Led Zeppelin PHYSICAL GRAFFITI UK LP1ST RARE A PRESS NM

	£		78
	$		103

LED ZEPPELIN - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

ULTRA RARE A3 / B4 MATRIX PRESSING!!!!!

FIRST PRESS  - UK ISSUE

WITH THE SLEEVE TO MATCH THE VINYL'S QUALITY

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG SSK 89400
• MATRIX: SSK89400 A3 / B4 / C1 / D1
• RARER A3 MATRIX SIDE ONE
• VERY VERY RARE LOW MATRIX SIDE 2 -FIRST PRESS - 1975

EVERY 1ST PRESS I HAVE EVER HELD HAS HAD A1/C1/D1 MATRIX NUMBERS WITH THE B SIDE HAVING EITHER B5 OR THE RARER B4

THIS COPY HAS AN INCREDIBLE * A3 * MATRIX NUMBER. I HAD NO IDEA THIS NUMBER EVEN EXISTED AND I HAVE LOOKED AT HUNDREDS OF COPIES

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

THIS ONE IS RARER STILL WITH THE VERY RARE A3 MATRIX ENDING ON SIDE ONE!!!

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. THERE ARE JUST 2-3 SMALL AND BARELY VISIBLE SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE, DEMONSTRATING THE FEW PLAYS THIS SET HAS RECEIVED

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 THERE ARE ONLY A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN, WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION

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 SET PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, 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 SERIOUS BACKGROUND INTERFERENCE. THERE IS THE OCCASIONAL LIGHT BIT OF BACKGROUND, AND A COUPLE OF RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS HERE AND THERE

TAKE A LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES AND BE THE JUDGE

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

THE SLEEVE

A VERY HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN UNDAMAGED CONDITION, DUE TO THE MANY DIE CUT HOLES WHICH ARE EASILY DAMAGED,  THIS SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT . 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 JUST ONE SMALL LINE NEAR THE SPINE ON THE LEFT, AND NONE ON THE RIGHT SPINE EDGE. AND ONE TINY SCUFF TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT SIDE.

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 BARELY BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE COVER, LET ALONE THE RECORDS THEMSELVES

THE BOTTOM EDGE ALWAYS SHOWS SHELF WEAR,BUT THIS ONE HAS THE BAREST TRACE OF RUBBING IN A COUPLE OF SMALL SPOTS ONLY

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, AND NO LINES NEAR THE SPINES EITHER

THE WHITE WINDOWED INNER CARD IS IMMACULATE. I HAVE TO GRADE THIS ALBUM COVER AND ALL OF ITS CONTENTS NEAR MINT

THE TWO PICTURE INNER SLEEVES ARE ALSO IN PRISTINE UNSPLIT CONDITION

HAPPY TO GRADE THE SLEEVE NEAR MINT

AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING RARE COPY OF THIS UK 1ST PRESS

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

GARRY