LED ZEPPELIN II - ORIGINAL RL ROBERT LUDWIG HOT MIX - ULTRASONIC CLEANED VINYL
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Led Zeppelin - II Original Robert Ludwig "Hot Mix" - RL on BOTH sides Original 1969 Presswell pressing
Without a doubt the best sounding pressing of this album I have ever heard. IMO, it bests the MoFi and the Classic Records releases. And don't even get me started on the current pressing! This has a presence and an organic "you are there in the studio" feel that the others lack.
Now, this is a very well loved pressing and I am not the original owner. There are tics and pops throughout, but are really only audible during the quiet passages. It plays through on my system without a single skip. I'm listening to it right now (way too loud) and might change my mind about selling it. Yes - it's that good!
Public service warning: check the photos on other listings of this album - some claim to be RL but it's clear they are not given the large amount of dead wax space. There should be very little, especially on side 2.
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ULTRASONICALLY CLEANED - PLEASE READ MY CLEANING PROCESS BELOW
Record was purchased used and is "well loved", but plays without a single skip. In my possession, it has only been played a few times on a properly calibrated ProJect 2Xperience turntable with a Sumiko Songbird cartridge (just upgraded to the Ortofon MC X40 - wow!) This is actually one of my treasured vinyl possessions, but the time has come to sell off some of my 6,500+ records.
Vinyl - VG (tics and pops throughout, but only audible during quiet passages) Cover - VG+ (see photos) Inserts - VG+ (just a single crease)
MY CLEANING PROCESS
Every album, whether I purchased it new or used, gets the same cleaning process. The record(s) you are purchasing has undergone this process, unless it is still sealed.
> Each side is cleaned with Terri-Kleen fluid using a MoFi cleaning brush. Used records get cleaned a bit longer.
> All fluid is vacuumed off using an Okki Noki record cleaning machine.
> The record is then ultrasonically cleaned using a Degritter MkII record cleaning machine. Most records get a 3 cycle clean, audiophile and rare records get the maximum 4 cycle cleaning.
> The Degritter MkII then dries the record - no cloth drying here, which often creates static electricity.
> The records go in a new inner rice paper inner sleeve. MFSL records get a new MFSL sleeve. What's the point of cleaning a record and then putting it back in the same dirty sleeve?
> Records are put in a new outer sleeve to protect the covers, unless specified. New records do not get outer sleeves - they are still in the shrink wrap.
> All records are shipped OUTSIDE of the cover to help prevent split seams. New records are not. If you would like a sealed record to be shipped outside of the sleeve, just let me know. Of course I have to open the record in order to do this, so it is technically no longer new after that.
I ship USPS Media Mail. If you would prefer FedEx or UPS, let me know and I will add that option to the listing. Additional shipping charges are your responsibility. Check my feedback - As a collector with over 6000 albums in my personal collection, I know how to properly ship vinyl records.
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