LED ZEPPELIN Physical Graffiti 1975 UK 1st A1/B4/C1/D1 EX COPY, LOOKS UNPLAYED
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Feb 23, 2015
Sold Date
Feb 13, 2015
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LED ZEPPELIN Physical Graffiti 1975 UK 1st A1/B4/C1/D1 EX COPY, LOOKS UNPLAYED
LED ZEPPELINPhysical Graffiti
UK SWAN SONG (SSK 89400) VERY FIRST PRESSING (February 1975)
BARELY (if ever) BEEN PLAYED
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE SWAN SONG LABELS
MATRIX: SSK 89400 A1 / SSK 89400 B4 / SSK 89400 C1 / SSK 89400 D1
THE TWO RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL BOX SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO PICTURE INNER SLEEVES AND GATEFOLD ‘SLIP’ INSERT
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” - 'box' fold on the gatefold edge
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
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
Led Zeppelin returned from a nearly two-year hiatus in 1975 with Physical Graffiti, a sprawling, ambitious double album.
Zeppelin treat many of the songs on Physical Graffiti as forays into individual styles, only occasionally synthesising sounds, notably on the tense, Eastern-influenced "Kashmir."
With John Paul Jones' galloping keyboard, "Trampled Underfoot" ranks as their funkiest metallic grind, while "Houses of the Holy" is as effervescent as pre-Beatles pop and "Down by the Seaside" is the closest they've come to country. Even the heavier blues -- the 11-minute "In My Time of Dying," the tightly wound "Custard Pie," and the monstrous epic "The Rover" -- are subtly shaded, even if they're thunderously loud.
Most of these heavy rockers are isolated on the first album, with the second half of Physical Graffiti sounding a little like a scrap heap of experiments, jams, acoustic workouts, and neo-covers.
This may not be as consistent as the first platter, but its quirks are entirely welcome, not just because they encompass the mean, decadent "Sick Again," but the heartbreaking "Ten Years Gone" and the utterly charming acoustic rock & roll of "Boogie With Stu" and "Black Country Woman."
Yes, some of this could be labeled as filler, but like any great double album, its appeal lies in its great sprawl, since it captures elements of the band's personality rarely showcased elsewhere -- and even at its worst, Physical Graffiti towers above its hard rock peers of the mid-'70s.
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
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of factory-fresh labels - no spindle traces - I doubt either of these records have never been on a turntable before today
VINYLS Visual: EXCELLENT+
All four surfaces shine like-new with nothing but some light marks and in-vinyl pressing blemishes
VINYLS Audio: EX/NM/EX/NM
The audio on this sprawling masterpiece is strong and dense with a rich and finely detailed sound and my play-check at volume found little to fault.
Some ticks were noted - mostly between Custard Pie / Rover and a touch of surface at the very beginning of Side Three for a few seconds but little else - overall, a fine, probably unplayed copy of this rarer B4 earliest UK pressing
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from storage rub to the edges the sleeve is good and solid - no damage to any of the die-cut windows
INNER SLEEVES: NEAR MINT
Both inners are clean and unmarked - no seam splits
INNER SLIP: EXCELLENT
The gatefold inner slip has a stain on one the edge but is otherwise clean
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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