Led Zeppelin PHYSICAL GRAFFITI UK LP 1st Press TOP UPGRADE MINT MINUS AUDIO

	£		207
	$		274

THE FIRST PRESS UK ISSUE IS EASY TO TELL FROM THE RE ISSUES IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE HAS TO HAVE THE UK ADDRESS ON THE REAR SURFACE, WHICH WILL SAY ' Swan Song/484 Kings Road, London SW10' (MANY COPIES WERE PRESSED IN GERMANY AND ISSUED OVER HERE)

ON THE VINYL THE MATRIX NUMBERS HAVE TO BE 'STAMPED' ALL LATER PRESSES WERE ETCHED WITH THESE DETAILS

FINALLY THE LABELS ON THE FIRST ISSUES DID NOT HAVE THE WARNER LOGO AT 3 O'CLOCK

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON A FIRST PRESS ALL HAVE A '1' AFTER THEIR LETTER, SO A1= SIDE A AND SO ON. ALL THIS IS TRUE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SIDE B WHICH USUALLY HAS THE MATRIX ENDING OF 'B5'

THEREFORE A NORMAL FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM SET WILL HAVE A1 / B5 / C1 / D1 AS THE MATRIX NUMBERS.

SOME COPIES HAVE B4 ON SIDE TWO

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, BUT THEN AGAIN ON THIS  SET 

THE VINYL

MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF DISCS, THAT HAVE LOST NONE OF THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THEY GLEAM LIKE NEW DISCS BECAUSE IN EFFECT THEY ARE. NO MARKS OF ANY DESCRIPTION ON ANY PART OF THE PLAYING SURFACE, AND EVEN UNDER SPOTLIGHT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SEE OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF THE FINEST WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE SET PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH DISCS, WITH THE STEREO REPRODUCTION JUST CRISP AND CLEAN WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS INTENDED. 

THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING OR CLICKS. 

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE OF ANY DESCRIPTION

THIS IS THE CLEANEST EXAMPLE OF THIS DOUBLE LP I HAVE HEARD IN YEARS

I HEARD MAYBE A COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE SPECKS OF LINKING GROOVE STATIC OVER THE WHOLE 4 SIDES AND ONE OR TWO MINUSCULE STATIC TICS

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A COMPLETE LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF BUT FOR ME THIS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE FIND

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

THE SLEEVE

A VERY HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN UNDAMAGED CONDITION, DUE TO THE MANY DIE CUT HOLES WHICH ARE EASILY DAMAGED, BUT THIS SLEEVE IS IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH BARELY ANY WEAR AT ALL

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 

JUST TWO NEAR INVISIBLE PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE RIGHT SPINE

THE LEFT SPINE HAS ALL OF THE RED TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ITS FLAT AND CLEAN. IT HAS A LITTLE PAPER SNAG AT THE VERY TOP AND A SPECK OF RUB ON THE BOTTOM TIP

THE RIGHT SPINE HAS ONLY A LITTLE RUB TO THE BOTTOM TIP

THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS STILL  SHARP WITH VERY LITTLE SIGNS OF WEAR. 

THE BOTTOM EDGE ALWAYS SHOWS SHELF WEAR, THIS ONE HAS LIGHT RUB ALONG THE LEADING EDGES

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS ALL OF THE DARK BROWN COLOUR INTACT, AND AGAIN IS UNCREASED , AND NO DAMAGE OR WEAR TO ANY OF THE WINDOWS

THE WHITE WINDOWED INNER CARD IS IMMACULATE. I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS THAT THERE ARE TWO DESIGNS. IT APPEARS THAT THE EARLIEST ISSUES HAD A SPINE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE WHEREAS THE LATER ISSUES WERE JUST A PIECE OF CARD FOLDED IN HALF. THIS ONE DEFINITELY HAS A SPINE WHERE THE INNER SLEEVES SIT FAR BETTER AND SNUGGER BECAUSE OF THIS. THIS IS OFTEN FOUND WITH FOXING MOTTLES BUT THIS ONE JUST HAS THE BAREST SHADOW OF AGEING TO THE EDGES

BOTH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVES ARE IN MINT CONDITION

I HAVE TO GRADE THIS ALBUM COVER AND ALL OF ITS CONTENTS NEAR MINT

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