LED ZEPPELIN IV 4 - PLUM/RED PORKY PECKO DUCK 1st UK PRESS 1971 MISSPRESS "TOP"
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LED ZEPPELIN -
4 IV
ATLANTIC
1st UK Press 1971
2401012
First press matrices A//3 B//4 with the earliest stampers and "PORKY" and "PECKO DUCK" etched into the deadwax. This is the genuine FIRST PRESS with the "MISTY MOUNTAIN TOP" miss print instead of "HOP" which was corrected on the next press.
Earliest matrices: A//3
B//4
Mother stampers: 1 2 4 and 1 1 9
After the staggering reunion triumph at the O2, interest in Led Zeppelin has grown feverishly every year and the legend lives on. It's as good a time as any to invest in an original copy early press of this classic Zep album.'
"Four Symbols" spent an amazing 57 weeks in the UK charts. The green & orange label pressing's would far outsell the red and maroon colour early pressing's. The Plum label variants were only available for 12 of the 57 weeks, during which time Atlantic prepared to launch their new labels and the new catalogue numbers.
Label changes usually took place incrementally, with a necessary cross over period needed to bridge the change of the records and covers already in record shops, taking into account the most recent releases that were still selling.
The classic Plum label design was changed by Atlantic to a green & orange colour in March, 1972, when the second pressings of "4 Symbols" were made, with a new catalogue number, 'K 5008,' replacing the first issue's 'De Luxe 2401 012.'
Vinyl: VG+ to EX . Great heavy first UK press vinyl . A beautiful heavy glossy vinyl. Under a strong light only the very lightest wispy retraction paper traces can be seen. There are also couple of fine hairlines, not affecting play and this vinyl produces NO skips or jumps. Any LP will have retraction traces, this happens as soon as they are taken out of its sleeve. Only lightly played. The last track "Stairway to Heaven" is of course most wonderful with tremendous depth never heard again on cd reissues, the track plays great like all the rest of the album!!! I subjected the record to a detailed listen on my high end system and it did not disappoint. Only very light background noise at times mainly in very quiet passages of which there aren't too many. This sounded better than any re-issue like only a first press can. Lovely channel separation without any distortion or crackle. A great above average vinyl for this album.
Gatefold sleeve: EX. A very neat sleeve indeed without any creasing. Some light storage wear to the bottom edge. No tears and no writing. The spine is 100%, the opening is nice and crisp. NO tears, NO splits etc.
Labels: EX. Light spindle traces.
This also has the original inner sleeve which is made of a vulnerable paper much like the good old blotting paper. Most of these have gone missing. This is still present although it has come apart into two separate pieces and also has tears to the top. It has the lyric to "Stairway" printed. Tape residue to the outside edges as per the picture. Quite rare in its own right with many gone missing and at least it is still there. I will send the vinyl in a separate generic inner.
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