2 X LED ZEPPELIN II - 588198 - A2/B2 RED-PLUM - LEMON + kILLING FLOOR - RARE

	£		31
	$		41

2 x

LED ZEPPELIN 11 ALBUMS

LEMON + KILLING FLOOR
1ST PRESS PLUM/RED 

RECORD 1 - KILLING FLOOR

RED / PLUM ATLANTIC 588198 - KILLING FLOOR CREDIT ON LABEL

MATRIX A5 - STAMPERS = 1123, B4 - (crossed out stampers) STAMPERS = 1419


This is the original  PRESS of LED ZEPPELIN'S 'Led Zeppelin II' in ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER

THE SLEEVE
Front and back covers are worn and faded, couple of marks, writing on spine still visible but worn.
No writing on cover at all, it has correct cat number on spine.

INNER SLEEVE
Has original inner sleeve

VINYL VISUAL
Visually it has a nice shine, but does have faint scuff marks and a couple of scratches

VINYL SOUND QUALITY
I have played the record full blast and it SOUNDS EXCELLENT, there are crackles throughout, NO jumps, NO sticks, NO loud Pops - EXCELLENT SOUND REPRODUCTION.
THE SOUND QUALITY OF THIS STILL HAS AN EXCELLENT BASS AND SUPERB POWER REPRODUCED IN THE MUSIC - DESPITE THE MARKS IT DOES MOSTLY SOUND EXCELLENT.


LABELS
Fantastic condition - NO writing, NO stickers, Very clean and retain original bright colour.
KILLING FLOOR SONG credit on Vinyl label and has LEMON SONG on the sleeve track listing (as many did on cover - infact I personally never saw Killing floor on the cover listing from all what I have collected and seen on
sale)

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The album was released on 22 October 1969 on Atlantic Records, with advance orders of 400,000 copies.[27] The advertising campaign was built around the slogan 'Led Zeppelin II Now Flying'. Commercially,
Led Zeppelin II was the band's first album to hit #1 in the US, knocking The Beatles' Abbey Road (1969) twice from the top spot, where it remained for seven weeks. By April 1970 it had registered three million
American sales, whilst in Britain it enjoyed a 138 week residence on the LP chart, climbing to the top spot in February 1970.[5]

The album also yielded Led Zeppelin's biggest hit with the track "Whole Lotta Love". This song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1970, after Atlantic went against the group's wishes
 by releasing a shorter version on 45. The single's B-side, "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)", also hit the Billboard chart, peaking at #65 in April 1970. The album helped establish Led Zeppelin as an
international concert attraction, as for the next year, the group continued to tour relentlessly, initially performing in clubs and ballrooms, then in larger auditoriums and eventually stadiums as their popularity grew.

In 1970 art director David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of best album package for Led Zeppelin II.[5] On 10 November 1969, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry
Association of America and in 1990 it was certified 5x platinum reflecting shipping of five million copies. By 14 November 1999, Led Zeppelin II had shipped twelve million copies and was certified 12x platinum by the
RIAA.

Led Zeppelin II has been cited by music writers as a blueprint for heavy metal bands that followed it. Blues-derived songs like "Whole Lotta Love", "Heartbreaker", "The Lemon Song", "Moby Dick", and
"Bring It On Home" have been seen as representing standards of the genre, where the guitar-based riff (rather than vocal chorus or verses) defines the song and provides the key hook. Such arrangements and
emphasis were at the time atypical in popular music.Page's guitar solo in "Heartbreaker" featuring rapid-fire runs of notes tapped only by the left hand, was a major inspiration to the later work of metal soloists
and "shredders" such as Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai.As such, the album is generally considered to be very influential on the development of rock music, being an early forerunner of heavy metal, and inspiring
a host of other rock bands including Aerosmith, Van Halen and Guns N' Roses.

Since its initial critical reception, Led Zeppelin II has been acknowledged by many critics and music writers as one of the most influential albums of rock music, and has earned several accolades from music
 publications, frequently placed at or near the top of "best album" lists. In 1989, Spin magazine ranked the album #5 on its list of The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2000, Q magazine placed Led Zeppelin II
 at number 37 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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Produced by Jimmy Page

Matrix Number:
588198 A/5
588198 B/4
FOR ME THE VINYL IS IN VG to VG+ Condition.


