LED ZEPPELIN II UK LP 1ST RED/PLUM A2/B4 LEMON SONG NM-

	£		216
	$		286

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN II

IN MAGNIFICENT LIGHTLY PLAYED CONDITION

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  588198
• MATRIX: 588198 A v 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 3    588198 B//4 1 1 1 1 
• 'THE LEMON SONG' ON THE LABELS AND 'THE LEMON SONG' ON THE SLEEVE
• CORRECT LIGHT BROWN SLEEVE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITE BAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE ARE ABOUT 10 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS JUST HAD MINIMAL PLAY IN 42 YEARS

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN, AND LOOKS BRILLIANT . IN DAYLIGHT ALL I CAN SEE ARE A FEW LIGHT HANDLING LINES AND UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION SOME WISPY HAIRLINES AND A FEW MORE TINY HANDLING LINES

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 THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

A FIRST PRESS SOUND IS GENERATED BY THIS VINYL WITH AN OUTSTANING STEREO REPRODUCTION

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND,OTHER THAN WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE AND NO SEVERE BACKGROUND CRACKLES AT ALL, ANYWHERE. CRISP CLEAR STEREO REPRODUCTION WITHOUT MAJOR IRRITANTS.

THE LIGHT HANDLING LINES CAUSE SOME LIGHT AND IN MOST CASES BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE TICS IN PLACES. THERE ARE ONE OR TWO SLIGHTLY LOUDER LITTLE POPS HERE AND THERE, AND SOME LIGHT VINYL NOISE HEARD ONLY IN THE QUIETEST OF PASSAGES

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS ENTIRE PLAYTHOUGH AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SOUND NEAR MINT MINUS!!!!

THE SLEEVE

ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC ALBUM SLEEVES OF ALL TIME, AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. PRIMARILY THE SLEEVES WAS UNLAMINATED AND THIS CAUSED ISSUES WITH THE POWDERY BROWN FINISH WHICH RUBS AWAY VERY EASILY. THE THERE IS THE WHITE AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE BAND IMAGE, WHICH PICKS UP DIRT AND GRIME LIKE A MAGNET, AND ON MOST COPIES WILL SERIOUSLY LET THE SLEEVE DOWN.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ALWAYS WEAR TERRIBLY AND AS FOR THE SPINE IT IS ALWAYS CREASED AND SHELF WORN.

WHAT THEN IF YOU COULD FIND A SLEEVE THAT HAS SPENT MOST OF IT'S TIME INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER TO PROTECT IT FROM ALL OF THIS

LOOK NO FURTHER. HERE IS A NEAR MINT EXAMPLE OF THIS VALUABLE COVER

THE FRONT SURFACE IS ALMOST BLEMISH FREE  IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND APART FROM ONE VERY FINE LINE ACROSS THE TOP LEFT CORNER IS CREASE FREE.

THERE ARE NO BENDS OR FOLDS, AND INCREDIBLY THERE ARE ONLY THREE ABSOLUTELY MINISCULE AND BARELY VISIBLE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE

THE POWDERY BROWN SURFACE THAT USUALLY WEARS AND RUBS BADLY ON THIS SLEEVE IS NEAR PRISTINE AND ONLY HAS A FEW FLECKS OF WHITE ON THE VERY LIP OF THE OPENING EDGE

ALSO THE WHITE AREA IS ALWAYS FOUND WITH SEVERE GRUBBINESS AND DIRT, WELL AGAIN HERE IS ONE THAT IS AS GOOD AS NEW

AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES  DISPLAY ABSOLUTE MINIMAL RUBBING, A LITTLE MORE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE THAN THE TOP

THE SPINE ON THIS SLEEVE IS USUALLY FOUND BATTERED, RUBBED, SQUASHED, AND WORN OUT, BUT ON THIS SLEEVE YOU HAVE A SPINE THAT IS JUST NEAR PERFECT .. FIRSTLY AND INCREDIBLY THE SPINE IS FLAT AND NOT PUSHED OVER LIKE MOST ARE. THERE ARE NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES EITHER, AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED APART FROM THE VERY AND TINIEST TIPS TOP AND BOTTOM. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THE SPINE ALSO APPEARS TO BE FAR WIDER THAN MOST I HAVE SEEN

THE BACK EDGE OF THE OPENING IS RARZOR SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF TINY NICKS TO SHOW WHERE THE LP HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND THE FRONT EDGE HAS SOME LIGHT BURRING IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS ALL OF THE BROWN COLOUR INTACT, AND A WHITE AREA THAT IS STILL WHITE, AND IT IS CREASE FREE, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL PATCHES OD TINY WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS BALL PIOINT PEN INDENTS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEPAPER WAS RESTING ON TOP OF THE SLEEVE AND SOME INDIVIDUAL WAS BORED AND WAS TAPPING IT WITH A PEN. IT'S NOT TERRIBLE BUT THERE AND I WILL TRY TO CAPTURE IT IN A PICTURE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE, JUST A VERY VERY LIGHT BIT OF RUBBING TO THE VERY TOP EDGE

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS IS VERY CLEAN UNSPLIT CONDITION WITH JUST SOME LIGHT AGING TO THE EDGES

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT WHEN COMPARED TO ANY OTHER ZEP 2 SLEEVE

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

GARRY