LED ZEPPELIN II 11 2 VINYL RARE PYE 1969 CONTRACT PRESSING -A - B VERY NICE AUD

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LED ZEPPELIN 11

RARE 1969 PYE CONTRACT PRESSING.

DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND ON FIRST RELEASE, POLYDOR DECIDED TO GET SOME VINYLS PRESSED ON CONTRACT, SO SOME COPIES WERE PRESSED BY PYE RECORDS.

THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE IS AN EXTRA PRESSING RING ON THE LABELS, AND ALSO THE MATRICES ARE ETCHED, WITH NUMBER '9' ETCHED OUT, AND REPLACED WITH '8' ON SIDE 2, AND THE MATRICES END ONLY WITH, -A , AND -B. ALSO HAVE 'KT' IN THE RUN OFFS, AND THESE CONTRACT PRESSINGS ARE RARE AND HARD TO LOCATE.

IT IS ALSO PRESSED ON HEAVIER VINYL.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, ON POSTAGE AND SHIPPING TO THE UK AND WORLD WIDE AT THE END OF THE LISTING.

THIS 1969 ORIGINAL UK PYE CONTRACT PRESS, HAS RED PLUM ATLANTIC LABELS, BUT THE VINYL IS PRESSED BY PYE RECORDS, WITH AN EXTRA PRESSING RING ON THE LABELS.

ON THE LABEL THE CATALOGUE NUMBER IS 588 198.

WITH, 588-198-A  1 B  'KT'  / 58(9 CROSSED OUT)8-198-B  1 F  'KT' ALL ETCHED IN THE RUN OFFS.  

THE COVER IS AN ORIGINAL VERY EARLY GATEFOLD, AS IT IS LIGHTER BROWN IN COLOUR, WITH 588 198 STEREO PRINTED INSIDE THE GATEFOLD. THE SPINE AND EDGES, HAVE NO SPLITS, BUT THERE IS CELLO TAPE ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES OF THE OPENING EDGE SIDE OF THE GATEFOLD. THERE IS SOME LIGHT RUB ON ALL EDGES AND A BIT ON THE SPINE, BUT NOTHING AWFUL. THERE IS A SMALL STAIN MARK ON THE FRONT, AND ON THE BACK SOME SMALL SURFACE CREASE LINES DOWN THE SIDE WHERE THE VINYL IS REMOVED FROM. USUALLY THESE EARLY ORIGINALS HAVE LOTS OF RING WEAR, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT TOO BAD, AND SO FAR BETTER THAN MOST. INSIDE THE GATEFOLD ALL VERY NICE.

THE VINYL, THE VINYL DOES PLAY WITH NO NASTY THINGS, BUT THERE ARE A FEW TICKS, AND I WILL TEL YOU ALL ABOUT THE AUDIO PART IN A MINUTE.                                                                                          

SIDE 1, ON TRACK 1, THERE ARE FIVE FAINT TICKS AT THE START, TWO MORE IN THE MIDDLE, AND FOUR MORE TOWARDS THE END.

ON TRACK 2 THERE ARE FOUR FAINT TICKS AFTER THE START.

ON TRACK 3 THERE IS ONE SINGLE FAINT TICK IN THE MIDDLE.

ON TRACK 4 ONE FAINT TICK TOWARDS THE END.

ON SIDE 2, ON TRACK 1, PLAYS LOVELY.

ON TRACK 2 PLAYS LOVELY.

ON TRACK 3 A SINGLE FAINT TICK AT THE START, A FAINT TICK AND A LIGHT POP IN THE MIDDLE, THREE FAINT TICKS TOWARDS THE END, AND A COUPLE OF FAINT TICKS AT THE END.

ON TRACK 4 JUST ONE SINGLE FAINT TICK IN THE MIDDLE.

ON TRACK 5 PLAYS LOVELY, JUST TWO FAINT TICKS AT THE VERY END.

THERE ARE NO SKIPS, STICKS OR JUMPS, CLICKS, STATIC OR CRACKLE.

NOW TO LOOK AT THE VINYL, IT IS NOT THE BEST LOOKING VINYL UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT, BUT AWAY FROM BRIGHT LIGHT, IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER, SO UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW FAINT LINES FROM WHERE THE VINYL HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE INNER, SO HARMLESS, AND SOME SMALL AND TINY HARMLESS HAIRLINES, AND A COUPLE OF TINY HARMLESS MARKS, BUT IT PLAYS WITH NOTHING AWFUL, SO STILL OKAY TO LISTEN TO.

DUE TO IT BEING SO HARD TO FIND, THIS IS THE MAIN REASON FOR ME LISTING IT, AND TO BE HONEST IF YOU ARE FINE WITH WHAT I HAVE MENTIONED, THEN THERE ARE NO OTHER SURPRISES WHEN YOU PLAY IT, AND SO STILL NICE AUDIO.

