LED ZEPPELIN II LP 1st Press RL/SS PR Hot Mix Robert Ludwig G- Great Starter
$
95
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Description
LED ZEPPELIN II LP 1st Press SD-8236 RL/SS PR Hot Mix Presswell Robert Ludwig
The Matrix for side 1:
ST-A-691671-A
The Labels
Side 1
(ST-A-691671-PR)
Side 2:
(ST-A-691672-PR)
PR means it was pressed in the Presswell plant. PR and MO/Monarch are the two most sought after versions of this RL Version.
Media: G to G-
This record has some issues, but overall it would be a great $95 value for someone buying this for the first time. It is like a drug and will only leave the buyer wanting to buy more, (I have 6 of these and will be listing 3-4 now) higher quality but rest assured, when you upgrade, you should always be able to get your $95 investment back when you sell it.
The Issues:
Play Tested and here are my meticulous notes.
A1 has numerous forward skips but none of them are backward skips, none of them stick.
A2: 3 forward skips, minimal background noise
A3: No skips background noise is more noticeable in quiet parts of the song but not much at all when music is loud.
A4: has several backskips at the very end of the song and more background noise than the other songs on the album.
B1: one forward skip
B side over all, minimal slight crackle and pop. You can’t hear it when the music is playing but during the rests and between songs it’s there on a 2.5 to 3.5 level on a scale of 1 to 10.
B2 and B3 have more of a 4 out of 10 level, you can hear it in the loud parts.
B3 has a forward skip.
B4 has 4.5 level of crackle/pop in the quiet parts.
B5 has a sticking backwards stick at the very end during the fade out at the end.
The laquer on the disk has a shine like a mirror.
The sound has that loud bass with incredible bass tone that you can feel in your chest you are looking for and should expect as well as those those highs in Jimmy pages guitar that make this such a rare gem.
Recently Ultrasonic cleaned and played less than 3 times since.
The Cover is G+. (If it weren’t for Sheri Reed writing her name and a little bit of wine it would be VG+. No seam splits. When taking the inside Gate fold photo you can see no signs of someone dropping the disk in.
Inner-Sleeve is VG but not the original.
12 million in sales and only the first 200,000 or so are RL SS copies (less than 2%) and a majority of these are poor to fair condition. This version of this album has become one of the holy grails for audiophiles. Some mint condition copies have gone for $4500.
Full Transparency:
I got this record for free. I paid $150 for it but asked to return it because he visually rated it VG+. He apologized and said he was selling it for a friend and should have listened to it, refunded my money and said I could keep the record.
VG+ versions go for $350 to $900.
I think this is a great deal at $95.
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