Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Red/Plum UK LP Ver 8 A3 / B4 PLAYS EX+
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LED ZEPPELIN - 4
EX+ PLAYTHROUGH
ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS
MINT MINUS SLEEVE AND INNER
CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 2401012
MATRIX: 2401012 *CROSSED OUT B//1 A//3 1 2 2 0 / 2401012 B//4 1,2.4
SIDE ONE DEAD WAX HAS 'PECKO DUCK' ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX,
SIDE 2 HAS 'PORKY' ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAXCORRECT SPELLING OF 'HOP'
I WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON THE SUBJECT OF AN ALL ORIGINAL PRESS.
WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS THAT OVER TIME SLEEVES AND INNERS HAVE BEEN SWAPPED ON ZEPPELIN ALBUMS TO THE POINT THAT IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY AN ORIGINAL ISSUE, YOU MAY WELL END UP WITH A HYBRID, NORMALLY A RED AND PLUM ALBUM IN A GREEN AND ORANGE LABEL'S SLEEVE. SO HOW TO TELL???
WELL FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE ON THE ORIGINAL PRESS WAS MADE OF A SLIGHTLY THICKER CARD AND THEREFORE SOMEWHAT STRONGER. IF YOU LOOK ON THE INSIDE OF THE SLEEVE THE ORIGINAL CARD IS SLIGHTLY A LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN THAN THAT OF THE LATER PRESSES, BUT MOST OBVIOUS IS THE FACT THAT ON THE ORIGINAL ISSUES THE SLEEVE WAS UNLAMINATED, WHEREAS THE LATER SLEEVES WERE SLIGHTLY GLOSSY AND HAVE A SMOOTH FINISH TO THEM
IN ADDITION THE INNER SLEEVE OF THE ORIGINAL PRESS IS EASY TO TELL FROM LATER VERSIONS BY THE FACT THAT IT HAS FLIPBACKS,WHEREAS THE LATER ISSUES DO NOT. THERE IS ALSO A COLOUR VARIANCE WITH THE ORIGINALS BEING A DARKER GREY
THIS IS A PROPER FIRST ISSUE SET
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN TOP CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITEBAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL.
THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.
FINALLY THERE ARE JUST TEN OR SO TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS JUST HAD JUST A FEW PLAYS EVER.
THE VINYL
THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS.
AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW TINY WISPY HAIRLINES TO BE SEEN
THE TEST PLAY
THIS VINYL PLAYS WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND WHATSOEVER
THERE IS NO HEAVY BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO CLICKS OR LOUD POPS
NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE
DURING THE MOST SILENT PASSAGES OF MUSIC THERE IS SOME VERY LOW LEVEL STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AUDIBLE
I ALSO HEARD 2-3 TINY DUST POPS DURING THE PLAYTHROUGH
FOR US THIS GRADES EX+
THE SLEEVE
UNLAMINATED STRONG CARDED ORIGINAL ISSUE SLEEVE. THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES.
THERE IS NOT ONE SPECK OF COLOUR LOSS ANYWHERE, AND NOT ONE MARK OR STAIN
THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO PRESSURE LINES NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
NO RING WEAR AND NO RECORD SHAPE, AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE STILL SHARP AND SQUARE
THE TOP EDGES ARE IMMACULATE WITH A PIN PRICK OF RUB TO THE REAR RIGHT TIP END ONLY
THE BOTTOM EDGES HAVE EXTREMELY MILD SPORADIC SPECKS OF RUB
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
THE SPINE HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE COLOUR. LOKKS PERFECT IN ANY LIGHT . THERE IS NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHING EITHER
THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT
OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE INNER SURFACE IS ON SHOW. THIS USUALLY HAS ALL SORTS OF BLEMISHES BUT AGAIN BECAUSE OF HOW THE RECORD WAS STORED, THIS ONE IS TOTALLY MINT
THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT IS NEARLY PERFECT. NEARLY EVERY ONE OF THESE THAT I HAVE SEEN HAS HAS SEAM SPLITS TO VARIOUS SIDES AND THE BOTTOM EDGE, SOME SMALL AND SOME HUGE, BUT HERE THIS COPY HAS NO SEAM SPLITS AT ALL, JUST A COUPLE OF FINGER MARKS
THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS
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