LED ZEPPELIN DEBUT UK PRESS PLUM\RED LABELS AwEsOmE

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LED ZEPPELIN (THEIR DEBUT ALBUM) ORIGINAL UK PRESS PLUM\RED ATLANTIC LABELS!!!! CAT NO.588 171 STEREO ORIGINAL 1969(AWESOME RAUNCHY AUDIO (ONLY EARLY PRESS) !!! AWESOME ORIGINAL McNEILL LAMINATED COVER!!!! TOTALLY COMPLETE ORIGINAL!!!! RAREST WARNER BROS. CREDITS!!!!!!! A#1 AND B#1 EARLIEST 1ST MATRIX!!!!! (EVEN RARER) THE MATRIX HAS BEEN CROSSED OUT\CORRECTED ON BOTH SIDES!!! MEGA MEGA RARETY!!!!!

 Another from my personal collection stored in a case with the vinyl seperated from the cover and sleeve!!! this is the way that I have always stored my vinyls!!!! This particular album is very (very) special! Every now and then you find a particularly awesome sounding vinyl that stands out from the rest!!!! Any one who knows the vinyls that I list would know that my prime interest is the audio quality , second priority is the rarety, I own and have heard many (many) Zeppelin pressings THIS AUDIO IS AWESOME EXTREEMELY DEEP RICH BASEY\RAUNCHY FEEL WHEN PLAYED AT VERY HIGH VOLUME! I have taken the time to carefully describe this awesome album to give as much information that might be helpful to the best of my knowledge as honest as I can be!!!!!!! Please read carefully the following information!

This album was originally released for a short period of time with the origional cover in Turquoise sleeve lettering and then released with orange lettering! This pressing being the latter!!! 

Led Zeppelin is the eponymous debut album of English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded in October 1968 at Olympic Studios in London and released on Atlantic Records on January 12, 1969. The album featured integral contributions from each of the group's four musicians and established Led Zeppelin's unique fusion of blues and rock. Led Zeppelin also created a large and devoted following for the band, with their unique heavy metal and psychedelic rock sound endearing them to a section of the counterculture on both sides of the Atlantic!!!!!!!

The conceptual originality of the album was displayed on tracks such as "Good Times Bad Times" and "Communication Breakdown", which had a unique and distinctively heavy sound new to the ears of young music-buyers in the late-1960s. "Communication Breakdown" would become monumental in its influence: In the documentary "Ramones - The True Story", Page's sped up, downstroke guitar riff is cited as guitarist Johnny Ramone's inspiration for - and basis of - his punk-defining, strictly downstroke guitar strumming. Led Zeppelin also featured delicate steel-string acoustic guitar by Page on "Black Mountain Side", and a combination of acoustic and electric approaches on their adaptation of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You".

"Dazed and Confused" is arguably the album's centerpiece: a foreboding arrangement featuring a descending bass line from Jones, heavy drumming from Bonham and some powerful guitar riffs and soloing from Page. It also showcased Page playing guitar with a cello bow (an idea suggested by David McCallum St., whom Page had met while doing studio session work). The bowed guitar in the middle section of the song brought psychedelic rock to experimental new heights, especially in extended stage versions, building on Page's earlier renderings of the song during the latter days of The Yardbirds. "Dazed and Confused" would become Led Zeppelin's signature performance piece for years to come.

The bowed guitar technique is also used on "How Many More Times", a song which features a "Bolero" riff and a broken-down noise section in which Robert Plant howls Albert King's "The Hunter" (a blues song popularized by singer Koko Taylor). On this track, Plant vocally mimics Page's guitar effects - a metallicized version of the "call and response" blues technique.

Many of Led Zeppelin's earliest songs were based on blues standards, and the album also included three songs composed by others: "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You Baby", both by blues artist Willie Dixon; and "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You". Regarding the last of these, at the time guitarist Jimmy Page mistakenly believed he was adapting a traditional folk song he had heard on a Joan Baez record, but this was corrected on subsequent rereleases after it was revealed that the song was composed by Anne Bredon in the 1950s. Dixon, on the other hand, received proper credit as the composer of his two songs on this album (although "You Shook Me" would later be additionally credited to J. B. Lenoir) but would go on to sue Led Zeppelin over partial use of other material of his on the band's second album!!!!

Led Zeppelin was produced by Jimmy Page and engineered by Glyn Johns. The album was recorded on an analog 4-track machine, which helped to give the record its warm sound. Page reportedly used natural room ambience to enhance the reverb and recording texture on the record, demonstrating the innovations in sound recording he had learned during his session days. Up until the late 1960s, most music producers placed microphones directly in front of the amplifiers and drums. For Led Zeppelin Page developed the idea of placing an additional microphone some distance from the amplifier (as far as twenty feet) and then recording the balance between the two. By adopting this "distance equals depth" technique, Page became one of the first producers to record a band's "ambient sound" -- the distance of a note's time-lag from one end of the room to the other!!!!!!.

