LED ZEPPELIN 1 UK ATLANTIC PLUM FIRST MATRIX ORIGINAL

	£		50
	$		66

Album Title: LED ZEPPELIN 1

VERY RARE – This one is a FIRST PRESSING, SECOND VARIANT FROM THE UK FIRST ISSUE that grades EXCELLENT throughout, so it comfortably deserves the description VERY RARE. This has all of the same characteristics as the earliest first variant with the same matrices, but they are incorrectly corrected, and it is, as you can see, in the orange titled cover with grey underline.  That said it is undoubtedly one of the all time great blues based progressive heavy rock albums, as well as one of the best debut albums ever and, as such, is an ESSENTIAL COLLECTABLE. To this day it represents a really remarkable feat of creative experimental audio technique and engineering combined with the extraordinary and prodigious talent of four exciting young musicians and writers who dismantled the boundaries of modern rock music and confirmed just how irrelevant boundaries are in music. This vinyl plays SUPERBLY well and delivers audio with great clarity to the HIGHEST standard.

Vinyl Audio side 1: MINT-, plays like new! The audio is simply stunning! There's no hiss, pops, crackles, skips, jumps or background noise whatsoever!

Vinyl Audio side 2: MINT-, plays like new! The audio is simply stunning! There's no hiss, pops, crackles, skips, jumps or background noise whatsoever!

Vinyl Visual side 1: VERY GOOD+, vinyl has many superficial hairlines which have no effect on the audio whatsoever. No deep scratches or other marks.

Vinyl Visual side 2: VERY GOOD+, vinyl has many superficial hairlines which have no effect on the audio whatsoever. No deep scratches or other marks.

Label Visual side 1: EXCELLENT, some light spindle lines but otherwise no marks, no tears, no scuffs, no visible spindle hole wear.

Label Visual side 2: EXCELLENT, some light spindle lines but otherwise no marks, no tears, no scuffs, no visible spindle hole wear.

Outer Cover: EXCELLENT, the original iconic, and marginally controversial, ‘Hindenburg’ fully laminated single slip cover of light to mid-weight card construction – the front cover image was chosen by Jimmy Page, the back cover group photo was taken by Chris Dreja formerly rhythm guitarist with The Yardbirds, the design was coordinated by George Hardie and it was ‘Printed and made by MacNeill PressLtd., London S.E.1. The front leading edge has a small tear about 1 cm in length (see picture below). The laminate is not broken and has only a tiny amount of very very slight bubbling. There is a light crease in the top left quadrant at the front. For it's age, this is a superb Cover!

Spine: EXCELLENT+, excellent physical shape with square shoulders and original pinched ends and clean, clear and all text fully readable.

Play Grade: Superior audio performance is the main reason for listening to vinyl and you will not find a better sounding copy of Led Zeppelin's debut album than this! The audio is simply stunning! There's no hiss, pops, crackles, skips, jumps or background noise whatsoever!

Vinyl: The vinyl sits perfectly flat on the turntable - absolutely no warping whatsoever! Truly amazing for it's age! Heavyweight vinyl weighs 145 grammes.

Photographs: ALL of the photographs in ALL of my listings are of the actual LP for sale! I have included 24 high-resolution pictures so you can see clearly what you're bidding on should you decide to bid!

Album History: Led Zeppelin is the debut album of English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded in October 1968 at Olympic Studios in London and released on Atlantic Records on 12 January 1969. The album featured integral contributions from each of the group's four musicians and established Led Zeppelin's fusion of blues and rock. Led Zeppelin also created a large and devoted following for the band, with their unique heavy metal sound endearing them to a section of the counterculture on both sides of the Atlantic. Although the album initially received negative reviews, it was commercially very successful and has now come to be regarded in a much more positive light by critics. In 2003, the album was ranked number 29 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Packing & Shipping Costs: UK - £3.90 (Signed for), EUROPE - £8.76 (Signed for), USA & R.O.W - £11.76 (Signed for). I do not profit from packing and shipping costs and I always combine shipping if you buy 2 or more LP's from me.

Led Zeppelin are:

Jimmy Page – acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitar, backing vocals, producer
Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica
John Paul Jones – bass guitar, organ, keyboards, backing vocals
John Bonham – drums, timpani, backing vocals

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About Me: I am a keen record collector and have been so for many years. This record is from my personal collection. I have 100% positive feedback so bid with confidence and please feel free to ask any questions!