LED ZEPPELIN II ROBERT LUDWIG SD-8236 RL SS LH HOT MIX RARE VG LP

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180

LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN II – 1969 ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING ATLANTIC RECORDS (TERRE HAUTE) – ATLANTIC SD 8236 – RL/LH CUTS

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, 1969 U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

ORIGINAL COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE).

THICK HEAVY VINYL

ORIGINAL ATLANTIC RECORDS INNER SLEEVE

(Note: The images that I have uploaded photos of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. What you see is what you'll get. GUARANTEED!)

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Led Zeppelin II SD-8236 original 1969 RL SS LH Robert Ludwig & Lee Hulko 1st press hot mix!

Atlantic 1841 Broadway address on labels and inside gatefold

CTH code at lower edge of labels 1969 original lp vinyl gatefold, with color printed ad inner.

Rare Robert Ludwig and lee Hulko 1st hot mix pressing  "RL" on one side. "SS LH" on the other side. 

The disk is in G condition. There are multiple light marks and one heavy scratch on side 1 that covers the first few tracks. Side 1 is RL SS and Side 2 is LH SS

Matrix

SIDE 1: 0T ST-A-691671-1A RL SS

SIDE 2: 0T ST-A-69172-D I SS LH

Only the first few hundred thousand had this light brown non glossy color which makes it stick out from the crowd. The 1841 Broadway address at the bottom of the label shows that it is a first pressing as opposed to the later more common Rockefeller Plaza address. The sound quality of this Mix has a much louder volume and generally more bass and tones you don’t hear on the later versions. According to Robert Ludwig… All the versions from sterling are the same hot mix. The subtle variances between them are all simply from the slight differences in making a hand-made analog lacquer disc, at least one of which was sent to all the pressing plants at the time. The CTH plant got a lacquer that was half RL and half LH (Lee Hulko, his partner) but was of the SAME MIX AND MASTER, based on RL's notes. THEY ARE ALL THE SAME, aside from subtle variances and should be valued the SAME no matter who's initials are in the dead wax. They are all the same master from STERLING SOUND!

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight).

The cover is VG for general wear and minimal spine wear (see photos).

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