Led Zeppelin LED ZEPPELIN II 1969 UK LP Red / Plum PLAYS 100% MINT HEAR

	£		380
	$		504

FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO LISTING SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN II

 MAGNIFICENT MINT AUDIO

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS IN TRULY VAULT CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  588198
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• MATRIX: 588198 A//5 11 23    588198 B//4 1 4 2 7
• CORRECT LIGHT BROWN SLEEVE
• KILLING FLOOR ON THE LABEL

THE RECORD

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN MINT 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 A FEW TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE 

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR BLEMISHES ON THE SURFACE, AND EVEN WHEN PUT UNDER A LED HALO THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE  

THE TEST PLAY

PLEASE JUST TAKE A LISTEN TO THE QUALITY OF THIS VINYL AS IT WILL SAY FAR MORE THAN I CAN PUT INTO WORDS. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT AN ALBUM THAT WAS SO POPULAR AS THIS COULD BE FOUND IN A CONDITION THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS MINT!!

PLAYED JUST THE ONCE OR TWICE PERHAPS, ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE CONDITION . THE SOUND QUALITY GENERATED BY THE VINYL IS ELECTRIC, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION JUST MAGINFICENT. IT IS JUST FANTASTIC, THERE IS NO OTHER WORD TO DESCRIBE IT.

FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ONTO THE DISC UNTIL THE FINAL FADEOUT, THIS VINYL PERFORMS LIKE A BRAND NEW 1969 DISC. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AT ALL, ANYWHERE. CRISP CLEAR STEREO REPRODUCTION WITHOUT ANY IRRITANTS.

NO CLICKS OR POPS 

SILENT LINKING GROOVES

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS INCREDIBLE DISC GRADES MINT, BUT PLEASE TAKE A FULL LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN SUPER CONDITION

THE POWDERY BROWN SURFACE THAT USUALLY WEARS AND RUBS BADLY ON THIS SLEEVE IS IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION WITH JUST THE VAREST SHADOW OF GREYING IN A FEW SPOTS

ALSO THE WHITE AREA IS ALWAYS FOUND WITH SEVERE GRUBBINESS AND DIRT, WHEREAS THIS ONE HAS ONLY VERY LIGHT HANDLING AND A TAD MORE ON THE SPINE

NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE

THE FOUR CORNER TIPS HAVE A TINY SPECK OF RUB

THE TOP EDGES HAVE JUST A FEW MINUSCULE FLECKS OF WHITE SHOWING AND DOT OF RUB ON THE RIGHT TIPS.

THE BOTTOM EDGES HAVE SLIGHTLY MORE SHELF RUB THAN THE TOP EDGES

THE SPINE ON THIS SLEEVE IS USUALLY FOUND BATTERED, RUBBED, SQUASHED, AND WORN OUT, BUT ON THIS SLEEVE YOU HAVE A SPINE THATIS FLAT. LIGHT SOILING ON THE WHITE AREA, AND A DOT OF RUB ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS, AND ONE TINY WHITE FLECK IN THE MIDDLE. THE TEXT IS PERFECT

 THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP,WITH JUST A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST THUMB NAIL NICKS  SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS RECORD HAS BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE COVER.

THE REAR SURFACE  SHOWS SOME VERY LIGHT GREYING TO THE BROWN SURFACE AND SOME LIGHT HANDLING TO THE WHITE AREA

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE.

THIS ALSO HAS THE KINNEY STICKER INSIDE WHICH INDICATES THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE LAST SLEEVES TO BE USED WITH THE ORIGINAL CATALOGUE NUMVER ON THE SPINE, BEFORE THE LABEL AND CATALOGUE CHANGE

THE SLEEVE GRADES EX++

I'LL JUST FINSH BY SAYING THAT IN MY OPINION YOU COULD NEVER GET A BETTER AND MORE PRISTINE COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM AND SLEEVE ON THE PLANET, AND IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT VAULT CONDITION, AND WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING, AND FOR SOME LUCKY WINNER THIS IS AN INVESTMENT AS IT CAN ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE, AND WHATEVER IS PAID FOR IT NOW WILL IN FUTURE SEEM A BARGAIN

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