Led zeppelin:4 symbols ORIGINAL FIRST UK PLUM RAREST FIRST LABEL VARIATION

	£		250
	$		331

   I’M SELLING MY ENTIRE COLLECTION OF WELL OVER 1000 LPs – I HAVEN’T PLAYED MOST OF THEM FOR MANY YEARS AND THAT’S A CLEAR INDICATION THAT PRIORITIES HAVE CHANGED ..THERE ARE MANY COLLECTIBLE GEMS HERE ON MAJOR LABELS (ATLANTIC,BLUE HORIZON,COLUMBIA,DAWN,DECCA,DERAM,VERTIGO,MARMALADE,

HARVEST,REFLECTION,PINK ISLAND  ETC.) – YOU NAME IT IT’S ALL HERE….ONCE THEY ARE GONE THEY ARE GONE,THAT’S IT ..99% OF MY COLLECTION IS IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION,BOUGHT MANY OF THEM NEW OR VERY NEAR NEW, MANY OF THEM ARE ALSO UNPLAYED MINT –  GOOD LUCK TO ALL..

Led zeppelin: 4 symbols  ATLANTIC 2401012  UK

Original VERY FIRST pressing in GREAT condition !!!

THE ALBUM HAS THE RAREST DIFFERENT RED PLUM LABELS WITH TOTALLY DIFFERENT LAYOUT AND WITH THE PETER GRANT CREDIT.

 THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS LABELS ALSO HAVE A 'PETER GRANT' PRODUCTION CREDIT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL - JIMMY PAGE INSISTED THAT PETER GRANTS NAME WAS REMOVED FROM THE LABEL BEFORE THE RECORD WAS RELEASED. A FEW COPIES HAD ALREADY BEEN PRESSED AND SO TO TRY AND SAVE ON COSTS, THE RECORD COMPANY PUT OVER STICKERS OVER PETER GRANTS NAME. THIS ITEM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DESTROYED AT JIMMY PAGE'S REQUEST HOWEVER A FEW WHERE SENT OUT BY ACCIDENT OR THE STAFF THOUGHT THEY WOULD MAKE GREAT COLLECTORS ITEMS ONE DAY.

ON LATER PRESSINGS PETER GRANTS NAME HAS BEEN REMOVED

MASTERED BY GEORGE PECKHAM - "A PORKY'S PRIME CUT" - MASTERING ENGINEER TO THE BEATLES, APPLE STUDIOS. 3 SAVILLE ROW, LONDON

George Peckham mastered this album with Jimmy Page and Phil Carsons from Atlantic Records. Page called back after the session to say how please he was with the results and that he wanted George to master all future Led Zeppelin Lps. his "Porky's" inscription would go on to also appear on latter albums

ON THE COPY I AM SELLING THE LABEL IS DIFFERENT FROM THE LATER PRESSINGS IN THAT THE LED ZEPPELIN NAME IS PRINTED LOWER DOWN ON THE LABEL THAN THE LATER PRESSINGS, THE WORDS KINNEY MUSIC Ltd IS PRINTED ON THIS COPY HOWEVER LATER COPIES THIS WAS CHANGED TO KINNEY MUSIC/SUPERHYPE MUSIC INC.

ON THE RUN OFF THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE CLEARLY DISPLAYED SHOWING A3 / B4 THIS BEING THE FIRST CUTS OF THIS ALBUM.

ON THESE EARLIEST LABELS “MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP” ACTUALLY IS SPELT CORRECTLY. IT SEEMS IT WAS ONLY DURING THE CORRECTION PROCESS THAT HOP WAS MIS-SPELT AS “TOP” AND IT HAS BECOME A COMMON MIS-CONCEPTION THAT THE MISSPELT TOP LABELS ARE THE RAREST, IRONICALLY THESE FIRST LABELS WITH THE CORRECTLY SPELT “HOP” LABELS ARE BY FAR THE RAREST, THE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO SPELT CORRECTLY UNLIKE THE LATER VERSIONS.