THE LABELS AWITH THAT EXTRA PYE PRESSING RING, ARE IN LOVELY CONDITION WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY LIGHT MARKS FROM THE SPINDLE PIN AT THE CENTRE.

ORIGINAL 1969 POLY LINED INNER THIS HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS, BUT IT IS THE ORIGINAL, WITH CELLO TAPE ON THE EDGES, WRITING ALONG THE TOP AND A SMALL TEAR AT THE CENTRE CIRCLE ON THE BACK, AND I WILL ALSO PUT THE VINYL IN A BRAND NEW INNER WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY LINER.

SO ONTO THE THE GRADING SIDE OF THINGS, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING I AM ALWAYS ON THE OTHER END TO ANSWER....

THE COVER AS DESCRIBED ABOVE I WOULD GRADE VG+ .

THE AUDIO AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, WHICH HAS A BIT MORE GOING ON WITH TRACK 3 ON SIDE 2, BUT I WOULD SAY, I THINK A FAIR AND HONEST AUDIO GRADE  I WOULD GRADE VG+ . 

THE LABELS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE I WOULD GRADE EX .

THE ORIGINAL 1969 POLYLINED INNER AS DESCRIBED ABOVE I WOULD GRADE GOOD/GOOD- .

SO A VERY RARE PRESSING, NOT THE BEST OF AUDIO, AND CERTAINLY NOT THE WORST, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AUDIO DESCRIPTION, WITH THE VINYL HAVING QUITE A FEW MARKS AS ALSO DECRIBED ABOVE. IT DOES HAVE THE ORIGINAL COVER AND 1969 ORIGINAL INNER.

AS I HAVE NOT HAD MANY SALES, BUT I HAVE 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK, I AM SLOWLY BUILDING UP TO SOME AMAZING QUALITY ALBUMS, SO PLEASE BARE WITH ME, AND IF YOU HAVE TIME, PLEASE KEEP CHECKING AS SOON AS MY SALES GO UP, THEN THE BIG ALBUMS WILL BE LISTED. I AM SURE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND TRYING TO SELL WITH NOT A LOT OF SALES IS VERY DIFFICULT, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENT, AND FOR LOOKING AT MY VINYL SITE.

ALL PACKAGES WILL BE PACKED BOMB PROOF WITH A TRACKING NUMBER.

WHEN LOOKING FOR SHIPPING COST DESCRIBED BELOW, PLEASE IGNORE WHEN IT SAYS, 'ECONOMY POSTAGE' WHEN UPDATED, AS ALL MY PACKAGES ARE SENT TRACKED.

TO FIND THE SHIPPING COST TO YOUR COUNTRY, PLEASE LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE MAIN PHOTO, YOU WILL SEE...

POSTAGE : £4.45..........See Details.

PLEASE CLICK ON 'See Details' AND THEN WHERE YOU SEE, 'Delivery to' IN THE FIRST BOX, WHERE IT SAYS, 'Country / Region' PLEASE CLICK ON THE 'V' INSIDE THE BOX, AND A LIST OF COUNTRIES WILL APPEAR. FIND YOUR COUNTRY FROM THE DROP DOWN LIST, CLICK ON YOUR COUNTRY, AND THEN CLICK THE 'BLUE Update' BOX.

THE LAST TWO PHOTO'S, AFTER THE COVER, VINYL, LABELS, AND INNER PHOTO'S, AT THE START OF THIS LISTING WILL HELP YOU. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE UK AND IT DOES NOT HAVE, 'ROYAL MAIL TRACKED 24' AS THE DELIVERY SERVICE, PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE, AND IT WILL UPDATE TO THE CORRECT, ROYAL MAIL TRACKED 24, THANK YOU.

IF YOU GET STUCK PLEASE ASK, THANK YOU.

I HOPE I HAVE EXPLAINED EVERYTHING, AND I HAVE BEEN AS HONEST AS I POSSIBLY CAN, SO YOU CAN BID WITH CONFIDENCE. ONE LAST THING AS MY SISTER HAS HAD YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PACKING AND SHIPPING VINYLS AROUND THE WORLD, I WILL BE USING HER METHODS, SO HAVE NO WORRIES ABOUT PACKING AND ALL PACKAGES WILL BE SENT...

ROYAL MAIL TRACKED 24...TO THE UK.

INTERNATIONAL TRACKED AND SIGNED FOR...TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

JUST BEFORE I GO, I ALSO DO COMBINED SHIPPING AND CAN GET FROM ONE TO 5 SINGLE LP'S IN ONE PACKAGE, FOR THE SAME PRICE FOR SHIPPING ONE LP, SO SAVES YOU A FEW £'S ON SHIPPING. THIS ALSO IS THE SAME FOR UK BUYERS AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LOOKING, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SEE SOME MORE VINYL GEMS, AND THAT YOU WILL BE BACK TO LOOK AGAIN, THANK YOU, BEST WISHES CERI .