLEEVE!!....

STILL SOUNDS FULL OF EDGE AND STILL WITH A GREAT AUDIO REPRODUCTION.

(Maybe subject to VAT when sold within the EU)

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