LED ZEPPELIN IV 1st UK PRESS PLUM\RED MiNt AuDiO PrOmO

	£		335
	$		444

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)!!RAREST EVER KINNEY PROMO PRESSING!!!! EXCEPTIONAL TOP AUDIO! (NO) LOUD CLICKS OR POPS!!! ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE HEARD OF THIS PRESSING!

NEAR PERFECT AUDIO!! RICH DEEP BASSEY FEEL AWESOME SEPERATION!

RARE CROSSED OUT\CORRECTED MATRIX ON BOTH SIDES!!

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

RAREST 1ST ISSUE WIDE SPINED GATEFOLD COVER!

Another from my personal collection, originally purchased this album as part of  a very large collection from the BBC Gramophone library about 26 years ago! This album would have been sent directly from the manufacturer to promote the album on the radio for airplay! (A rare peice of music history) Very rarely seen like this with custon ''Kinney Music stickers on the labels''! Any avid Led Zeppelin fan or collector would appreciate that this being the very earliest pressing with the original 'master pressers signature hand etched on both sides ''porky'' and ''pecko duck'' is highly collectable and sought after indeed!!! Also the with the original very rare 1st issue (very) thick card cover very very rarely ever seen with wider spine! (later issues were released with a more durable type of cover and are very common to find and often perceived as 1st issues) The audio is truly outstanding throughout only found like this on the earliest pressings!!

In 1969, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was sold to the Kinney National Company. Kinney (later to be known as Warner Communications) combined the operations of all of its record labels. The following year, Kinney bought Elektra Records and its sister label Nonesuch Records, and assembled the labels into a group known as Warner-Elektra-Atlantic, also called WEA for short, or Warner Music Group. The WEA name was also used as a label outside the U.S!!!.

Being an avid collector of Led Zeppelin UK pressings I have accumilated many many copies of this album and many variations on both labels and audio mixes!! THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL COPY!  This album has been carefully stored in a case, with the sleeve and cover seperated from the vinyl!!! This has helped to preserve this awesome album that i have decided to listRemember this is an original 37 years old, very very rare to find like this! The 1st press cover is awesome, (NO) CREASES! SUPER CONDITION FOR AN ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE COVER! ORIGINAL FLIPBACK LYRIC SLEEVE! ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE TOP AUDIO (NO) LOUD CLICKS OR POPS (NO) DISTORTION!!!! MEGA RARETY!!!

Played at very loud volume on my system, this nearly shook the house down! Near perfect audio through out!! Very important note! For all those audiophiles out there! it is so common on these early 70s pressings to experiance light static crackle in the form of light interfearace that is normally heard during quiet tracks on these vinyls, that are although tollerable in most cases it is still evedent. Having said that every now and then one comes across a special pressing that plays through absolutely awesome even during the quiet tracks like 'Stairway to Heaven'' sounds awersome!. Having heard many many variations of this pressing and some sound extreemely bland and incipede this is awesome rich and very very vibrant with a real basey and raunchy feel that can only be heard on the earliest UK pressings in my opinion!! I would class myself as highly critical, Please look at my completed listings of records that I have sold of this calaber and you will see that I normally get it right!!!   

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#??? (crossed out very rare to find)''PORKY'' (HAND ETCHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ONLY 1ST PRESS) RARE CROSSED OUT\CORRECTED MATRIX ON SIDE 2 also!.

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 AND THE ODD VERY LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCH WHICH HAVE VERY (VERY) VERY LITTLE EFFECT ON THE AWESOME AUDIO INDEED!!! (IN FACT I NEVER HEARD ANY MAJOR AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS AT ALL  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 QUALITY AUDIO!!IF I WAS TO BE HIGHLY CRITICAL ONLY AT VERY HIGH VOLUME COULD POSSIBLY THE ODD LIGHT STATIC TICK\CRACKLE BE HEARD BUT I MUST EMPHISISE THE AUDIO IS PHEONOMINAL THROUGHOUT!  EVEN THE TRACK 'STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN ', SOUNDS AWESOME THROUGHOUT!!!

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! 

