Led Zeppelin PHYSICAL GRAFFITI UK 1ST 100% MINT- 1 PLAY

	£		134
	$		178

LED ZEPPELIN - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED _1-2 TIMES) CONDITION

FIRST PRESS  - UK ISSUE

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG SSK 89400
• MATRIX: SSK89400 A1 / B5 / C1 / D1 
• FIRST PRESS
• ALL UK MARKINGS
• WRAPROUND HAS THE SPINE

A FIRST PRESS UK PHYSICAL GRAFFITI MUST HAVE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TRAITS

1. THE SLEEVE MUST HAVE 'SWAN SONG/484 KINGS ROAD, LONDON SW10' ON THE REAR SURFACE (MANY COPIES WERE GERMAN)
2. THE WHITE INNER WRAPROUND MUST BE THICK CARD WITH A 'SPINE' AT THE BOTTOM. IT IS A MATT FINISH WITH A GREY CARD REAR SURFACE (SOME COPIES HAVE A GLOSSY THINNER CARD WITHOUT THE SPINE AND A WHITE REAR SURFACE)
3. THE INNER SLEEVES MUST BE OF THICK CARD (LATER PRESSES HAD THINNER ONES)
4. THE LABELS MUST HAVE  'MADE IN UK' AT 9 O'CLOCK
5. THERE MUST NOT! BE A 'W' WARNER LOGO AT 3 O'CLOCK ON THE RIM
6. THE MATRIX NUMBERS MUST BE A1/B5/C1/D1 (THERE IS ALSO B4 WHICH CAN BE CONSIDERED TO BE MARIGNALLY EARLIER IN THE PRESSING SEQUENCE) THERE IS ALSO A VERY HARD TO FIND (A3) WHICH ALSO HAS AL OF THE ABOVE ATRIBUTES, AND THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED TO BE MARGINALLY LATER IN THE PRESSING SEQUENCE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SWAN SONG LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND REMAIN UNRUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE SPINDLE HOLE UNWORN. I AM UNABLE TO SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE IN DAYLIGHT OR UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION. I HAD TO GET A MAGNIFYING GLASS OUT TO STUDY THE HOLES, AND EVEN WITH THIS I COULD ONLY MAKE OUT ONE MINUSCULE LINE ON A COUPLE OF THE SIDES

THE VINYL

SUPERB GLOSSY PAIR OF DISCS. BOTH HAVE RETAINED THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN, AND IN DAY LIGHT BOTH LOOK FLALWLESS.

EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST ABOUT NOTHING TO SEE. A COUPLE AND I DO MEAN A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE HAIRLINES. ALSO UNDER THIS ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION THERE IS A LIGHT PATCHYNESS TO THE VINYL IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS. NOTHING THAT AFFECTS THE PLAY, AND AS I HAVE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN NORMAL LIGHT CANNOT BE SEEN.

BUT ANYAY YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE SET IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

PLAYING THE RECORD

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 LP SET FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE 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 

IT IS VERY RARE TO FIND THIS SET IN SUCH MAGNIFICENT CONDITION AS THIS, THE FACT THAT IT HAS REMAINED ALMOST UNPLAYED IS IN ITSELF ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS THAT THERE IS NO DISTORTION AT ANY POINT ON EITHER DISC, SHOWING THAT THE SET WAS PLAYED ON ASYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS TRULY MAGNIFICENT, AND CONSIDERING THE VINYL USED ON THESE PRESSES WERE NO WHERE NEAR THE QUALITY OF THE EARLY 70'S VOLUMS. THINNER AND MORE PRONE TO VINYL NOISE, THESE TWO DISCS ARE VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS 

THE SET PLAYS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NO LOUD CLICKS EITHER. 4 SIDES OF NEAR PERFECT AUDIO REPRODUCTION

THERE ARE A FEW ODD RANDOM SECONDS OF STATIC THAT CAN BARELY BE HEARD, BUT IF AT ALL, THEN IN A COUPLE OF THE VERY QUIETEST MOMENTS. A COUPLE OF NEAR INAUDIBLE LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY, AND THE ONLY REAL BLEMISH IS THAT ON SIDE THREE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ROTATIONAL SHUSSHES ABOUT 2 MINUTES INTO THE TRACK. THIS IS NOT A MAN MADE PROBLEM, AND HAS CLEARLY BEEN PRESSED INTO THE WAX, AS EVEN WITH A MAGIFYING GLASS THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE. IT IS THESE TWO ROTATIONS THAT STOP ME GRADING THIS A FULL MINT REPRODUCTION

THE RECORDS PLAY SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH DISCS

I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SET MINT MINUS

BUT PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

A VERY HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN UNDAMAGED CONDITION, DUE TO THE MANY DIE CUT HOLES WHICH ARE EASILY DAMAGED, AND THE UNLAMINATED NATURE OF THE DELICATE AREAS THAT GET VERY EASILY RUBBED ABD EVEN SPLIT

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED WITHOUT RUBBING. THE DIE CUT WINDOWS ARE ALL INTACT AND LOOK GREAT. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND REGARDING . INCREDIBLY THERE ARE NONE OF THE SMALL LINES THAT GATHER BY THE SPIE, AND IN THIS CASE WE HAVE TWO SPINES, AND THERE ARE JUST NONE. IN FACT THE ONLY MINUSCULE BLEMISH IS THE TINIEST TIP OF RUBBING TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER

THE LEFT SPINE HAS ALL OF THE RED TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ITS FLAT AND CLEAN AND IS IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION. NO NICKS EITHER TO THE TOP TIP.

 THE RIGHT SPINE IS ALSO ALMOST IN THE SAME IMMACULATE CONDITION, WITH JUST A SLIVER OF RUBBING TO THE VERY TOP OF THE SPINE. AGAIN NO NICKS HOWEVER

THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR, JUST ONE  MINUSCULE THUMB NAIL NICK

THE BOTTOM EDGE USUALLY DOES SHOW SEVERE RUBBING AND SHELF WEAR, BUT ON THIS COPY IS IS REALLY LIMITED TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER TIP, AND SOME PIN PRICKS OF WHITE ELSEWHERE, BUT NO PATCHINESS LIKE MOST, AND THAT IS BECAUSE THE SLEEVE HAS SPENT MOST OF IT'S LIFE INSIDE A PLASTIC GATEFOLD. 

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS ALL OF THE DARK BROWN COLOUR INTACT, AND AGAIN IS UNCREASED AND INCREDIBLY LIKE THE FRONT HAS NONE OF THE SMALL LINES NEAR THE SPINES. TWO TINY SPECKS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH THE BROWN. ONE NEAR THE LEFT EDGE BY THE SECOND WINDOW DOWN, AND THE OTHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP RIGHT GROUP OF 4 WINDOWS

THE WHITE WINDOWED INNER CARD IS STILL  WHITE, AND ALL OF THE EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP .THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST ISSUE CARD WITH THE SPINE AT THE BOTTOM, LATER ISSUES HAD JUST A FOLD LINE AS THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND WAS THINNER AND GLOSSY, WHERAS THIS IS THICK CARD, AND GREY ON THE REAR SURFACE. THE THINNER ONES WERE WHITE ON BOTH SIDES. IT IS ALSO HERE WE SEE THE ACREDITATION TO GOTHIC PRINTERS

BOTH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVES ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THEY SSK 89400 A/B INFORMATION BOTTOM RIGHT CORNERS

 THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS SLEEVE YOU ARE EVER GOING TO FIND AND I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE IT MINT MINUS!!!!!

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

GARRY