Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti LP - FIRST UK Pressing - TRULY AWESOME Vinyl

	£		155
	$		205

I am selling some of my personal vinyl collection. Many of these records are UK pressings and were mainly purchased by myself in the 1970’s/80’s. They have been extremely well looked after, most having only been played a handful of times on Linn or Rega turntables with a light stylus tracking force of 1.5 to 1.75 g.

Please read the description below for vinyl condition (as per the Record Collector Grading System), but for most of my records the vinyl can be considered as in near mint or excellent condition, shiny and with no significant marks – basically almost as good as when it came out of the original shop. The covers vary in condition but most are excellent just showing the usual signs of storage. Most have been stored in plastic protective covers.

A word about hairline marks. It is almost impossible to find any non-sealed record without any hairline marks - many had them from new, particularly if sold with cardboard inner sleeves. They are a result of storage and use and have little impact on sound quality. Likewise, very few original vinyl records lie totally flat. As for background noise, all records will have some background noise which varies wildly and often reflects the very variable pressing quality. I have bought new heavy pressing LP's in recent years and many of the original records I am selling not only look better but they sound better! I only draw attention to marks, warping or background noise in my listings if I consider them significant.

All records have been cleaned using high quality professional Record Cleaning Machines - either a £3,000 Keith Monks Omni VII RCM or a Moth Pro Mk II RCM. Not only does this wet clean/vacuuming process remove surface marks such as fingerprints, etc, it also significantly reduces background noise and many argue that the lower noise floor results in opening up of the sound and improved fidelity.

This album is Led Zeppelin's classic "Physical Graffiti" double LP on the Swan Song label SSK 89400. This is many a hard core Zeppelin fan's favourite album and it is not hard to see why. It is a sprawling majestic ambitious album with not a bad track on it - a classic!

This particular album is first UK pressing of this groundbreaking album. These records have the A1/B5/C1/D1 matrix numbers.

Other characteristic features of this first UK pressing are the sleeve has "Swan Song/484 Kings Road, London SW10"and "Cuilderstead Ltd., trading as Swan Song" at the top. The sleeve is wraparound on thick card with a matt finish and a spine at the bottom with red lettering down the side. The inner sleeves are thick card with SSK 89400/A & SSK 89400/B in bottom right hand corners and the labels have "Made in UK" at 9 O'Clock and NO Warners logo at 3 O'Clock - see large scale photos below.

The records are in superb condition and appear barely, if ever, played. There are a few very light surface marks on record one but none of these affect play in any significant way. These marks are purely from the original cardboard inner sleeve and may well have been there when new. Over the past few years, the records have been stored in paper/polythene sleeves.

The records test played superbly on my Rega RP6 turntable - I think this is the best copy of this album I have heard with AWESOME CLEAR STUNNING DYNAMIC SOUND! I picked up no notable surface noise apart from a bit of light pressing-related noise on the first tracks on Sides 2,  3 and 4 and a couple of pops that I detected in the middle of the track "Trampled Under Foot". Nothing else of note and these facts are just pointed out for total transparency - the fact is this record SOUNDS SIMPLY STUNNING and I think you would be hard pressed to find a better original pressing of this circa 40 year old album. 

The main sleeve, inner sleeves and fold out inset are all in superb condition with no splits, etc. The main sleeve has some slight wear at the top corners but nothing significant - see photos below.

Overall, a superb FIRST PRESSING with AWESOME SOUND and I doubt you could readily find better.

I dispatch worldwide in reinforced heavy duty LP mailers with cardboard reinforcements either side.

Please see my other listings with many auctions of classic rock albums to come so save me as a favourite seller. Typical postage prices as follows and combined postage with other albums saves money (double album counts as 2 records):

UK: 1 record £3.50, 2 records £4.50, 3 records £6.

EU: 1 record £5.50, 2 records £7, 3 records £8.50.

International: 1 record £8.50, 2 records £10, 3 records £11.50.

Some countries may require International Signed For so please ask.

Please see my feedback, particularly on other records I have sold, and thanks for looking.