Led Zeppelin II RL HOT MIX EX first press

$

650

This is the record all zep fans want.  The record is EX very close to NM.   US 1st pressing (with the 1841 Broadway address on the labels), featuring Robert Ludwig's "hot" mastering on both sides. These were withdrawn early because the high bass levels caused low-grade cartridges to mistrack, leading people to return the album on the belief that it was defective. Another engineer was then hired to recut a much less "hot" version of the album, and that is the far more common version.

On some copies the Sterling Sound credit, "SS", appears in both runouts following Ludwig's "RL", and on others the "SS" appears only in the Side Two runout. The "RL" will still appear in both runouts.

This sub should only be used for copies with "RL" in both runouts. Later transitional pressings which featuring "RL" on only one side and another engineer's work on the other should receive their own subs.

"PR" in label matrix denotes a Presswell pressing.
"LW" in runouts indicates Longwear Plating metal parts.
"AT" in runouts indicates Atlantic Studios mastering
"W" in runouts indicates that blank lacquers came from the company Audiodisc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Pressing Plant ID (On labels): PR
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): (ST-A-691671 PR)
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): (ST-A-691672 PR)
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant 1): ST-A-691671-C RL SS P LW W AT
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant 1): ST-A-691672-A P LW AT RL SS W
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant 2): ST-A-691671-A LWP W AT RL
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant 2): ST-A-691672-A LWP AT RL SS W
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant 3): ST-A-691671-B P LW AT RL SS W
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant 3): ST-A-691672-A P LW AT RL SS W
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant 4): ST-A-691671-A PLW W AT RL
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant 4): ST-A-691672-A PLW AT RL SS
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant 5): ST-A-691671-A PLW W AT RL
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant 5): ST-A-691672-A PLW AT RL SS W
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant 6): ST-A-691671-A LW W AT RL
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant 6): ST-A-691672-A P LW AT RL SS W
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant 7): ST-A-691671-C RL SS LW W AT
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant 7): ST-A-691672-C LW RL SS LW