LED ZEPPELIN II UK LP 1ST RED/PLUM A2/B2 'LEMON SONG' PLAYS EXCELLENT ++

	£		103
	$		136

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN II

IN MAGNIFICENT EX++  PLAYTHROUGH CONDITION

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS

NEAR MINT SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  588198
• MATRIX: 588198 A v 2 1 1 1 1    588198 B v 2  13
• 'THE LEMON SONG' ON THE LABELS AND 'THE LEMON SONG' ON THE SLEEVE
• CORRECT LIGHT BROWN SLEEVE

THIS LP HAS COME FROM AN INCREDIBLE RECORD COLLECTION, WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD PROTECTED THE ALBUMS FOR THE VERY DAY OF PURCHASE BY PLACING THEM INTO PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVES. THEREFORE VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE RECORDS THAT I WILL BE LISTING FROM THIS COLLECTION WILL HAVE MINT, MINT MINUS OR AT THE WORST NEAR MINT SLEEVES!

THE INNER SLEEVES HAVE ALL BEEN KEPT FLAT AND UNWRINKLED AND FURTHER ENHANCE THE COLLECTION.

THE VINYLS ARE ALSO IN THE MOST AMAZING CONDITION POSSIBLE, WITH A FEW HAVING NEVER BEEN PLAYED, AND AGAIN THE GRADINGS VARY BETWEEN MINT AND NEAR MINT...NOTHING LOWER.

THE RECORDS WERE PLACED INTO THOSE RECORD BOXES WITH HANDLES ON THEM, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN KEPT AWAY FROM EXTREME HEAT OR SUNLIGHT AND COLD.

FINALLY THERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER TITLES IN THIS COLLECTION, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK DAILY FOR THE LATEST FROM THIS AMAZING SELECTION OF 197O'S ROCK ALBUMS

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITE BAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE ARE ABOUT 10 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS JUST HAD MINIMAL PLAY IN 46 YEARS

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND SHEEN, AND LOOKS BRILLIANT . UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE NUMEROUS ULTRA FINE WISPY SURFACE HAIRLINES, AND A FEW LIGHT HANDLING LINES WHICH DO DETRACT A LITTLE FROM THE VISUAL IMAGE BUT AS YOU WILL HEAR MOSTLY DO NOT SOUND .

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 ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS 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

A FIRST PRESS SOUND IS GENERATED BY THIS VINYL WITH AN OUTSTANDING STEREO REPRODUCTION

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND,MEANING THAT THE LP WAS NEVER SUBJECTED TO A HEAVY OR WORN STYLUS

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

THERE IS SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEARD IN SOME OF THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES MAINLY ON SIDE ONE

A FEW RANDOM MINUSCULE DUST POPS AND STATIC TICS, AGAIN MAINLY ON SIDE ONE, although there are five tiny rotational tics at the start of the final track on side two

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THIS ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SOUND EXCELLENT ++ FOR SIDE ONE AND NEAR MINT FOR SIDE TWO

THE SLEEVE

ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC ALBUM SLEEVES OF ALL TIME, AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST TO FIND IN A COLLECTIBLE CONDITION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. PRIMARILY THE SLEEVES WAS UNLAMINATED AND THIS CAUSED ISSUES WITH THE POWDERY BROWN FINISH WHICH RUBS AWAY VERY EASILY. THE THERE IS THE WHITE AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE BAND IMAGE, WHICH PICKS UP DIRT AND GRIME LIKE A MAGNET, AND ON MOST COPIES WILL SERIOUSLY LET THE SLEEVE DOWN.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ALWAYS WEAR TERRIBLY AND AS FOR THE SPINE IT IS ALWAYS CREASED AND SHELF WORN.

APART FROM THE SMALL AREA OF RUBBING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT SURFACE THIS ONE STANDS UP AGAINST THE VERY BEST

THE FRONT SURFACE IS ALMOST BLEMISH FREE  IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND APART FROM THAT SMALL PATCH OF WHITE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE IN THE RIGHT CORNER, HAS NO OTHER RUBBING WHATSOEVER.

THE POWDERY BROWN SURFACE THAT USUALLY WEARS AND RUBS BADLY ON THIS SLEEVE IS OTHERWISE PRISTINE NO GREEN SHOWING FROM THE UNDERCOLOUR

ALSO THE WHITE AREA IS ALWAYS FOUND WITH SEVERE GRUBBINESS AND DIRT, WELL AGAIN HERE IS ONE THAT IS VIRTUALLY AS GOOD AS NEW, PERHAPS THE BAREST SPECK OF HANDLING

THERE ARE ZERO!!! LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE. NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES  DISPLAY ABSOLUTE MINIMAL RUBBING, JUST A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS OF WHITE ON EACH SURFACE AND AGAIN AT THE RIGHT CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE ON THIS SLEEVE IS USUALLY FOUND BATTERED, RUBBED, SQUASHED, AND WORN OUT, BUT ON THIS SLEEVE YOU HAVE A SPINE THAT IS JUST NEAR PERFECT .. FIRSTLY AND INCREDIBLY THE SPINE IS FLAT AND NOT PUSHED OVER LIKE MOST ARE. THERE ARE NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES EITHER, AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED APART FROM A SLIVER OF BROWN RUBBED ON THE TOP LEADING EDGE AND A SPECK OF RUB ON THE BOTTOM TIP END.

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS ALL OF THE BROWN COLOUR INTACT, AND A WHITE AREA THAT IS STILL WHITE, AND IT IS CREASE FREE, ONCE AGAIN THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY LINES NEAR THE EDGES, AND NO COLOUR LOSS

ALSO WORTH MENTIONING IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RING WEAR OR RECORD SHAPE ON EITHER THE FRONT OR BACK SURFACES.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE, HAS THE LEMON SONG IN THE TRACK LIST

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS IS VERY CLEAN UNSPLIT CONDITION WITH JUST SOME LIGHT GLUE AGEING TO THETOP EDGE

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT WHEN COMPARED TO ANY OTHER ZEP 2 SLEEVE

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

GARRY