 COPIES OF THIS RECORD ( EVEN LATER PRESSINGS,EVEN IN LESSER CONDITION !!) HAVE BEEN SELLING FOR WELL OVER MY LISTING PRICE BY OTHER SELLERS

cover:  superb  clean EX++ condition with  small  amount of wear on the spine corners  …inside is nice and clean.no signs of heavy use at all, looks very near NEW.. ... the spine is un-crushed and clean with light rubbing on the edges, there’s no  text on this ….opening edges are nice,straight  and sharp,NO signs of heavy use at all ....no rips,tears,splits or any other damages....

the original inner sleeve has clear tape on the edges …

record,visual:   superb clean  EX++ with few LIGHT and totally INAUDIBLE hairlines caused by the paper inner sleeve ,NO scratches at all…...it still retains it’s beautiful original sheen and it looks VERY NEAR NEW .

record,audio: I PLAYED THE ENTIRE RECORD FROM START TO END-THE AUDIO IS  GREAT WITH  CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT SOUND WITHOUT ANY SINGS OF GROOVEWEAR,WITH  GREAT DELIVERY AND  STEREO IMAGE… NO LOUD POPS/CLICKS,NO INTRUSIVE/ DISTURBING BACKGROUND NOISE OF ANY KIND …

labels:   AS CLEAN AS IT COULD BE  with few LIGHT spindle hole marks  2401012-A3  and  2401012-B4 matrix numbers,”PECKO DUCK” and „PORKY” etched in the run-off grooves,VERY FIRST pressing… no tears,stamps or any other damages...

Gradings: I ALWAYS TRY TO DO MY BEST IN GIVING ACCURATE,HONEST AND VERY STRICT GRADINGS BY USING THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

MINT

EX (EXCELLENT)

VG ( VERY GOOD)

I ALSO USE  PLUS (+) AND MINUS (-) IF THE CONDITION FALLS BETWEEN TWO GRADES.

VINYL WILL FIRST BE INSPECTED VISUALLY VERY CAREFULLY UNDER STRONG LIGHT..I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PLAY EVERY SINGLE RECORD  FROM START TO END ( WHO DOES ? ) - HOWEVER,I  TESTPLAY SKIPPING THROUGH  TRACKS ON BOTH SIDES ( INCLUDING RUN-IN,RUN-OUT GROOVES AND THE SPACES BETWEEN TRACKS ) TO CHECK THE OVERALL PLAYBACK  QUALITY.

ALL TESTPLAYING IS DONE ON TOP QUALITY EQUIPMENT- LINN SONDEK WITH ITTOK TONEARM AND BENZ MICRO GLIDER S MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE,McINTOSH TUBE AMPMS AND AMT ESS HEIL SPEAKERS.

IN THE UNLIKELY CASE THAT YOU SHOULD BE UNHAPPY WITH MY GRADING/DESCRIPTION PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE LEAVING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK-I’M SURE THAT WE CAN CLEAR OUT EVERY PROBLEM IN A KIND WAY!

PLEASE NOTE:ALTHOUGH I DIDN’T  HEAR ANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS DURING THE TESTPLAY ON MY SYSTEM AND HAVE GIVEN AN HONEST DESCRIPTION OF THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL,I CAN’T GUARANTEE IT WILL PLAY THE SAME WAY ON YOUR SYSTEM -YOU MIGHT HEAR THE ODD STATICK TICK/POP THAT I DIDN’T !!!

  DUE TO THE NEW ( ANNOYING !!) EBAY RULES I HAVE TO INDICATE SHIPPING RATES,HOWEVER THE GBP4.00 RATE IS  NOT THE ACTUAL  AMOUNT,PLEASE REFER TO THE CHART BELOW !!!!

All items will be sent from my European stock,postage  as follows,all by airmail:

EUROPE: 1 LP(under 500 gramms) GBP 6.00,2-3 LPs(up to 1000 gramms) GBP 12.00,4-5 LPs(up to 1500 gramms) GBP 16.00,6-7 LPs(up to 2000 gramms) GBP 20.00 ...

OVERSEAS: 1 LP(under 500 gramms) GBP 6.50,2-3 LPs(up to 1000 gramms) GBP 13.00,4-6LPs(up to 1500 gramms) GBP 18.00,6-7 LPs(up to 2000 gramms) GBP 22.50 ...

ACCORDING TO PAYPAL RULES ITEMS OVER GBP20.00 VALUE WILL ONLY BE SENT REGISTERED WHICH IS 2.00 - IF YOU DON'T AGREE DON'T BID !!

All records are sent in hard cardboard packing boxes, removed from the covers

to prevent seem splits and placed in protective plastic sleeves..

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