LED ZEPPELIN III UK LP 1ST RED/PLUM CELEBRATION LABEL ERROR 100% NEAR MINT

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LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN III

IN MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY CONDITION

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS NEAR MINT CONDITION

HAS THE 'CELEBRATION' LABEL ERROR

DOES NOT HAVE 'SO MOTE IT BE' IN THE DEAD WAX BUT DOES HAVE 'DO WHAT THOU WILT'

RARE A5.B6 MATRIX NUMBERS

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  2401-002
• MATRIX: 2401002 A-5 (ETCHED) 1 5 3   2401002 B//6 v 420 1 2 4 
• DO WHAT THOU WILT' IN THE DEAD WAX SIDE ONE
• 'SO MOTE IT BE  IS MISSING FROM SIDE 2  ????
• SUPERB FULLY WORKING E.J.DAY SLEEVE

VERY UNUSUAL COPY OF THIS RED AND PLUM LEZ ZEPPELIN III. FIRSTLY IT HAS THE LABEL ERROR ON SIDE ONE. CELEBRATION DAY IS JUST LISTED AS CELEBRATION. THIS I HAVE SEEN BEFORE SO IS NOT THAT UNCOMMON. SECONDLY THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE A5 WHICH IS ETCHED AND B//5 WHICH IS STAMPED. MOST COPIES I HAVE COME ACROSS ARE A5/B5, AND FINALLY THE INSCRIPTIONS IN THE DEAD WAX HAVE BEEN ON EVERY RED AND PLUM COPY I HAVE EVER HAD. THIS COPY ONLY HAS THE SIDE ONE INSCRIPTION ' DO WHAT THOU WILT' AND SIDE 2 HAS NOTHING AT ALL

LIKE I SAID A VERY UNUSUAL COPY INDEED

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITEBAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE ARE JUST 3-4 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS JUST HAD VERY FEW PLAYS

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR BLEMISHES ON THE SURFACE,APART FROM ONE TINY LITTLE NON SOUNDING MARK ON TRACK ONE , SIDE 2, AND EVEN WHEN PUT UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUST A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN

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 RECENTLY TAKEN THE DECISION TO FULLY RECORD EVERY LP THAT I LIST, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT IT IS WHAT BUYERS OF QUALITY VINYL WANT FROM SELLERS. TO BE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING LAYING A BID ON IS IN MY OPINION THE WAY FORWARD FOR EBAY VINYL SALES

PLEASE JUST TAKE A LISTEN TO THE QUALITY OF THIS VINYL AS IT WILL SAY FAR MORE THAN I CAN PUT INTO WORDS. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT AN ALBUM THAT WAS SO POPULAR AS THIS COULD BE FOUND IN A CONDITION THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS NEAR MINT.

FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ONTO THE DISC UNTIL THE FINAL FADEOUT, THIS VINYL PERFORMS LIKE A BRAND NEW 1970 DISC. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AT ALL, ANYWHERE. CRISP CLEAR STEREO REPRODUCTION WITHOUT ANY VINYL NOISE EITHER 

THERE IS JUST THE ODD SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC AND A FEW RANDOM LITTLE DUST POPS HERE AND THERE

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS INCREDIBLE DISC GRADES NEAR MINT, BUT PLEASE TAKE A FULL LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

THE ICONIC ZEP II SLEEVE IN REALLY NICE CONDITION

THIS ORIGINAL ISSUE E.J.DAY AND CO LAMINATED SLEEVE ALWAYS SEEMS TO SUFFER FROM SEVERE YELLOWING TO THE WHITE SURFACE , PARTICULARLY AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGE. HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE, THAT HAS ONLY A VERY LIGHT SHADOW OF YELLOWING

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY BLEMISH FREE!!  IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CREASE FREE. IT ONLY HAS THREE MINUSCULE LITTLE LINES THAT FORM NEAR THE SPINE, THERE AREN'T ANY ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES EITHER.

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANY PEEL OR FLAKE OR LIFT EITHER.

AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM. THE ROTATING WHEEL UNLIKE ON MOST COPIES WORKS SUPERBLY AS IT WAS INTENDED TO WHEN NEW.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER

THE SPINE IS IN MINT MINUS CONDITION AS WELL. FIRSTLY ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE. SECONDLY THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT WITHOUT ANY THUMB TO FINGER SQUASHING AT ANY POINT, AN FINALLY ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, WITH JUST THE VERY TIP OF THE BOTTOM LIGHTLY RUBBED

 THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP,AND IS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PUT TOGETHER

THE REAR SURFACE WHILST AGAIN IS UNCREASED, IT IS EVERYBIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT, AGAIN A DELIGHTFUL WHITE SURFACE WITH JUST THAT LIGHT SHADOW CLOSE TO THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE.JUST ONE LIGHT LAMINATE LINE ACROSS THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS IN UN-SPLIT CONDITION, AND ONLY HAS LIGHT CREASE LINES ON THE TOP CORNERS

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT

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

GARRY