Led Zeppelin LED ZEPPELIN II UK LP Red/Plum A2/B2 Lemon Song NEAR MINT AUDIO

	£		235
	$		311

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN II

IN MAGNIFICENT LIGHTLY PLAYED CONDITION

NEAR MINT AUDI0

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS 

EX++++ SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  588198
• MATRIX: 588198 A v 2 1 1 5    588198 B v 2  1 1 6  
• 'THE LEMON SONG' ON THE LABELS AND 'THE LEMON SONG' ON THE SLEEVE
• CORRECT LIGHT BROWN SLEEVE 

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITE BAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE ARE ABOUT 8-9 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS JUST HAD MINIMAL PLAY IN 49 YEARS

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN, AND LOOKS BRILLIANT . IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS, AND ONLY WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION ARE THERE SOME TELL TALE WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN. NO FINGFERMARKS, NO DULL PATCHES AND NO SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

A FIRST PRESS SOUND IS GENERATED BY THIS VINYL WITH AN OUTSTANDING STEREO REPRODUCTION

THE VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, SHOWING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY IT HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS.

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE

NO LOUD CLICKS OR POPS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT AND EVERY NOTE CAN BE HEARD TO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION WITH A CLARITY ONLY ASSOCIATED TO FIRST PRESS VINYL.

THE ONLY NOISES THAT ARE AUDIBLE ARE SOME VERY VERY LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND ONES, THAT CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS WHERE THE MUSIC IS NEAR SILENT

THERE ARE 4-5 TINY STATIC TICS DURING THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS ENTIRE PLAYTHOUGH AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SOUND NEAR MINT

PLEASE DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, HAVE  ALISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS 

THE SLEEVE

ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC ALBUM SLEEVES OF ALL TIME, AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. PRIMARILY THE SLEEVES WAS UNLAMINATED AND THIS CAUSED ISSUES WITH THE POWDERY BROWN FINISH WHICH RUBS AWAY VERY EASILY. THE THERE IS THE WHITE AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE BAND IMAGE, WHICH PICKS UP DIRT AND GRIME LIKE A MAGNET, AND ON MOST COPIES WILL SERIOUSLY LET THE SLEEVE DOWN.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ALWAYS WEAR TERRIBLY AND AS FOR THE SPINE IT IS ALWAYS CREASED AND SHELF WORN.

THIS COPY HOWEVER HAS ESCAPED MOST OF THESE BLEMISHES AND IS DEFINIETLY OF A COLLECTIBLE GRADE

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS RETAINED VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ORIGINAL COLOURS , SHOEING JUST ONE TINY WHITE MARK JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE ATLANTIC LOGO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEVE. THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER HAS A SMALL DING, AND THE OTHER THREE CORNER TIPS ARE LIGHTLY RUBBED. THE WHITE AREA WHICH AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IS USUALLY FOUND GRUBBY, IN THIS CASE IS STILL VERY VERY WHITE AND FREE FROM MARKS OR STAINS

THERE ARE NO BENDS OR FOLDS, AND INCREDIBLY THERE ARE ONLY THREE ABSOLUTELY MINUSCULE AND BARELY VISIBLE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES DO HAVE SOME LIGHT SPECKLY SHELF RUB ALONG THE SURFACES

THE SPINE ON THIS SLEEVE IS USUALLY FOUND BATTERED, RUBBED, SQUASHED, AND WORN OUT, BUT ON THIS SLEEVE YOU HAVE A SPINE THAT IS JUST NEAR PERFECT .. FIRSTLY AND INCREDIBLY THE SPINE IS FLAT AND NOT PUSHED OVER LIKE MOST ARE. THERE ARE NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES EITHER, AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED APART FROM THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS WHICH HAVE A SPECK OF RUBBING TO THEM. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE OPENING EDGE HAS A LITTLE BURRING AND A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS ALL OF THE BROWN COLOUR INTACT, AND A WHITE AREA THAT IS STILL VERY WHITE. THERE IS A CREASE LINE BY THE SPINE WHICH EXTENDS A LITTLE INTO THE WHITE AREA AND ALSO A THIN ONE RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE OPENING EDGE IN THE MIDDLE, PLUS A FEW PRESSURE INDENTS 

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

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. SOME LIGHT MARKS AND AGEING BUT REMAINS FREE FROM SPLITS

THE SLEEVE GRADES EX+++ WHEN COMPARED TO MOST ZEP II SLEEVES

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

GARRY