Led Zeppelin PHYSICAL GRAFFITI UK LP UNPLAYED 1ST MINT

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	$		376

LED ZEPPELIN - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED CONDITION

FIRST PRESS  - UK ISSUE

WITH THE SLEEVE TO MATCH THE VINYL'S QUALITY

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG SSK 89400
• MATRIX: SSK89400 A1 / B4 / C1 / D1 
• VERY VERY RARE LOW MATRIX SIDE 2 -FIRST PRESS - 1975

I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM TO BE ABLE TO LIST THIS INCREDIBLE COPY OF PHYSICAL GRAFFITI IN A TRULY UNPLAYED CONDITION!!

THE LP HAS COME FROM A COLLECTION WHERE THERE WERE TWO COPIES OF THIS ALBUM, BOTH BOUGHT ON THE SAME DAY, AND BOTH WITH THE RARE B4 MATRIX NUMBER. AND WHILST THE OTHER COPY HAS HAD A COUPLE OF PLAYS THIS ONE HAS SOMEHOW REMAINED IN ITS ORIGINAL UNPLAYED STATE UNTIL MY VERY CAREFUL TEST PLAY TODAY. I WILL BE LISTING THE SECOND COPY NEXT WEEK SOMETIME , BUT FOR NOW HERE IN ALL ITS SPLENDOUR IS A TRUE MASTERPIECE AND VAULT COPY OF THE BEST ZEPPELING ALBUM EVER!!!!

AND TO CAP IT OFF THE SLEEVE IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER COME ACCROSS IT IS 99% AS MINT AS THE VINYLS

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.

THERE WERE A FEW EARLIER PRESSES RELEASED WITH THE VERY HARD TO FIND 'B4' MATRIX ENDING. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE HARD TO COME BY VERY FIRST PRESSES

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 UNPLAYED SET I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SEE ANY EITHER. MY TEST PLAY I CAN ASURE YOU HAS NOT CREATED ONE EITHER

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 INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SEE WHATSOEVER

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 RECENTLY TAKEN THE DECISION TO RECORD THE ALBUMS THAT I LIST FROM START TO FINISH, THUS ALLOWING POTENTIAL BIDDER TO FULLY HEAR WHAT THEY MAY BE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON. THIS TAKES ME A VERY LONG TIME, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD FOR QUALITY VINYL BUYING ON EBAY.

THE TEMPTATION NOT TO PLAY THIS WAS INCREDIBLE, BUT I JUST HAD TO PROVE JUST HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS VINYL IS, AND AS YOU LISTEN TO IT YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THAT YOU WERE LISTENING TO A CD BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ANY BACKGOUND WHATSOEVER

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 BACKGROUND STATIC AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS OR ANYTHING AT ALL APART DURING THE FIRST 20 SECONDS OF THE PENULTIMATE TRACK ON SIDE 4 WHERE THERE ARE A FEW BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE POPS, OTHER THAN THIS MINISCULE ISSUE ALL YOU GET IS  THE SUBLIME REPRODUCTION OF THIS ALBUM

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  MINT MINT!!!!

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 AS MINT AS I COULD EVER WISH TO FIND. I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS CLASSIC ALBUM WITH A SLEEVE THAT HAS ALSO DEFIED THE TEST OF TIME

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 AMZINGLY NONE OF THE SMALL LINES THAT GATHER NEAR THE SPINE, AND IN THIS CASE WE HAVE TWO SPINES, AND THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NONE ON EITHER SIDE. IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE, BUT JUST THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THIS SLEEVE IN YOUR HANDS AND INSTANTANEOUSLY YOU JUST KNOW IT'S A VERY SPECIAL SLEEVE

THE LEFT SPINE HAS ALL OF THE RED TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ITS FLAT AND CLEAN AND IS IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION

THE RIGHT SPINE IS ALSO IN THE SAME IMMACULATE CONDITION

THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THE INNER SLEEVES HAVE JUST NOT BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE COVER, LET ALONE THE RECORDS THEMSELVES

THE BOTTOM EDGE ALWAYS SHOWS SHELF WEAR, I HAVE NEVER HAD ONE THAT DOESN'T, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE THIS ONE IS JUST IMMACULATE. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN PROTECTED FROM DAY ONE INSIDE SOME PLASTIC. THIS IS UNHEARD OF TO FIND THE BOTTOM EDGE THIS GOOD.

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. IT IS IMMACULATE IT GOES ALMOST WITHOUT SAYING.

BOTH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVES ARE IN MINT CONDITION

I HAVE TO GRADE THIS ALBUM COVER AND ALL OF ITS CONTENTS MINT!! IT JUST HAS TO BE

I MENTIONED AT THE VERY TOP OF THE LISTING THAT IT IS 99% AS GOOD AS THE VINYL. THAT ONE PERCENT IS THE TINIEST MOST MINISCULE BIT OF FLUFFING TO THE VERY CORNER TIPS AS YOU CAN SEE IN TO CLOSE UPS

YOU ARE NEVER EVER GOING TO FIND A COPY OF THIS ALBUM IN THIS CONDITION AGAIN, SO IF YOU WANT THE BEST EVER EXAMPLE OF THIS PRECIOUS ALBUM....HERE IT IS!!!!

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

GARRY