Led Zeppelin III Atlantic 1970 vinyl Nr Mint ATL 50 002

	£		50
	$		66

Led Zeppelin III Atlantic 1970 Super German issue vinyl Nr Mint Wea 50 002

This is from my own collection, I am not a dealer, in the next few months I am selling off part of my collection, some collectable and rarities, no filler! Thanks for looking!

Collectors Near Mint vinyl and Sleeve a `Vault Stored` quality copy

if you want a superb audio copy to play and enjoy this is for you.....

Please note that this album is complete and original  1970s wea Germany pressing and vinyl is priced for its Near Mint condition and rarety

With clean sleeve and `Magic Wheel` which is a little loose still rotates `vault stored copy`

hard to find in Nr Mint

the german copies  began to sell in UK Following the change to orange and green labels now almost 50 years on how many survive?

Page had at the time bought Crowley s old Boleskine house on the shores of Loch Ness Scotland and was researching Crowley work buying artifacts and "wands"

This is rare rare and gettinmg hard tp find in this Nr Mint condition, the vinyl is a keeper!

Led zeppelin III written between their "mayhem tours" in USA 69 and in July 1970 "on batteries!" at Bron Y Aur cottage Snowdonia Wales and recorded and "polished" at Olympic studios and Island Studios St Johns Wood  London Peter Grant "borrowed " Island Studios time from his old mate and adversary Micky Most.

The classic tracks are here by the bucketful again , the viking war cry of "immigrant song" , "since I've been loving you" (pages greatest blues) "celebration day", "out on the tiles" all jump off the grooves with incredible clarity on this copy, the audio is awesome on our Rega 3. Playtested also on our "super fussy" light tracking Kenwood deck all ok.

The acoustic tracks,

Friends, Bron Y Aur Stomp, Tangerine, That's the way and Gallows Pole all show how impressed Page and Plant had become with the current West Coast fashion led by Crosby Stills and Nash, Young, and the critics in UK panned them for this (time has shown this as misguided) probably more to do with sulking journalists wanting invites to the Starship and the US excess tours!

The "Bron Y Aur" and acoustic segments came to form as lasting part of the live stage sets and anyone who caught the 75 us and uk Earls Court Shows will tell you how well they were received by the rock audience.

Page got what he again wanted here and the mixing done at various locations dictated by tour schedule are a credit to the producer, despite delays by mastering artwork and "moving wheel" wrangles with pressing plants, but in the end an outstanding cover was produced by EJ Day London. Atlantic the album was released in UK end October 70 This is one of those early 70s copies.

This recording was well received in US where Zeppelin were touring regular but in UK it got a cooler reception from the UK critics (at the time)

Atlantic by this time had given artistic freedom following the commercial success of Zep 2 but when Atlantic questioned the volume of acoustic numbers?

to this day many regard this as one of the greatest rock/folk mix albums of all time... judged for yourself but for us the audio quality of these 1970s presses are vastly superior to the recent "deluxe super deluxe releases!"

rock and pop were still considered "passing phases" so it was not felt necessary to clean as often due to the volume they were recorded at with few quieter passages

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Once again Grant broke the mold when he visited the uk pressing plant and "insisted" who would refuse him?

The job was done this way for the early runs in the first year or so... after...

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Grab yourself a piece of rock history!

These are getting harder to find in anything like this condition.

The Record

Near Mint

Near Mint vinyl some very light surface lines only under light . audio has some light static its Nr Mint with some light scuffs from sleeve removal over the years, bear in mind this is almost 50 year old vinyl record! Nice fat pre oil crisis 70s vinyl wow !

Plays well with bright crisp sound may benefit from a professional clean (we don't do this as it's an individual thing) some light background static is noticeable in the quieter passages but nothing to disrupt playing no sticks or jumps on our Rega 3.

The labels are free of writing doodles or stickers and retain great bold colours with no fade we can notice under light.

Great "Nr Mint " vinyl a keeper .

The sleeve

Near Excellent

Despite having done it's job over the years, the sleeve has some   ring wear (see photos) magic wheel rotates but is loose after almost 50 years storage .

good laminate some creasing . a keeper for sure.

the sleeve is a 50 years old and has seen some use.

1970s copies are getting collectable ....still has its original 1970s "Atlantic WEA " inner sleeve its in Ex condition ...

The sleeve is clean with no stickers, tape, writing or doodles, names etc.   

There are no seam splits , spine is in good shape, see photos .... colours are good the thick card has held up well, no serious damage,  expected wear over the close to 50 years.

There is some removal handling wear over the years around the outer edges of the sleeve (see photos in listing) nothing serious so "Nr Ex"

 song titles and credits are on the left of the inner sleeve as a German wea press should be.

The "Magic Wheel" is loose but still rotates 

Atlantic stamp on upper right rear of cover see photos

is is a keeper for someone looking for a wholly clean nr mint of this great album.

Nr mint Red UK copies are almost impossible now sometimes over £300+

This is a great affordable upgrade!

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