LED ZEPPELIN II 2 UK LP RED/PLUM 2 PLAYS MINT-

	£		246
	$		326

LED ZEPPELIN II

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED CONDITION

ORIGINAL UK RED AND PLUM LABEL

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 588198
• MATRIX:588198 A6 / B4
• KILLING FLOOR ON THE LABEL

THIS CLASSIC 40 YEAR OLD ALBUM IS IN SUCH AMAZING CONDITION THAT IT HAS TOTALLY DEFIED THE TEST OF TIME. I AM AT A LOSS TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN 2 TIMES, BUT HERE IT IS IN MINT MINUS CONDITION, AND THE ONLY REASON IT BEARS A MINUS TAG IS THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF RANDOM TINY TINY DUST POPS THAT I HEARD WHEN LISTENING TO IT DURING THE TEST PLAY

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE SUPERB RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN THE BEST AND CLEANEST CONDITION IMAGINABLE. THE WHITE BAND ACCROSS THE MIDDLE IS PURE WHITE, AND THE THE SPINDLE HOLE IS TOTALLY UNWORN. IN FACT IF YOU TAKE A CAREFUL LOOK AT THE PICTURES YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS STILL VINYL SHARDS ATTACHED TO THE INSIDE OF THE HOLE, LEFT FROM THE PRESSING PLANT. THIS PROVES THAT THE RECORD HAS JUST NOT BEEN PLAYED AS THESE SHARDS WOULD HAVE FALLEN OFF AFTER A FEW PLAYS AT MOST. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF REALLY TINY SPIDER LINES VERY CLOSE TO THE HOLE AND BARELY VISIBLE TO INDICATE AGAIN THAT THE RECORD HAS JUST NOT BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES IN 40 YEARS

THE VINYL

SUPERB GLEAMING ORIGINAL HEAVYWEIGHT DISC IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. REMOVING IT FROM THE INNER SLEEVE WAS LIKE TAKING A NEW RECORD OUT OF ITS SLEEVE. THE DISC GLEAMS LIKE NEW ON BOTH SIDES AND THERE ARE NO MARKS ON EITHER SIDE. EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF MINISCULE HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED 6 SECTIONS FROM THIS ALBUM WHICH INCLUDE MOST TRACKS. WHAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR IS A PERFECTLY CRISP CLEAN STEREO SOUND WITH A SILENT RUN IN AND LINKING GROOVES. A SOUND FREE FROM AND DISTORTION, CRACKLE OR CLICKS. A PERFECT SOUND IN FACT, SO PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THE RECORDINGS BEFORE MAKING UP YOUR MIND.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS ALBUM DESERVES A MINT MINUS STATUS

THE SLEEVE

A SLEEVE THAT IS VERY VERY HARD TO FIND IN ANYTHING LIKE COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. THE NON LAMINATED SURFACE HAS SEEN TO THAT. IN MOST CASES SEVERE RUBBING CAUSES SERIOUS LOSS TO THE BROWN SURFACE ON BOTH FRONT AND BACK. AND BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST PLAYED ALBUMS OF ALL TIME IT IS HARDLY SURPRISING THAT MOST ARE IN VERY POOR CONDITION. THIS ONE HOWEVER IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION.

STARTING WITH THE FRONT SURFACE, WHAT IS STRIKING IS THE BROWN SURFACE HAS REMAINED BROWN AND APRT FROM THE MILDEST BIT OF RUBBING ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE IS IS RICH AND VIBRANT. THE WHITE SURFACE AS WELL WHICH USUALLY GETS STAINED VERY EASILY IS PARTICULARLY WHITE WITH JUST A TOUCH OF HANDLING ALONG THE SPIN EDGE. THE SPINE ITSELF  HAS ALSO MILD HANDLING TO THE WHITENESS BUT IT IS FLAT AND ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND THERE ARE NO SPLITS OR SERIOUS RUBBING.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND IT IS EVIDENT BY LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE LP HAS JUST HARDLY EVER BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE ONCE AGAIN REFLECTS A COVER IN GREAT SHAPE WITH ABSOLUTE MINIMAL RUBBING. THERE IS ONE SMALL FLAW IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER WHERE THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A STICKER BECAUSE IT HAS TAKEN THE BROWN SURFACE OFF.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER SURFACE. IT IS THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE MARKED WITH THE 588198 CATALOGUE NUMBER , AND STILL HAS KILLING FLOOR LISTED AS THE LEMON SONG.

ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THERE ARE NO CREASES ANNY WHERE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SLEEVE , NOT EVEN THE SMALL LINES YOU WOULD NORMALLY FIND CLOSE TO THE SPINE

THE SLEEVE EASILY GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS

THE INNER SLEEVE

THE ORIGINAL POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. NO SPLITS AT ALL AND VERY FLAT AND CLEAN

ONE FINAL THOUGHT IS THAT THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION 

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY