LED ZEPPELIN IV 1ST UK PRESS AWESOME VINYL MINT AuDiO

	£		171
	$		227

LED ZEPPELIN ''LED ZEPPELIN IV'' AWESOME ORIGINAL 1ST UK PRESSING!!! CAT NO. 2401012 TOP! TOP! AUDIO THROUGHOUT! !!!! WITH ORIGINAL MASTER PRESSERS SIGNATURE HAND ECHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ''PORKY'' and ''PEKO DUCK''(ONLY 1ST PRESS)!!!! PLUM\RED LABELS (ONLY 1ST PRESS)!!!!! EXCEPTIONAL TOP AUDIO! (NO) CLICKS OR POPS!!! ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE HEARD OF THIS PRESSING! RICH DEEP BASSEY FEEL AWESOME SEPERATION!

RARE CROSSED OUT\CORRECTED MATRIX ON SIDE 1.

''UNDER LICENCE.....'' Featured on the white strip (only early press)!!!!!

The untitled fourth album of English rock band Led Zeppelin was released on November 8, 1971. It has no official title mentioned on the cover and is commonly referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, in the style of the band's previous three albums. Atlantic Records catalogues have used the names Four Symbols and The Fourth Album, and it is also variously referred to as Untitled, Runes, Sticks, Man with Sticks, Four and ZoSo (after the appearance of the first character or symbol printed on the LP label). Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page frequently refers to the album in interviews as Led Zeppelin IV, while singer Robert Plant thinks of it as "the fourth album, that's it." It is one of the best-selling albums in history, with over 23 million units sold in the United States alone; estimates for worldwide figures usually top 37 million units.

After the lukewarm, if not confused and sometimes dismissive, critical reaction Led Zeppelin III had received in the autumn of 1970, Jimmy Page decided that the next Led Zeppelin album would not have a title, but would instead feature four hand-drawn symbols on the inner sleeve and record label, each one chosen by the band member it represents. "We decided that on the fourth album, we would deliberately play down the group name, and there wouldn't be any information whatsoever on the outer jacket," Page explained. "Names, titles and things like that do not mean a thing."

Owing to the lack of an official title, Atlantic Records initially distributed graphics of the symbols in many sizes to the press for inclusion in charts and articles. The album was one of the first to be produced without conventional identification, and this communicated an anti-commercial stance that was controversial at the time (especially among certain executives at Atlantic).

Led Zeppelin IV remains a perennial favorite on classic rock radio and features "Stairway to Heaven", one of the most famous and popular rock songs ever recorded.

THE MATRIX

SIDE 1. 2421012 A#3''PEKO DUCK'''' (HAND ETCHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ONLY 1ST PRESS) RARE CROSSED OUT\CORRECTED MATRIX ON SIDE 1.

SIDE 2. 2431012 B#3''PORKY'' (HAND ETCHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ONLY 1ST PRESS) 

THE VINYL

THIS IS THE HEAVIER AND THICKER ORIGINAL TYPE OF VINYL AND THEREFOR MUCH MORE ROBUST!! LATER PRESS WERE MUCH MORE FLIMSIER!!! THE VINYL LAYS PERFECTLY FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE!

INITIAL INSPECTION THE VINYL LOOKS SUPERBE AND I CAN HARDLY SEE A BLEMISH!!! ONLY IN STRONG LIGHT COULD POSSIBLY ANY , OR VERY FEW LIGHT WHISPY SURFACE SLEEVE REMOVAL MARKS BE SEEN!!! THESE ARE NON AUDIO SOUNDING THAT I HEARD!!! (IN FACT I NEVER HEARD ANY AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS AT ALL AMAIZINGLY (NOT) EVEN THE USUAL STATIC CRACKLE!) THE AUDIO WAS SUPERBE!! CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT WITH (NO) SIGNS OF ANY GROOVEWARE OR THAT THIS HAS BEEN OVERPLAYED AT ALL!!SO RARE FOR A LED ZEP VINYL ORIGINAL THAT IS 36 YEARS OLD!!! ABSOLUTELY TOP AUDIO!!!

POINTS TO NOTE! THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN STORED IN A CASE LAYING DORMANT FOR AT LEAST 25 YEARS! FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THIS VINYL WOULD BENEFIT FROM A CONSTANT CLEAN BEFORE EACH PLAY! ,,AS BIULD UP OF DIRT AND DUST IN THE GROOVES OVER A PERIOD OF LAYING DORMANT CAUSES STATIC CRACKLE! CONSTANT CLEANING DRASTICLY REDUCES THIS AND GREATLY IMPROVES THE AUDIO QUALITY! 

PLEASE NOTE! THE ONLY CRITISISM THAT I CAN MAKE IS THAT I HEARD SOME LIGHT CLICKS ON THE RUN OFF GROOVE (ONLY)RIGHT AT THE START OF SIDE ONE BUT I MUST EMPHISISE THAT AS SOON THE TRACK STARTS THE AUDIO IS DEFINATELY NOT EFFECTED AT ALL!!! ALL TRACKS PLAY AWESOME WITH (NO) CLICKS POPS OR ANY INTERFEARANCE IN FACT I HAVN'T HEARD BETTER!

PLEASE NOTE! I ALWAYS ASK! PLEASE ALLOW FOR VERY LIGHT STATIC CRACKLE NOT CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE AUDIO PERHAPES ONLY REALLY HEARD PLAYED AT LOUD VOLUME IN SOME VERY QUIET PLACES OR TRACKS, THIS AUDIO IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE AND I HEARD NOTHING THAT WOULD SPOIL THE OVERALL ENJOYMENT OF THE AUDIO!!!! AND CERTAINLY NO JUMPS OR SKIPS!!! I WOULD CLASS MYSELF AS HIGHLY CRITICAL, PLEASE LOOK AT MY COMPLETED LISTINGS OF RECORDS THAT I HAVE SOLD OF THIS QUALITY AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I NORMALLY GET IT RIGHT !!!!!ABSOLUTELY TOP AUDIO ON ALL FREQUENCIES!!!!

ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE HEARD OF THIS PRESSING!  AWESOME!

PLEASE NOTE!! I ALWAYS ADD THIS DISCLAMER! I HAVE DESCRIBED AS USUAL THIS VINYL GIVING MY HONEST OPINION ON THE AUDIO QUALITY! PLEASE ALLOW FOR THE ODD STATIC TICK OR CRACKLE   (NOT) CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE AUDIO!! THIS IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL 36 YEAR OLD VINYL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ORIGINALLY PLAYED ON A 37 YEAR OLD SYSTEM!!! IN MY PERSONAL OPINION THIS PLAYED THROUGH WITH (NO) CLICKS POPS AND CERTAINLY (NO) SKIPS OR JUMPS AND IS GRADED AT THE VERY TOP! ON ALL FREQUENCIES!! !!

TOP AUDIO WILL BE HARD TO SURPASS!!!

THE LABELS

SUPERBE ORIGINAL ATLANTIC PLUM\ORANGE LABELS VERY MINIMAL SPIDERING  CAN BE COUNTED ON ONE HAND (UNBELEIVABLE) IN MY OPINION THIS HAS NOT BEEN OVERPLAYED NO WARE THAT I CAN SEE AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE!!! MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN IS FEATURED (UK PRESSING) PLEASE NOTE! ''UNDER LICENCE.......'' IS FEATURED ON THE WHITE STRIP (ONLY EARLIEST LABELS) LATER ISSUES FEATURE THIS OBOVE THE WHITE STRIP!!!!

THE COVER

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HEAVY DUTY GATEFOLD COVER  (ONLY 1ST PRESS) IN SUPERBE CONDITION!!!! (NO) SPLITS OR TARES PLEASE NOTE! THIS IS  UNLAMINATED INSIDE AND OUT! VERY VERY HARD TO KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION VERY (VERY)LIGHT RUBBING  TO THE EDGES & CORNERS !!! (NO)CREASES  THE SPINE  HAS (NO) SCUFFS JUST LIGHT RUBBING !!AMAIZINGLY (NO) FLATTENING WITH AGE!!(OFTEN SEEN)LIGHTEST OF FEINT RINGWARE CAN BE SEEN AT THE REAR ONLY! PLEASE SEE PHOTOS  THIS IS REALLY SUPERBE RARELY SEEN LIKE THIS!!! AND ORIGINAL!!!!!! TRY TO FIND BETTER!

THE RECORD SLEEVE

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL (FLIP BACK) SLEEVE (ONLY 1ST PRESS) LIGHT GENERAL CREASES BECOMING FRAGILE WITH AGE AND A SPLIT BEGINNING TO FORM AT THE BOTTOM EDGE ALSO TAPE RESIDUE CAN BE SEEN AT THE BOTTOM EDGE! VERY SMALL TARE AT THE OPENING EDGE (THIS IS NOW STORED SEPERATELY FROM THE VINYL) STILL THE ORIGINAL !  37 YEARS OLD!!!

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