LED ZEPPELIN IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR 1ST PRESS SET OF 6

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COMPLETE SET OF SIX

LED ZEPPELIN

IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR

COMPLETE 1ST PRESS SET OF SIX

A; B; C; D; E; F;

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SET OF 6 LP’S ALL EXCELLENT AND COMPLETE, 1ST PRESS

All covers are 316mm square, later versions are only 310mm square. The inner sleeves are all textured and NOT shiny as with the later version, all come with the A5 B4 with the 4 crossed out and replaced with a 5. Also all the Brown Bags are 1st press, with the paper being slightly darker and with the Vertical lines, later copies have horizontal lines and the paper is a lighter brown. The vinyl’s are kept in new poly lined sleeves, inside a plastic sleeve separate from the covers.

ALL ORIGINAL WITH ALL BEING 1ST PRESS BROWN BAGS, COVERS, INNER COVERS AND VINYLS.

PLEASE NOTE

THIS IS A HEAVY ITEM NEARLY 2KG, SO POSTAGE IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR ACTUAL COST

Year of release if known; 1979

Inscribed in the dead wax:

  A                            Matrix Number     Mother Stamp & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY      S-81

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY      S-23

  B                            Matrix Number     Mother Stamp & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY      S-66

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY      S-1

  C                            Matrix Number     Mother Stamp & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY      S-1

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY      S-9

  D                            Matrix Number     Mother Stamp & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY      S-31

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY      S-36

  E                            Matrix Number     Mother Stamp & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY      S-32

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY      S-41

  F                            Matrix Number     Mother Stamp & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY      S-43

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY      S-6

NOTES;

This is a rare opportunity to get all six different versions of the album In Through The Out Door.

In Through the Out Door is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded over a three week period in November and December 1978 at ABBA's Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and released by Swan Song Records on 15 August 1979. In Through the Out Door was the band's sixth and final release to reach the top of the charts in America, and was the last released by the band before the death of drummer John Bonham in 1980.

The album was named by the group to describe its recent struggles amidst the death of Robert Plant's son Karac in 1977, and the taxation exile the band took from the UK as a result of the Harold Wilson and James Callaghan administrations, which also adversely affected other major British bands of the time, such as The Rolling Stones (which recorded Exile on Main St. in France). The exile resulted in the band being unable to tour on British soil for over two years, and trying to get back into the public mind was therefore like "trying to get in through the 'out' door.

In contrast to previous Led Zeppelin albums, In Through the Out Door features much greater influence on the part of bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones and vocalist Robert Plant, and relatively less from drummer John Bonham and guitarist Jimmy Page. Two songs from the album—"South Bound Saurez" [sic] and "All My Love"—were the only two original Led Zeppelin songs that Jimmy Page had no part in writing. With the exception of "Darlene," a Boogie-Woogie based song credited to all band members (which was eventually released on the 1982 album, Coda), Bonham did not receive writing credits for any of the songs recorded at Polar Studios. This diminished input by Page and Bonham is attributed to the two band members often not showing up on time at the recording studio, with Bonham struggling with alcoholism and Page battling heroin addiction. As Jones said, "there were two distinct camps by then, and we [I and Plant] were in the relatively clean one.

Many of the songs were consequently put together by Plant and Jones during the day, with Page and Bonham adding their parts late at night. According to Jones, this was mainly because I had a new toy. I had this big new keyboard. And Robert and I just got to rehearsals early, basically... So Robert and I, by the time everybody turned up for rehearsals, we’d written three or four songs. So we started rehearsing those immediately, because they were something to be getting on with.

Following the recording sessions at Polar Studios, the album was mixed at Page's personal studio at his home in Plumpton. "Wearing and Tearing", "Ozone Baby" and "Darlene" were recorded during sessions for this album, but were dropped due to space constraints. All later appeared on Coda.

Album sleeve design

The original album featured an unusual gimmick: the album had an outer sleeve which was made to look like a plain brown paper bag, and the inner sleeve featured black and white line artwork which, if washed with water, would become permanently fully coloured. There were also six different sleeves featuring a different pair of photos (one on each side; see my pics), and the external brown paper sleeve meant that it was impossible for record buyers to tell which sleeve they were getting. (There is actually a code on the spine of the album jacket which indicated which sleeve it was—this could sometimes be seen while the record was still sealed.)

COVER A

  Front: Man standing with wallet out (4)                                Back: Woman sitting at end of bar (4)  

COVER B

  Front: Woman standing at end of bar, leaning on wall (5)  Back: Piano player (4 1/2)

COVER C

  Front: Bartender (2)                                                             Back: Woman leaning on juke box (3)  

COVER D

  Front: Woman sitting at end of bar (4)                               Back: Man standing with wallet out (4)

COVER E

   Front: Piano player (4 1/2)                                                  Back: Woman standing at end of bar, leaning on wall (5) 

COVER F

  Front: Woman leaning on juke box (3)                               Back: Bartender (2)

Even though "A Back" is the same "view" as "D Front" (and so on), it is a slightly different "picture"; hence there are 12 different "pictures".

