Led Zeppelin IV 1971 UK LP Red/Plum Ver 8 A3/B4 SUPERB NEAR MINT AUDIO LISTEN

	£		325
	$		431

GG-SUPERSOUNDS HAVE MANY VARIED ALBUMS AND SINGLES FOR SALE


UNLIKE THE MAJORITY OF OUR LISTINGS, THESE WILL INCLUDE (WHERE PRACTICAL) THE COMPLETE RECORDING OF THE RECORD, SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON
THESE WILL BE LISTED AROUND 6PM DAILY
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OUTSTANDING COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM

LED ZEPPELIN - 4

NEAR MINT PLAYTHROUGH

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS

EX+++ SLEEVE AND INNER

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  2401012
• MATRIX: 2401012 *CROSSED OUT B//1 A//3  1 2 2 1 /  2401012 B//4 1,1.3
• SIDE ONE DEAD WAX HAS 'PECKO DUCK' ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX, SIDE 2 HAS 'PORKY' ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX
• CORRECT SPELLING OF 'HOP' 

I WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON THE SUBJECT OF AN ALL ORIGINAL PRESS.

WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS THAT OVER TIME SLEEVES AND INNERS HAVE BEEN SWAPPED ON ZEPPELIN ALBUMS TO THE POINT THAT IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY AN ORIGINAL ISSUE, YOU MAY WELL END UP WITH A HYBRID, NORMALLY A RED AND PLUM ALBUM IN A GREEN AND ORANGE LABEL'S SLEEVE. SO HOW TO TELL???

WELL FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE ON THE ORIGINAL PRESS WAS MADE OF A SLIGHTLY THICKER CARD AND THEREFORE SOMEWHAT STRONGER. IF YOU LOOK ON THE INSIDE OF THE SLEEVE THE ORIGINAL CARD IS SLIGHTLY A LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN THAN THAT OF THE LATER PRESSES, BUT MOST OBVIOUS IS THE FACT THAT ON THE ORIGINAL ISSUES THE SLEEVE WAS UNLAMINATED, WHEREAS THE LATER SLEEVES WERE SLIGHTLY GLOSSY AND HAVE A SMOOTH FINISH TO THEM

IN ADDITION THE INNER SLEEVE OF THE ORIGINAL PRESS IS EASY TO TELL FROM LATER VERSIONS BY THE FACT THAT IT HAS FLIPBACKS,WHEREAS THE LATER ISSUES DO NOT. THERE IS ALSO A COLOUR VARIANCE WITH THE ORIGINALS BEING A DARKER GREY

THIS IS A PROPER FIRST ISSUE SET

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITEBAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. 

THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. 

FINALLY THERE ARE JUST 5-6 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS JUST HAD JUST A FEW PLAYS EVER. 

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS. 

AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW TINY WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN, AND A TINY TOTALLY NON SOUNDING SCUFF ON STAIRWAY

PLAYING THE RECORD

WE DO BELIEVE THAT A RARE LP SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE HEARD BY BIDDERS AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE  INVESTED IN. THE BUTTONS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE WILL ALLOW YOU TO HEAR THE ACTUAL RECORD YOUR ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON

THIS IS A SERVICE WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER OUR CUSTOMERS

WE WERE STAGGERED AT THE CLARITY OF THIS ALBUM. IT IS PURE FIRST PRESS, AND THE INTRODUCTION TO 'ROCK AND ROLL' IS JUST INCREDIBLE

THIS VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND WHATSOEVER

THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO CLICKS OR LOUD POPS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY THE ODD SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE SILENT PASSAGES

WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY  MORE THAN 2-3 TINY DUST POPS OR EVEN STATIC TICS

A REALLY UNBELIEVABLE COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ZEPPELIN MONSTER

FOR US THIS GRADES NEAR MINT

BUT DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT, HAVE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

 UNLAMINATED STRONG CARDED ORIGINAL ISSUE SLEEVE. THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. 

THERE IS NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS ANYWHERE, AND NOT ONE MARK OR STAIN

THERE ARE JUST TWO TINY PRESSURE LINES  NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

NO RING WEAR AND NO RECORD SHAPE, AND THE FOUR CORNERS ONLY HAVE A TINY SPECK OF RUB AND WEAR

THE TOP EDGES HAVE A LITTLE LIGHT SHELF WEAR WHILST THE BOTTOM EDGES ARE FREE FROM ANY HEAVY SHELF WEAR . NO COLOUR LOSS THROUGH TO THE PLAIN CARD JUST A FEW TINY FLECKS OF VERY MILD SHELF RUB

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP, WITH JUST A SINGLE TINY THUMB NAIL NICK NEAR THE TOP

THE SPINE HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE COLOUR APART FROM THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS WHERE THERE IS SOME VERY LIGHT RUBBING . THERE IS ALSO A LITTLE ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE IN THE MIDDLE. THIS IS VERY VERY SMALL. THERE IS NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHING EITHER

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A  PRISTINE INNER SURFACE IS ON SHOW. THIS USUALLY HAS ALL SORTS OF BLEMISHES BUT AGAIN BECAUSE OF HOW THE RECORD WAS STORED, THIS ONE IS TOTALLY MINT

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT IS NEAR PERFECT. NEARLY  EVERY ONE OF THESE THAT I HAVE SEEN HAS HAS SEAM SPLITS TO VARIOUS SIDES AND THE BOTTOM EDGE, SOME SMALL AND SOME HUGE, BUT HERE IS ONE THAT ONLY HAS A LITTLE SPLIT TO ONE SIDE. THE FLIPBACKS ARE PERFECT

THE SLEEVE GRADES  NEAR MINT MINUS

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

Your Purchase will be send inside a very protective square cornered professional package

The record will be removed from the sleeve and placed inside a new poly inner sleeve and separated from the cover

The sleeve and record will then have a new outer protective sleeve placed around it