LED ZEPPELIN HOUSES OF THE HOLY UK 1973 1st UK Press RL STERLING Vinyl Superhype
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LED ZEPPELIN HOUSES OF THE HOLY UK A2B3 1973 1st UK Press RL STERLING SUPERHYPE.
This is from my own collection, I am not a dealer, Thanks for looking!
This is an RL famous Ludwig pressing!
Please note that this album is the complete and original 49 year old UK pressing
THIS IS WITH THE `SUPERHYPE` credits and no Warners logo on the label
RL Robert Ludwig press with `STERLING` etched in the deadwax
These Famous Robert Ludwig presses are now super collectable no Warners logo on the label, Warners Bros Publishing credit only on the label.
EX The Vinyl
This is the label 1st version with `Made in UK` and `Superhype` credits and no Warners logo later copies had larger Warners logo also many copies sold in UK after the first run were European presses
(RL on the runout this was a reference by the famous Engineer `Robert Ludwig`
whose stamp was RL added to these copies , highly sought after with superior sound quality.
the sound quality of these rare first presses wipes the floor with the new reissues but over to the listener....
Production credits go to Jimmy Page , Eddiie Kramer, George Chikiantz and Keith Harewood from the Rollling Stones mobile unit which was used to record the 4th `Untitled IV` albulm, this time `Stargroves` Mick Jaggers Manor house in leafy Hampshire was the venue..some sessions from the famous Headly Grange recordings in late 71 were used and Island studios also were used to complate the sessions April 72 to August 72.
its a killer album with some new directions and John Paul Jones bringing the orchestral and synthesised areas to good effect especially on `No Quarter` became a popular live number and anyone who saw Zeppelin in Jan 73 UK tour will recall `Dancin Days` and `Over The Hills` as part of their 3 hour set.
This is rare and getting hard to find in good condition
`Houses of the Holy` recorded after their "mayhem tours" in USA in 1971 at Headley Grange England , and later April 72 Mick Jaggers home `Stargroves` this is very much the sound of a band settled and ready to develop after the `Global` success of the 4th albulm
The classic tracks are here by the bucketful, Dancin Days, D Y Maker, The Ocean, The Song Remains The Same. No Quarter all jump off the grooves with incredible clarity on this copy, the audio is awesome
Page got what he wanted here and the mixing done at various locations dictated by tour schedule are a credit to the producers, Hipgnosis did mastering artwork on the sleeve and the delays with colour wrangles with Atlantic the album was released in UK in MARCH 73 This is one of those early early copies!
again NO BAND NAME ON THE SLEEVE...
Atlantic did a great job in 1973 with these, word is Peter Grant got the pressing plants to clean the master discs more regular (using a process normally reserved for classical recordings) rock and pop were still considered "passing phases" so it was not felt necessary to clean the pressing plates as often due to the volume they were recorded at with few quieter passages , problem was demand was so high thats copies had to be shipped in from Europe to meet demand and quality was not as great as these RL copies on many we have heard.
Grab yourself a piece of rock history
The labels are free of writing doodles or stickers and retain great bold colours with no fade we can notice under light., the pictures show they are very very clean with few spindle lines
the sleeve is in excellent condition
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