LED ZEPPELIN PHYSICAL GRAFFITI 1975 - UK 1st PRESS **MINT**

	£		190
	$		252

LED ZEPPELIN PHYSICAL GRAFFITI 1975 - UK 1st PRESS **MINT**

My dad bought this in 1975, played side A and hated it. Side B, C and D have never been played. Been on a bookshelf ever since.

UK First Press: A1, B5, C1, D1 (apparently the B side always had a higher stamper).

Condition

Outer Jacket VG+ (8/10 minimal corner wear)
Inner Jackets Near Mint (9.5/10)
Vinyl and Labels MINT (9.9/10)

Im hoping the photos will give you a good indication of its condition. If you are a serious collector or fan of Led Zeppelin and dont wish to spend crazy money on an original factory sealed copy...then this is the one for you. I absolutely guarantee the vinyl will blow you away.

Please contact me if you have any questions...

Cheers, Jago

EXTRA PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

Took some nice pictures in natural light this morning. eBay won't let me amend the photos already uploaded :(

I've already begun emailing them to people...so send me a message and I'll make sure you get them too.

Thanks, Jago

PHOTOS

To make life easier...I've uploaded the pictures here http://www.flickr.com/photos/46465237@N03/

Sorry, I couldnt keep up with demand! 

UK 1st PRESS DETAILS

The information below is relevant to this sale and correct.  

ORIGINAL UK SWAN SONG (SSK 89400) FIRST PRESSING OF LED ZEPPELIN'S OUTSTANDING DOUBLE LP SET "PHYSICAL GRAFFITI"

TRACK LISTING:

Side One: Custard Pie / Rover / In My Time Of Dying
Side Two: Houses Of The Holy / Trampled Underfoot / Kashmir
Side Three: In The Light / Bron-y-Aur Stomp / Down By The Seaside / Ten Years Gone
Side Four: Night Flight / Wanton Song / Boogie With Stu / Black Country Woman / Sick Again

-THE RECORDS HAVE THE FIRST ISSUE SWAN SONG LABELS (with "Made in UK" text and NO WB logo)
-MATRIX NUMBERS: SSK 89400 A1 / SSK 89400 B5 / SSK 89400 C1 / SSK 89400 D1
-HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL BOX SLEEVE
-COMPLETE WITH THE TWO PICTURE INNER SLEEVES
-GATEFOLD ‘SLIP’ INSERT (for all first issue criteria, see below)

FIRST ISSUE CRITERIA:

Box Cover: The outer cover is of a top loading ‘box’ construction of thick ridged card with the following text printed on the back, top centre: SWAN SONG / 484 KINGS ROAD, LONDON SW10 - Cullderstead Ltd., trading as Swan Song - A Swan Song/Atlantic recording distributed by WEA Records Ltd. & © 1975. The group name, record title and catalogue number run down the left hand side spine, viewed from the front, these are printed in RED.

Inner Slip Cover: The gatefold ‘slip’ insert credits “Gothic Print Finishers Ltd., London SE9 2EQ” as the printers, along with the Swan Song SSK 89400 catalogue number and the address “SWAN SONG, 484 KINGS ROAD, LONDON SW10”

Inner Sleeves: The Inner sleeves are printed on thick card with a natural untreated grey finish to the inside surfaces. They have SSK 89400/A and SSK 89400/B respectively on the back (bottom right corner) of each of the inners. Later issues were thinner card with a smooth finish to the inside.

Labels: The labels are the easiest identifying factors for an original UK 1st issue as they should be clearly marked “Made in UK” but most importantly have NO small circular WB (Warner Brothers) Logo at the end of the bottom rim text. The WB logo was introduced onto the label in mid 1975 just a few months after the release, so any label with the WB logo is not from the very first batch of pressings.

Cheers, Jago

GRADING ACCURACY

I've been receiving messages regarding my gradings.

I am a collector (film soundtracks and italo disco). I am obsessive about condition and grade according to Goldmine standards.

I rated the cover as VG+. In reality most would call it Near Mint. Im not going to split hairs. The inner sleeves are Near Mint. The 2x LP's and Labels are factory fresh. As I say, you would probably need to open up a sealed copy to find something comparable.

Given this was apparently a famous album...from a famous band. Most of the pressings will have been used over the years (may still look very nice however). The main difference between this listing and others is that I know my dad bought this on impulse back in '75 and hated it. He has never shown interest in it and stored it away from all his other records. He listened to side A and never bothered with B, C, and D. I think we've all experienced this at some point. Usually it happens with obscure bands that no one knows about...but sometimes famous ones too. For my dad it was one of those groups/albums he tried to love (as everyone else did) but he just couldnt. Fair enough. My dad was more into early electronic/synthesizer music. Just as cool. 

Hope that helps in some way...