Led Zeppelin PRESENCE UK LP 1ST PRESS A1 / B2 ONE PLAY EVER PLAYS 100% MINT

	£		121
	$		160

LED ZEPPELIN - PRESENCE

IN MAGNIFICENT ONE PLAY MINT !!!CONDITION

TOTALLY MINT MINUS PURE WHITE SLEEVE

MUSEUM COPY!!!

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG SSK 59402
• MATRIX: SSK59402 A1 / B2
• HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER FROM DAY 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 TOTALLY UNWORN. THERE ARE JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC  SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE INDICATING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE DISC HAS RETAINED ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IN DAYLIGHT THE LP IS FLAWLESS, NOT A MARK ON IT, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, PERHAPS A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE WISPY HAIRLINES.

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, THIS IS BECAUSE 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.

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEARLY.

A STUNNING SOUND THAT IS PERFECT WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION, MEANING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THIS LP HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS.

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

THERE ARE MANY MANY QUIET PASSAGES IN THIS ALBUM AND NONE OF THEM ARE NOISY AT ALL. THERE IS BARELY A SPLIT SECOND OF STATIC AT ALL AT ANY POINT THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH.

I HEARD JUST ONE TINY LITTLE DUST POP THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

OUTSTANDING COPY, AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS MINT !!!!

PLEASE TAKE A LONG LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF THOUGH

THE SLEEVE

THIS NON LAMINATED PURE WHITE GATEFOLD IS SO HARD TO FIND IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION, WITH MOST HAVING SOILING TO THE ONCE WHITE SURFACE. THIS SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED FROM NEW INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER AND IS IN ' PURE WHITE ' CONDITION STILL

THE ORIGINAL ALBUM SLEEVE WAS SHRINKWRAPPED WHEN IT WAS NEW. THIS CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR SALES BECAUSE BUYERS COULDN'T SEE WHO THE LP WAS BY, BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING ON THE SLEEVE TO IDENTIFY THE BAND, OTHER THAN AN EMBOSSED WHITE DESCRIPTION WHICH IS NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE TO SPOT UNDER THE SHRINKWRAP.. A VINYL PATCH WAS PRODUCED TO PLACE ONTO THE SHRINK TO IDENTIFY THE BAND AND ALBUM TITLE. MOST LIKE THIS COPY WERE DISCARDED WHEN THE SHRINK WAS REMOVED.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IMMACULATE

THE SURFACE IS ABSOLUTELY WHITE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE TO BE SEEN. NO AGEING OR YELLOWING, JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF VERY LIGHT HANDLING IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS

THERE ARE NO SMALL LINES WHATSOEVER NEAR THE SPINE!!!. NONE ALONG EITHER OF THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND JUST ONE FEINT THUMB LINE NEAR THE OPENING EDGE, ACTUALLY JUST TO THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE PICTURE

THE 4 CORNERS ARE SHARP TIPPED AND PERFECTLY SQUARE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNMARKED AND IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH ALL OF THE WHITE COLOUR UNSCUFFED AND UNRUBBED

THE SPINE IS ALSO MINT. TOTALLY FLAT AND UNSQUASHED. AGAIN THE WHITE SURFACE IS IMMACULATE AND THE COLOUR RUNS FULLY FROM TIP TO TIP, AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALMOST PERFECT AS THE FRONT,WITHOUT ANY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND A PRISTINE WHITE SURFACE. NO SMALL LINES NEAR ANY OF THE PERIMETER EDGES EITHER, JUST A LITTLE HANDLING NEAR THE EDGES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO MINT INTERIOR PANELS

THE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN UNBELIEVABLE CONDITION. AGAIN PURE WHITE, BUT OF COURSE HOUSING THE RECORD IS PRONE TO SPLITS AND RECORD SHAPE. THIS HAS NOTHING AT ALL WRONG WITH IT. THE DELICATE POROUS SURFACE IS FREE FROM ANY BLEMISH . I AM TAKING NO CHANCES WITH IT, AND HAVE REMOVED THE VINYL AND PLACED THE INNER SLEEVE CAREFULLY BACK INSIDE THE SLEEVE, WITH THE VINYL IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE NOW PLACED OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE.

YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO GET THE CHANCE TO GET A THIS SLEEVE IN THIS FANTASTIC CONDITION AGAIN I AM CERTAIN OF IT, SO FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTORS OUT THERE, THIS IS THE FINAL UPGRADE.

I HAVE NO HESITATION AT ALL IN GRADING THIS INCREDIBLE SLEEVE, MINT MINUS!!!!

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

GARRY