LED ZEPPELIN Houses Of Holy LP 1973 1st + INNER & OBI

	£		162
	$		214

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Led Zeppelin called 'Houses Of The Holy' and is an ORIGINAL 1973 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Atlantic label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS 'TEXTURED' INNER SLEEVE AND ULTRA RARE OBI STRIP!!!!  AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE ON THIS LP!!!!  WHEN THIS LP WAS SOLD THE ULTRA RARE 'OBI STRIP' WAS WRAPPED AROUND EACH LP!!!!  NATURALLY VIRTUALLY EVERY BUYER OF THIS LP SIMPLY BROKE THE OBI OFF AND OPENED THE LP!!!!  HOWEVER THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THIS LP WAS INCREDIBLY CAREFUL WITH HIS LPS AND INSTEAD OF BREAKING IT, HE CAREFULLY SLID THE OBI OFF THE LP, AND TUCKED IT NEATLY INSIDE THE COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 100% COMPLETE LIKE THIS LP IS!!!!  HOWEVER I MUST ALSO MENTION THAT I BELIEVE THIS LP TO BE FROM TOWARDS THE END OF THE LPS LONG CHART RUN IN LATE 1973/EARLY 1974.  THE COVER IS EVER SO SLIGHTLY LESS MATT THAN THE 'DAY OF RELEASE' COVERS (NOT AS SHINY AS RE-ISSUE ONES THOUGH!), AND THE MATRIXES ARE A2/B3.  SO ALTHOUGH THIS IS WITHOUT ANY DOUBT A '1ST PRESSING' - IT IS PROBABLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE RECORDS 1ST PRESS CHART RUN.  PLEASE NOTE - THAT THE LABELS HAVE NO 'WARNER BROTHERS' LOGO ON THEM (LATER ONES DO) - AND SO THIS LP DEFINITELY DATES FROM THE YEAR OF RELEASE AND NOT LATER!!!!  NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB CONDITION AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1973 UK 1ST PRESSING ON 1ST PRESS ATLANTIC LABEL, 1ST PRESS TEXTURED 'LYRIC' INNER SLEEVE, ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS 'OBI STRIP', AND 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Atlantic UK 1st Pressing from 1973 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is K 50014 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Atlantic label (see picture) and is an ORIGINAL UK 1973 Stereo 1st pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!! 

The record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS SUPERB!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some absolutely MEGA faint touches of ULTRA low level background sound on the run on grooves and VERY occassional gap - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Textured 'Lyric' inner sleeve which is in absolutely AWESOME condition!!!!  The MEGA RARE 'Houses Of The Holy' OBI Strip is in BRILLIANT condition - with NO splits, and NO writing!!!!  On on the REVERSE of the OBI strip there is a virtually INVISIBLE area of wear (where the previous owner said he removed a sticker with the UK Cat Number details).  However this is on the plain BACK of the OBI and barely detracts AT ALL!!!!  The 1st Press Gatefold Cover is in AWESOME condition!!!! It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!!  Even the unlaminated inside is in AWESOME condition with NO grubbyness, NO rubbing, NO writing, and NO yellowing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent++++ if not better!!!!  AWESOME COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1973 UK 1ST PRESSING OF "HOUSES OF THE HOLY" BY LED ZEPPELIN, IN SUPERB CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

 

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