ALL TRACKS PLAY AWESOME WITH (NO) LOUD CLICKS POPS OR ANY INTERFEARANCE IN FACT I HAVN'T HEARD MUCH 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 AT ALL, 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 SEEN ONLY ANGLED TO THE LIGHT (UNBELEIVABLE) IN MY OPINION THIS HAS NOT BEEN OVERPLAYED NO WARE THAT I CAN SEE AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE (IT IS PERFECTLY ROUND)!!! MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN IS FEATURED (UK PRESSING) PLEASE NOTE! ''UNDER LICENCE.......'' IS FEATURED ON THE ORANGE ABOVE WHITE STRIP (ONLY EARLIEST LABELS) THESE LABELS FEATURE 'KINNEY MUSIC'' CUSTOM STICKERS USED FOR PROMOTION ONLY! VERY VERY RARE PEICE OF MUSIC HISTORY!!!

THE COVER

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HEAVY DUTY THICK CARD 1ST UK PRESSING GATEFOLD COVER  UNLAMINATED (MAT FINISH) NON SHINY(ONLY 1ST PRESS later press covers have a sheen to them and can not be mistaken!) VERY IMPORTANT! THIS ORIGINAL HAS ONLY ONE OPENING EDGE THE OTHER IS FOLDED OVER! ALSO FEATURES THE WIDER SPINED GATEFOLD!! MANY TIMES I HAVE SEEN THE LATER ISSUES BEING SOLD AS 1ST ISSUES THESE ORIGINALS WERE VERY PRONE TO RUBBING AND WERE VERY SOON SUPERCEDED TO THE MORE ROBUST BUT MORE COMMON TYPE OF COVER THAT IS A THINNER MATERIAL!!  IN SUPERBE  (EXCELLENT )CONDITION!!!! (NO) SPLITS OR TARES AND NO CREASES ON THE FRONT OR REAR THE COVER IS SUPER STRAIGHT!! PLEASE NOTE! THIS IS  UNLAMINATED INSIDE AND OUT! VERY VERY HARD TO KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION ! PLEASE NOTE! THERE IS VERY LIGHT GENERAL RUBBING ONLY REALLY NOTICABLE IF LOOKED FOR ON THE FRONT AND INSIDE,, AND SLIGHT RINGWARE\RUBBING AT THE REAR IF LOOKED AT IN STRONG LIGHT,  I CAN SEE INDENTATIONS OF WHERE SOMEONE HAS LEANT ON THE FRONT WHILST WRITING\SCRIBBLING!  OFTEN FOUND WITH FLATTENED SPINES! THIS COVER HAS BEEN STORED SEPERATED FROM THE VINYL AND SLEEVE TO PREVENT RINGWARE OR DAMAGE FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS OR MORE!!!!!! (NO)CREASES  THE SPINE  HAS (NO) SCUFFS  ((NO) 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 later press do not have flipback) ANOTHER IMPOSSIBLE THING TO FIND ALTHOUGH SUPER FLAT AND STRAIGHT WITHOUT STAINS THE EDGES AND SIDES ARE WORN WITH AGE AND HAVE SPLIT  STILL THE ORIGINAL !  37 YEARS OLD!!!

HOW I SEND MY RECORDS!

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE ALBUM IS ALWAYS PUT IS A POLY SLEEVE AND ENCASED IN THE BOX WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION (SEE PHOTOS)

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SHIPPING TO THE USA IS 10.76GBP INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING

SHIPPING TO EUROPE IS 7.76GBP INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING

POSTAGE WITHIN ENGLAND IS 3.90 SENT BY RECORDED DELIVERY

Please note! All items are now despatched by signed for 1st class delivery!!!! I normally despatch within the next working day on receipt of cleared funds!!!!!

All items are despatched securely with ample reinforcement!!!!!!

I offer a postage discount for multiple purchases!!!,, but i do insist that the buyer pay for the items as they are won! I can not any longer allow winning bidders to run up a large bill and then not pay! I do not have a problem with holding the goods to be despatched untill they are ready (at the buyers request), for multiple items purchased!!!!!

PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER RARE 1ST UK PRESSINGS LISTED NOW!!!! (click the link bellow)

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PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER RARE 1ST UK PRESSINGS LISTED NOW!!!! (click the link bellow)

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