                                   RECORD 2 - LEMON SONG VERY EARLY PRESS.

LED ZEPPELIN 11
VERY VERY VERY 1ST PRESS
RED / PLUM ATLANTIC 588198 - LEMON SONG CREDIT ON LABEL

VERY VERY RARE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SUPERB

MATRIX A2 - STAMPERS = backwards 1 backwards 5 then 9 (159)
B2 - STAMPERS = 1 (upside down 5) 1  2


This is the original VERY 1st PRESS of LED ZEPPELIN'S 'Led Zeppelin II' in ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER

THE SLEEVE
Front and back covers are in good condition, does have edge wear, no writings or tears - spine still visible.
No writing on cover at all

INNER SLEEVE
Has original inner sleeve

VINYL VISUAL
Visually - there are a few scratches and marks - still has a nice sheen to the record though

VINYL SOUND QUALITY
I have played the record full blast and it still SOUNDS WELL
SIDE 1 = Jumps at the beginning of Whole Lotta Love - the rest of side 1 plays OK with  crackles here and there occasional light tick
SIDE 2 = , NO jumps, NO sticks, NO loud Pops A FEW LIGHT TICKS ON MOBY DICK and crackles especially in quieter parts

A RARE 1st press

LABELS
Excellent condition - NO writing, NO stickers, Very clean and retain original bright colour.
LEMON SONG credit on Vinyl label and has LEMON SONG on the sleeve track listing.

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"The Lemon Song" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, featured on their 1969 album Led Zeppelin II. It was recorded at Mystic Studios in Hollywood when the band was on their second concert tour of the United States.

"The Lemon Song" is laced with sexual innuendo, and features some of Led Zeppelin's most blues-influenced playing. It was recorded virtually live in the studio, and no electronic devices were used to create the echo on
Robert Plant's vocal. It was made solely by Plant's voice and the acoustics in Mystic Studios, which was a 16 x 16 foot room with wooden walls.

Another notable aspect of this song is John Paul Jones' complex bass performance, which is heavily funk influenced. During interviews afterwards, he said that he had improvised during the entire song.[citation needed]

"The Lemon Song" was performed live on Led Zeppelin's first three concert tours of the United States (on the first tour as "Killing Floor"), before being dropped from their live set in late 1969. However, the 'squeeze my
 lemon' sequence continued to be inserted into the "Whole Lotta Love" medley and ad-libbed elsewhere.
The song borrows from Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor", which was a song Led Zeppelin often incorporated into their live setlist during their first concert tour of the United States. For the second and third North American
tours the song evolved into "The Lemon Song", with Plant often improvising lyrics onstage.

Other lyrics, notably "squeeze (my lemon) 'til the juice runs down my leg," can be traced to Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside Blues". Australian Broadcasting Corporation] - Triple J Music Specials -
Led Zeppelin (first broadcast 2000-07-12) The song also borrowed from Albert King's "Cross-Cut Saw".

In December 1972, Arc Music, owner of the publishing rights to Howlin' Wolf's songs, sued Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement on "The Lemon Song."[2] The parties settled out of court. Though the amount was not
disclosed, Wolf received a check for $45,123 from Arc Music immediately following the suit, and subsequent releases included a co-songwriter credit for him.[3][4]

Later presses of this record showed Killing Floor rather than Lemon Song. - THIS IS A VERY VERY FIRST PRESS.

Jimmy Page performed this song on his tour with The Black Crowes in 1999. A version of "The Lemon Song" performed by Page and The Black Crowes can be found on the album Live at the Greek.

 Please Note - postage outside UK is listed as £23.99, However this is worse case depending on destination. Its expensive to Italy because it must be sent by courier - eg DHL. I also need to ensure its tracked and signed for to satisfiy ebay and paypal. However for many destinations its around the £14.00 mark. YOU ONLY PAY WHAT I PAY FOR DELIVERY. I WILL REFUND THE DIFFERENCE. I think thats fair.