LED ZEPPELIN In Through the Out Door A - F COMPLETE SET OF 6 UK 1ST PRESS A5/B#5

	£		112
	$		148

A VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A

COMPLETE 1ST PRESS SET OF SIX

LED ZEPPELIN

IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR

6x BROWN PAPER BAGS 1ST PRESS

6x MAGIC WASH INNERS 1ST PRESS

6x DIFFERENT OUTER COVERS 1ST PRESS

6x VINYL LP’S 1ST PRESS

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

ALL 1ST PRESS UK RELEASES

!!!!! MEGA RARE!!!!! MEGA RARE!!!!!

** PLUS THE CONDITION **

EVERTHING VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT

Notes about the First Press Details;

1 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.

2 The magic wash inner sleeves are all 1st press, textured and are made from a thicker card and NOT shiny as with the later version.

3 All outer covers are 1st press; 315mm square, later versions are only 310mm square.

4 All the vinyl’s come with the A5 B4 with the 4 crossed out and replaced with a 5 (only 1st press).

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 2KG, SO POSTAGE IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR ACTUAL COST

POSTAGE DETAILS

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. This item is heavy 2kg and is valuable so it has to be insured and signed for.

WITHIN THE UK

Special Delivery

£9.05

Europe

International Signed For

£21.50

Rest Of World

International Signed For

£31.50

Inscribed in the dead wax:

  A                            Matrix Number & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY     

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY     

  B                            Matrix Number & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY     

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY     

  C                            Matrix Number & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY     

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY     

  D                            Matrix Number & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY     

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY     

  E                            Matrix Number & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY     

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY     

  F                            Matrix Number & Inscriptions      

Side One / A

SSK 59410 A5

STRAWBERRY     

Side Two / B

SSK 59410 B# 5

STRAWBERRY     

Vinyl:

 The vinyl’s look superb with that black glossy finish, with hardly any blemishes at all, there are the odd wispy sleeve removal marks, but this set is overall in Excellent condition or better. This set plays superb, NO skips, NO jumps, or anything that spoils your listening pleasure.  I have played each one and can say that they play absolutely superb. You can still see the plastic in the spindle hole on a couple, looking at these vinyl’s I don’t think they have hardly been played.

(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).

  OVERALL GRADED; EXCELLENT

VINYL A; Side 1 EX Side 2 VG+

Side1 has no visible marks, only when held to a strong light can you see any faint wispy removal lines hardly any. Side 2 the same except there is one noticeable scuff mark, it does not affect the audio.

VINYL B; Side 1 EX Side 2 EX

Side1 has no visible marks, only when held to a strong light can you see any faint wispy removal lines hardly any. Side 2 the same except there are two noticeable hairlines, they are very faint and do not affect the audio.

VINYL C; Side 1 EX Side 2 EX

Side1 has no visible marks, only when held to a strong light can you see any faint wispy removal lines, hardly any. Side 2 the same.

VINYL D; Side 1 EX+ Side 2 EX+

Side1 there are NO noticeable hairlines, they are very faint and do not affect the audio, and only when held to a strong light can you see any faint wispy removal lines hardly any. Side 2 the same except there is one noticeable hairline, it is very faint and does not affect the audio.

VINYL E; Side 1 EX Side 2 EX

Side1 has got one visible scuff mark, only when held to a strong light can you see any faint wispy removal lines. Side 2 No noticeable marks, only when held to a strong light can you see any faint wispy removal lines.

VINYL F; Side 1 EX+ Side 2 EX

Side1 has no visible marks, only when held to a strong light can you see any faint wispy removal lines hardly any. Side 2 the same except there is one small scuff mark, it is very faint and does not affect the audio.

Outer Brown Bags:

These normally get ripped or lost but here we have 6 bags in excellent condition. None of them have any graffiti or stickers.

SLEEVE A; VERY GOOD+

(One tiny tear on the side and a slight stain, NO tears at the opening, NO bad creases)

SLEEVE B; VERY GOOD+

(Opening edge has one tiny tear top left; there is a crease across the middle on the front & one tiny tear on the side edge)

SLEEVE C; EXCELLENT

(Opening edge has one tiny tear top right; there is a small stain bottom corner, NO creases)

SLEEVE D; EXCELLENT

(One tiny tear on the side and one really tiny tear on the bottom, NO tears at the opening)

SLEEVE E; EXCELLENT

(One tiny tear on the top corner, NO tears at the opening & NO bad creases)

SLEEVE F; EXCELLENT

(Opening edge has a couple of small tears and one about 3cm in the top corner with the side,  there are NO creases)

Picture Sleeves:

All the outer picture sleeves are fantastic square edges NO MARKS and the spines are all square with the text 100% readable. They are all free any major creases.

