LED ZEPPELIN PHYSICAL GRAFFITI 1st UK PRESS EX+
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Led Zeppelin’s ‘Tour De Force’ sixth album from 1975 on the Swan Song label, catalogue number SSK 89400. Matrices are A1 B5 C1 D1. A great example of this FIRST UK FIRST PRESSING !! So much more powerful than the later pressings and reissues from different parts of the globe. The audio reproduction of this first UK pressing really is FANTASTIC !! From the opening track, the Bo Diddleyesque ‘Custard Pie’, to the sledgehammer blues of ‘In My Time Of Dying’, this is Zeppelin’s heaviest album and this first pressing really packs a PUNCH !! It plays with staggering power and clarity ! The exquisite Eastern mysticism of ‘Kashmir’, the stomping Disco Funk of ‘Trampled Under Foot’, it all just comes shuddering out of the speakers at you !! But its not all hard and heavy. ‘Bron-Yr-Aur’, which was originally recorded in 1970 and intended for Zep III, is a beautifully reflective acoustic piece that perfectly showcases the bands multifaceted talents. The same could be said for gorgeously melodic ‘Down By The Seaside’. The outside recording of ‘Black Country Woman’ (in Mick Jagger’s back garden at Stargroves) is sensational – close your eyes and you’re right there with them !! But what this album really does is ROCK ! ‘The Wanton Song’, ‘Ten Years Gone’, ‘The Rover’, are all classic Zeppelin at their absolute best. It would be true to say I think, that this was the last ‘GREAT’ Zeppelin album and contains such wonderful music as only they could make. The vinyls are in almost unmarked EXCELLENT CONDITION. The beautiful Swan Song labels have NO WARNER LOGO’s and NO SPINDLE MARKS and are COMPLETELY UNMARKED. The discs have the ‘dipped’ centers unlike later pressings and fit snugly over the spindle, confirming they have had little play. There is absolutely NO SPINDLE WEAR. As I said, the audio reproduction is fabulous. There is NO DISTORTION anywhere on this record and the audio quality really is as good as the day it was pressed !! NO CLICKS OR POPS, only some very slight crackle in the very quietest parts and run ins. I would have to grade the vinyl as easily EXCELLENT+. The box type Kings Road, Culderstead sleeve is still a box. It has THE RED SPINE LETTERING with just a little wear to the top opening edge, corners and the bottom. I would grade this as EXCELLENT. The inner sleeves are in perfect order, with no tears or splits or any marks. All in all, a SUPERB example of this wonderful album.
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On 28-Mar-10 at 22:31:00 BST, seller added the following information:kbyrdman store
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