 The pictures all depicted the same scene in a bar (in which a man burns a Dear John letter), and each photo was taken from the separate point of view of someone who appeared in the other photos. The bar is the Absinthe Bar, located at 400 Bourbon Street in New Orleans, LA. The walls are covered with thousands of yellowed business cards and dollar bills. It was re-created in a London studio for the album sleeve design.

The album artwork was designed by Hipgnosis. Storm Thorgerson recalls the design in his book Eye of the Storm:

The sepia quality was meant to evoke a non-specific past and to allow the brushstroke across the middle to be better rendered in colour and so make a contrast. This self same brushstroke was like the swish of a wiper across a wet windscreen, like a lick of fresh paint across a faded surface, a new look to an old scene, which was what Led Zeppelin told us about their album. A lick of fresh paint, as per Led Zeppelin, and the music on this album... It somehow grew in proportion and became six viewpoints of the same man in the bar, seen by the six other characters. Six different versions of the same image and six different covers.

Did you ever notice you could affect the dust jacket by putting water on it? If you applied spittle to it or a bit of water, it would change color, like a children's coloring book we based it on. But we didn't tell anybody. I don't think Zeppelin told anybody, either.

In 1980, Hipgnosis was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of best album package for In Through the Out Door.

 There you have it. Not only did Zep have the best music, they also had the best covers!

PLEASE READ ALL OF THE DESCRIPTION

VINYLS (VISUAL)

The vinyl’s look superb with that black glossy finish, with hardly a blemish at all, there are the odd wispy sleeve removal marks, but this set is overall in Excellent condition.

A; 1 EXCELLENT + 2 EXCELLENT +

B; 1 EXCELLENT    2 VERY GOOD +

(just a couple of light marks on side two, no effect on the audio)

C; 1 EXCELLENT + 2 EXCELLENT +

D; 1 EXCELLENT + 2 EXCELLENT +

E; 1 EXCELLENT     2 EXCELLENT

F; 1 EXCELLENT     2 EXCELLENT

VINYL (PLAY GRADED)

This set plays superb, NO skips, NO jumps, or anything that spoils your listening pleasure.

As with most vinyl you will get some static in the quiet moments and run offs, and sometimes the odd light tick, normally a good clean gets rid of this.

  GRADED; EXCELLENT

OUTER BROWN BAG SLEEVES

SLEEVE A; EXCELLENT , SLEEVE B; EXCELLENT 

SLEEVE C; EXCELLENT , SLEEVE D; EXCELLENT- 

SLEEVE E; EXCELLENT , SLEEVE F; EXCELLENT

INNER SLEEVE (BLACK & WHITE)

SLEEVE A; EXCELLENT, SLEEVE B; EXCELLENT

SLEEVE C; EXCELLENT, SLEEVE D; EXCELLENT

SLEEVE E; EXCELLENT, SLEEVE F; EXCELLENT

OUTER PICTURE SLEEVE

SLEEVE A; EXCELLENT, SLEEVE B; EXCELLENT

SLEEVE C; EXCELLENT, SLEEVE D; EXCELLENT

SLEEVE E; EXCELLENT, SLEEVE F; EXCELLENT

ALL LABELS ARE EXCELLENT,

IF YOU WISH TO SEE MORE PHOTOS FOR THIS MEGA RARE ALBUM SET PLEASE CLICK HERE  

Track listing

Side one

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

1.

"In the Evening  

Jones, Page, Plant

6:49

2.

"South Bound Saurez  

Jones, Plant

4:12

3.

"Fool in the Rain  

Jones, Page, Plant

6:12

4.

"Hot Dog 

Page, Plant

3:17

Side two

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Length

1.

"Carouselambra  

Jones, Page, Plant

10:32

2.

"All My Love  

Jones, Plant

5:51

3.

"I'm Gonna Crawl  

Jones, Page, Plant

5:30

PLACE PICTURE

RECAP;

This is a complete set of all six different covers, and they are all original 1st press and all in excellent condition, very rare and collectable

PLUS MORE PICTURES

Please look at all the photos and please feel free to ask any questions.

PLEASE READ ALL OF BELOW, THANKS

POSTAGE DETAILS

THIS IS A HEAVY ITEM NEARLY 2KG, SO POSTAGE IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL

The cost of postage is set out below, however if you require any further information please email me. Some countries are cheaper than others so it could be less than below. Because of the value it has to be sent Special Delivery in the UK, and International Signed For elsewhere

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£9.05

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Airmail Small Packets

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£19.50

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International Signed For

£30.00

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