LED ZEPPELIN IV 4 Rare Crash Records Version Bootleg Record Vinyl Vintage

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this is a very rare version of Led Zeppelin's IV album featuring Stairway to Heaven, Black Dog, etc. This version never shows up here on e-bay. You have a chance to own something special.

I researched Crash Records after i found this album recently. Here is what i found:

 Crash Records, Inc., or Crash Music Promotions, of Las Vegas, Nevada, issued a series of various artists albums encompassing soul, rock, hard rock, country, and easy listening in the early 1970s. They also reissued several albums by individual artists, like the Faces, Grand Funk, and Carole King. They used five generic covers, with generic back covers and individual album information either overprinted on the front or provided by a clear plastic sticker.

We know nothing about the ownership of this label. Crash was associated with Cinq Sounds, of Reno, Nevada, and the two labels may in fact have been run by the same people, since a Cinq record jacket we came across contained a Crash label record inside. Cinq also put out 8-track tapes. The Cinq issues used plain red covers with information on the back. Mastering sources for both Crash and Cinq records were probably other records.

There were no dates on these albums, but all strongly feature songs popular in late 1971 or before. For that reason, we have guessed at a release date of early 1972, probably January.

By all appearances, both Crash and Cinq were what the Billboard story at right terms "self-styled 'legal' duplicators," exploiting a loophole in copyright law. They went out of their way to state on the back of the record jackets that "All copyright royalties paid... Notices of intent have been filed and royalties paid where applicable." They note, "Crash Records is licensed to pay royalties through the Rebel Corp., Asbury Park, NJ 07712." (The Rebel Corp. we might note, is not exactly the Harry Fox agency.)

Anyway, the fun didn't last long for Cinq/Crash. Warner Bros and A&M sued them (and several others) for a cool half million dollars in March, 1972 (as per a story in Billboard, dated March 25, 1972). And that, as they say, was that.

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