LED ZEPPELIN III - UK 1st pressing A5/B5 - Near Mint Vinyl
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Description
LED ZEPPELIN III
Earliest possible 1st UK pressing on the red/maroon Atlantik Label
Stamper Matrixes A 5 and B 5
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Their third album and one of the "must haves" for any serious collection. This is the very first release having the A5/B5 stampers and the "Do what thou wilt" and "So mote it be" engravings in the dead wax as well as the "Peter Grant" credits on the label.
I compare my pressings on top notch equipment, using the expensive BENZ MICRO SLR Gullwing MC-cartridge with the Micro Ridge cut diamond. It reveals everything from any Vinyl which sometimes can be a curse, especially with 40+ year old records. When I grade a record as Excellent, I am pretty sure many other sellers would not hestitate to call it Near Mint. When I give a record the "Near Mint" grading it is practically flawless. I am collecting Vinyl since 35+ years and own hundreds of records from the day they came into the shops.
The Vinyl: NEAR MINT
Held up into a very strong light I can hardly see any hairlines. The Vinyl is clean and shiny. The playback is fantastic throughout. The sound is rich and full bodied with sparkling cymbals and no distortion on any track. The Vinyl sits flat on the turntable.
The Labels: EXCELLENT+
A few spindle traces only, very clean, bright colors and no unwanted writing.
The Gatefold-Sleeve: EXCELLENT
Fully working rotating wheel, no splits (except for a very small one on top front as well as on bottom front which both can only be seen when looking very closely - I did not want to repair them as I might have ran danger to glue the rotating wheel to the cardboard), no tears, no stain. One 3-4 cm scuff on the back near spine, perfect spine, clearly readable, very soft yellowing from age on back along the edges. The inside is very clean, no unwanted writing at all.
Original Inner Sleeve: VG(+)
"Plastic bags can be dangerous" warning and "Made in England 31/0770" and "British patent No. 800513 & 973939" credits. The Sleeve has a good amount of creases, yellowing from age along the edges, a tear on one side near the middle (hence the downgrading), no seam-splits.
In case of any further questions please don't hesitate to mail me. I will answer promptly.
Due to the somehow weird eBay policies regarding postage please ignore the postage fee mentioned above. I decided to fix shipping at 7 GBP to anywhere in Europe and 9 GBP to the rest of the world. This includes the fees for "signed for/registered" and also Insurance to make sure the record arrives safely. It also allows to track it during its transit. The record ships from Germany.
I pack my records professionally in stiff record mailers leaving the Vinyl (housed in Nagaoka anti-static bags) outside the Sleeve.
Good luck.
