RARE Led Zeppelin IV Vinyl 1971 First Release Inverted Feather PG Credit A/3 B/4
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Nov 30, 2021 Sold Date
Nov 20, 2021 Start Date
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ULTRA RARE Led Zeppelin IV Vinyl, 1971 First Release! Inverted Feather, Peter Grant Credit, Porky/Pecko Duck A//3 B//4
Amazing opportunity to get hold of this increasingly rare first release of Led Zep IV This is version 1 - the vey first release Sleeve condition is excellent Vinyl shows some very mild hairline marks but nothing significant for a record of this age Unfortunately, no lyric sheet but with a some effort, expect this could be found on ebay to give a fully complete set
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Thanks for looking
Info from Discogs:

  • Published By – Kinney Music Ltd.
  • Marketed By – Polydor Records Ltd.
  • Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation
    • Executive-Producer – Peter Grant
    • Illustration [Inside Illustration 'The Hermit'] – Barrington Colby M O M*
    • Mastered By – Pecko Duck* (tracks: A), Porky (5) (tracks: B)
    • Photography By – Keith Morris (8)
    • Producer – Jimmy Page

  • 1st UK pressing on 'plum' label which is red/white/plum. Feather symbol on side 2 is inverted.
    This label layout identifies the first pressing.
    It is part of the first production batch of the UK red/plum Atlantic label for this title.
    Same for labels versions 2, 3 and 4.

    No mention of Superhype Music Inc.

    Executive Producer credit for Peter Grant (which was removed in various ways from all subsequent pressings - see below).

    Heavyweight unlaminated gatefold sleeve, printed and made in England.

    Inner sleeve has lyrics to 'Stairway to Heaven' on one side and track titles and credits on the other. The first inner sleeves are dark gray with two foldback edges to the side. Interestingly, whilst Jimmy Page succeeded in having the Peter Grant credit removed from the labels, they were never removed from the inner sleeves.

    There are currently 8 verified and known 'plum' label variants.

    This release was commonly referred to as 'Led Zeppelin IV', to follow in sequence with their previous three releases, but no actual title appears on the release.

    Barcode and Other Identifiers

    • Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, hand-etched): Pecko Duck
    • Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, hand-etched): Porky
    • Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped, Variant 1): A//3
    • Matrix / Runout (B-side, stamped, Variant 1): B//3
    • Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped, Variant 2): A//3
    • Matrix / Runout (B-side stamped, Variant 2): B//4



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