LED ZEPPELIN 'HOUSES OF THE HOLY' ORIG UK '73 MATT COVER TOP ARCHIVE MINT
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Dec 21, 2019 Sold Date
Dec 14, 2019 Start Date
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Description

>Archive Copy<

Led Zeppelin

'Houses Of The Holy'

Atlantic, UK, 1973

K 50014

GREETED AT the time of release with some degree of scepticism concerning its content and musical direction. Don't forget that the band had released 'IV' prior to this which was universally acknowledged as definitive Zep album. 'Houses...' on the other hand was a hugely ambitious work spreading the bands musical wings to new deeper places bathing in light, shade and ambient tones.

This maturity was spearheaded by two key tracks 'No Quarter' and 'The Rain Song'. The former was a triumph of cold emotion and outer body experience anchored to this world by an errie piano synthesiser and swirling synthesised bass peddles...the mood builds until Bonham finally breaks open the shell with his trademark kick drum blitz.

Trad Zep is more than adequately represented by 'Dancing Days' and the brilliant 'The Ocean' with its stuttered riff and sledgehammer rhythm section. Elsewhere you've got the hippy trippy flare of 'The Rain Song', 'The Song Remains The Same' and 'Over The Hills And Far Away'. Let us not forget the cheeky romp of 'D'yer Mak'er' and the subsonic funk of 'The Crunge', a tribute of sorts to the gritty urbanesque funk of James Brown.

These days its getting tough to score Minty copies of these housed in a matt sleeve in any where nice shape. This one is a beaut.

This auction is part of a fantastic collection of seventies rock which I was lucky enough to acquire. Most of these records were stored with the utmost care and sparsely played. Some were possibly never played or may have been for just a handful of times.

Pressing: Atlantic, UK, 1973

Vinyl: Superb clean and shiny condition. No spindle marks on the labels and no other signs of any use. Audio playback is superb. Super heavyweight vinyl by the way. Grades as a probably unplayed archive MINT!

Cover: Again, virtually no signs of use. Issued in a beautifully illustrated gate fold cover printed by MacNeill Press Ltd - 1st issue matt finish. Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Spine is straight, stiff and uncrushed. Beautiful and impossible to find like this 45 years after release. Grades as shop fresh MINT!

Inserts: Printed lyric inner cardboard sleeve

Matrix:

Side One: K50014 A

Side Two: K50014 B


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