LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin III LP 1970 ATLANTIC 1st Press RAREST TRANSITIONAL

	£		33
	$		44

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Led Zeppelin called "Led Zeppelin III" and is an ORIGINAL 1970 UK 1st / 2nd Pressing on the 1st Press Atlantic label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF LED ZEPPELIN'S RAREST LPs EVER AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE ALL TIME RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH COMPLETELY 'DIFFERENT' LABELS, DOUBLE MATRIXES & A 1ST PRESS 'STICKERED' COVER!!!!  AND THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  RIGHT AT THE VERY END OF THE 1ST PRESSING RUN - ATLANTIC WERE TAKEN OVER BY 'KINNEY MUSIC' AND THE LABELS & COVER WERE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED, FROM THE PLUM ATLANTIC LABELS - TO THE GREEN & ORANGE ATLANTIC LABELS THAT LASTED THROUGHOUT THE 1970s.  HOWEVER JUST BEFORE THIS WAS FULLY COMPLETELY, A FEW COPIES LEAKED OUT WITH BOTH 1ST & 2ND PRESS CHARACTERISTICS!!!!  IT IS KNOWN AS THE 'TRANSITIONAL' PRESSING - AND ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES WERE EVER MADE!!!!  THIS PARTICULAR LP - HAS A 1ST PRESS COVER (WITH WORKING ROTATING WHEEL!) WITH THE 1ST PRESS '2401 002' CAT NUMBER, AND WHAT AT FIRST GLANCE LOOKS TO BE A SECOND PRESS RECORD.  AND YET THE RECORD IS ACTUALLY NOT A 2ND PRESS RECORD - IT IS ACTUALLY BOTH!!!!  IT STILL HAS 'DO WHAT THOU WILT' ON THE RUN ON GROOVES & THE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS '2401 002' MATRIX ENDINGS - WHICH WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO APPEAR AT ALL!!!!  AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL - THE 'DUAL MATRIXES' APPEAR ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD, AND BOTH MATRIXES ARE 100% CLEAR AND ARE AS DEEPLY STAMPED AS EACH OTHER!!!!  AND THE SECOND SET OF MATRIXES ARE ALSO VERY INTERESTING - BECAUSE THESE END IN 'A/B' WITH NO ADDED NUMBER AT ALL!!!!  AND EVEN THESE K SERIES 'A/B' MATRIXES WERE CHANGED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY - WITH ALL LATER COPIES HAVING NUMBERS ADDED!!!!  AND THE COVER EVEN HAS AN ULTRA RARE 'CORRECTION' STICKER ON THE INSIDE (SEE PICTURES!) - WHICH ONLY AROUND 1000 COPIES EVER HAD!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE ALL TIME RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE OF THIS LP - WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES EVER BEING PRESSED!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION VISUALLY - AND IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND NOW (AS BARELY ANY EXIST!)!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK ULTRA RARE 'TRANSITIONAL 1ST / 2ND PRESSING ON THE GREEN & ORANGE ATLANTIC LABEL, 1ST PRESS & 2ND PRESS MATRIXES, 'DO WHAT THOU WILT' IN THE RUN OFF GROOVES, 'PETER GRANT' LABEL CREDITS, ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'ROTATING WHEEL' FULLY LAMINATED 'E.J.DAY' STICKERED COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Atlantic UK 1st / 2nd Pressing from 1970 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is 2401 002 / K 50002 on the ORIGINAL Atlantic label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!! 

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition visually (with the playing grade slightly less)!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is almost as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  This record does have some audible background - but as most of the music is very VERY loud indeed, this is lost WAY behind it!!!!  And of course the EXTREME rarity of this LP cannot be overstated - and the chances of EVER seeing another one again are virtually ZERO!!!!  The actual sound quality itself is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must visually grade Very Good++++ if not better (with the playing grade slightly less than this - for the reason detailed above!)!!!!  BRILLIANT RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!! The record also comes in its ORIGINAL inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'E.J.Day' FULLY Laminated 'Rotating Wheel' STICKERED Cover is in BRILLIANT condition - with a FULLY working 'rotating wheel'!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), shiny laminate, NO yellowing, only 1 very VERY minor laminate wrinkle on the cover back, NO splits, NO rips, NO tears, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  It is also VERY important to note that the 'Rotating Wheel' works PERFECTLY and ALL the 'Die Cut' holes on the cover front are PERFECT!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO yellowing, NO grubbyness, VERY shiny laminate, and NO writing!!!!  AND THE ULTRA RARE 'STICKER' IS IN PERFECT CONDITION!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  BRILLIANT COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS THE ALL TIME RAREST PRESSING EVER MADE!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

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