SLEEVE A; VERY GOOD+

(NO writing or any graffiti, couple of faint creases at the bottom and one bottom left corner)

SLEEVE B; EXCELLENT

(Good square edges NO creases, spine is fine just out of sync, must have been printed like that)

SLEEVE C; EXCELLENT

(Good square edges some small edge creases, spine is square and strong)

SLEEVE D; EXCELLENT

(Good square edges some faint corner creases, spine is square and strong)

SLEEVE E; EXCELLENT+

(Good square edges some very faint edge creases, spine is square and strong)

SLEEVE F; EXCELLENT+

(Good square edges some very faint edge creases, spine is square and strong) 

Inner Black and White Magic Wash sleeves:

They are all first press with the heavier card.

SLEEVE A; VERY GOOD+

(Coloured in both sides, solid NO splits or tears just a little bit grubby around the edges)

SLEEVE B; VERY GOOD+

(Coloured in both sides, solid NO splits or tears just a little bit grubby around the edges)

SLEEVE C; EXCELLENT

(Coloured in both sides, solid NO splits or tears and clean around the edges)

SLEEVE D; VERY GOOD+

 (Coloured in both sides, solid NO splits or tears and clean around the edges)

SLEEVE E; VERY GOOD+

(Coloured in both sides, solid NO splits or tears just a little bit grubby around the edges)

SLEEVE F; EXCELLENT

(This one is NOT Coloured on either side, solid NO splits or tears just a small crayon like mark)

Labels:

All the labels on all six records are like new without any marks whatsoever, and NO spindle traces to be seen.

VINYL A; EXCELLENT+  

VINYL B; EXCELLENT+ 

VINYL C; EXCELLENT+ 

VINYL D; EXCELLENT+ 

VINYL E; EXCELLENT+ 

VINYL F; EXCELLENT+

Track listing x 6

Side one

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

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

BIOGRAPHY;

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

Back: Woman sitting at end of bar

COVER B

Front: Woman standing at end of bar, leaning on wall

Back: Piano player

COVER C

Front: Bartender

Back: Woman leaning on juke box

COVER D

Front: Woman sitting at end of bar

Back: Man standing with wallet out

COVER E

Front: Piano player

Back: Woman standing at end of bar, leaning on wall

COVER F

Front: Woman leaning on juke box

Back: Bartender

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 colour, like a children's colouring 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!

RECAP;

This is a complete set of all six different covers, and they are all original 1st press and all in excellent or better condition, this is a very rare opportunity to get all 6 in such good condition and of course they are very collectable.

HOW IT WILL BE SENT

Records will be sent in a strong album mailer with bubble wrap, and with the records separate to the album sleeves, all inside plastic covers.

 RETURNS AND FEEDBACK

I don’t normally take any returns but in the unlikely event  if I have missed something or the description is wrong in anyway and you’re not happy with your purchase please contact me first (before you leave feedback) I WILL sort it out and I WILL of course make a REFUND. I do try my best to be as accurate as possible and would never miss-lead you in anyway. In the unlikely event the record is far removed from the description I put, then I will give a refund, but I will expect it back within 10 days from you receiving it and in the same condition as I sent it.

  (Please read all of my description) I will not make any refunds if you simply just changed your mind, I will always be fair and honest.

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GRADING

All my records are graded using the

Record Collector Magazine's Grading Guide

MINT:
The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks
or deterioration in sound quality.
The cover and any extra items are in perfect condition.
Records advertised as sealed or un-played should be mint.

EXCELLENT:
The record shows some signs of having been played,
but there is very little lessening in sound quality.
The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.

VERY GOOD:
The record has obviously been played many times,
but displays no major deterioration in sound quality,
despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch.
Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items,
without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD:
The record has been played so much
that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated,
perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches.
The cover and contents suffer from folding,
scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc.

FAIR:
The record is still just playable but it has not been cared for properly 
and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. 
The cover and contents will be torn, stained and/or defaced.