The album cover features an artfully manipulated version of the most famous photograph (originally from UPI) of the Hindenburg disaster. It is in fact an illustration of this photograph drawn with a Rapidograph pen and ink by graphic artist George Hardie!!!!!!!!!!

Side one

1. "Good Times Bad Times" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page) – 2:46
2. "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" (Bredon, Page, Robert Plant) – 6:41
3. "You Shook Me" (Willie Dixon, J.B. Lenoir) – 6:28
4. "Dazed and Confused" (Page) – 6:26

Side two

1. "Your Time Is Gonna Come" (Jones, Page) – 4:34
2. "Black Mountain Side" (Page) – 2:14
3. "Communication Breakdown" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 2:27
4. "I Can't Quit You Baby" (Dixon) – 4:42
5. "How Many More Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page) – 8:28 (listed as 3:30 on record sleeve deliberately by Jimmy Page in order to trick radio stations into playing the song.)

Robert Plant participated in songwriting, but wasn't given credit due to unexpired contractual obligations!!!!!.

The Matrix

side 1. 588171 A#1 (CROSSED OUT \CORRECTED MATRIX VERY VERY RARE)

side 2. 588171 b#1 (CROSSED OUT \CORRECTED MATRIX VERY VERY RARE)

The Vinyl

This is the original thick and heavy type of vinyl which has deeper grooves! and are much more robust and produce the best audio quality than later press which were much more flimsier!!!!!

The vinyl lays perfectly flat on the turntable!!! On inspection THIS STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL GLOSSY SHEEN FROM NEW! AND THIS DOESN'T IN MY OPINION THIS LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN PLAYED THAT MUCH! PLEASE NOTE! In strong light HOWEVER i CAN SEE (VERY FEW) SURFACE MARKS\SCRATCHES. I have played this vinyl track for track as usual prior to listing! and the points to note! is the audio is awesome cristal clear and vibrant with (no) signs of any distortion at all!!!!  However, There is the odd static clickS\tickS that I heard in some places (NOT CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE AUDIO) (no jumps or skips),and in my opinion didn't spoil the overall awesome enjoyment of the audio of this record. I have listened to, and own many copies of this pressing and many can sound very bland! ,Any avid collectors would know what i am talking about. This pressing is truly awesome when played at high volume on a top system on all frequencies and are very hard to find being a very early pressing on thick heavy and chunky style of vinyl!!A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY LED ZEPPELIN COLLECTION AND EXTREEMELY COLLECTABLE AND SOUGHT AFTER!!! 

To sum up! The audio is cristal clear and vibrant with no signs of distortion! However there are some (very few) surface scratches that cause the odd static clicks\ticks (not consistant throughout the audio) The other point to note is that I have found that constant cleaning before each play would reduce any static crackle\ticks! Remember that this vinyl has been stored in a case for the best part of 25 years and a build up of dirt and dust trapped in the grooves over the years of laying dormant contribute to this. Haveing said this there are no real signs of the vinyl been overplayed in the form of background surface noise or distiortion and the audio is truly vibrant and extreemely raunchy, which I have found that can only be acheived on the earliest of pressings with thick vinyls and early stampers like this one!

The Audio

Sometimes you find a special special vinyl with a unique and very rich full frequency sound! In my opinion this is definately the one!!!!!!!!

The labels

These are the original Plum\red Atlatic labels (only early press) Feature ''WARNER BROS'' (The rarest and most collectable of this pressing) ''under licence.........'' is featured only early press!!!!!! ''MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN'' (UK press only) spidering can be seen angled in strong light IN MY OPINION THIS HAS NOT BEEN OVERPLAYED OR INDEED BEEN PLAYED THAT MUCH IN 35 YEARS AT ALL!!!!!!! (SEE PHOTOS) LITTLE IF (NO) SPINDLE WARE THE HOLE IS PERFECTLY ROUND!!!!!!

The Record Sleeve

This is the original poly lined plain white record sleeve! with (no) splits or tares very light creases (see photos) A superbe example!! Please note the vinyl is stored seperately from the vinyl! This ios the way that I always store my records!!!!

The Cover

This is the original fully laminated cover with orange writing\text 2nd issue (originally released for a short period with turquoise writing) Printed be MacNeill Press London!!!! in awesome condition throughout! With minimal  creasings worth to mention (very rare) There is very light laminate lift near the spine not too noticable, Very Strong and Straight indeed!!! light craesing to spine, the writing can clearly be seen!!! Still Very hard to find like this!!!!!! 

As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 800 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

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