Led Zeppelin LED ZEPPELIN III RED/PLUM 1st A5/B5 Peter Grant MINT AUDIO - LISTEN

	£		323
	$		428

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN III

GENUINE VERY FIRST PRESS WITH IMMACULATE AUDIO REPRODUCTION

A TRUE VAULT CONDITION COPY OF THIS RARE ALBUM

SO STARTING WITH THE FIRST PRESS IDENTIFICATION.

THE CATALOGUE NUMBER ON THE LABEL IS 2401002 ON A FIRST ISSUE. ON LATER RELEASES THERE WAS A SMALL DASH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NUMBER MAKING IT LOOK LIKE THIS 2401-002

SECONDLY AT THE FOOT OF THE LABEL OF A FIRST ISSUE THE TEXT 'WARNER BROS MUSIC LTD' APPEARS. ON LATER RELEASES THE TEXT ONLY STATES 'WARNER BROS MUSIC'

THIRDLY AND THE MOST OBVIOUS IS THAT ON A FIRST RELEASE THE CREDITS FOR 'PETER GRANT' AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER APPEAR ON THE TOP HALF OF THE LABEL. LATER RELEASES HAVE NO MENTION OF MR GRANT WHATSOEVER

THE MATRIX NUMBERS IN THE DEAD WAX MUST BE A5/B5

AND FINALLY ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX YOU HAVE TO FIND THE FOLLOWING TEXT. 'DO WHAT THOU WILT' ON SIDE ONE AND ' SO MOTE IT BE' ON SIDE TWO

IN ADDITION THE SLEEVE MUST HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE E.J DAY CO LTD

THIS VOLUME UP FOR AUCTION HAS ALL OF THE ABOVE FIRST PRESS IDENTIFIERS, AND IS IN THE MOST SPECTACULAR CONDITION.

WHEN YOU ARE CONSIDERING INVESTING IN AN ALBUM OF THIS RARITY THEN IT IS ONLY SENSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT YOU MAY DECIDE TO INVEST YOUR MONEY ON, SO THE ALBUM HAS BEEN RECORDED IN FULL IN VERY HIGH QUALITY FOR EACH PERSON WITH AN INTEREST IN IT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT THE RECORD SOUNDS LIKE

THIS PARTICULAR COPY OF ZEPPELIN III HAS ONLY HAD  TWO OR THREE CAREFUL PLAYS AT MOST SINCE 1970 AND REPRODUCES THE ORIGINAL SOUND WITH THE UTMOST CLARITY AND WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN  MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITE BAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE ARE BETWEEN TWO OR THREE MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING HOW LITTLE THE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED.

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE, AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS . EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES AND TWO MINUSCULE DULL SPOTS EMBEDDED INTO THE PRESSING NEITHER OF WHICH SOUND WHEN PLAYED ACROSS, BUT YOU CAN HEAR THIS FOR YOURSELF

A REALLY GLEAMING STUNNING COPY

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS FIRST PRESS RED AND PLUM LED ZEPPELIN III PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID IT HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE, AND HAS THEREFORE REMAINED IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION AND THE REPRODUCTION JUST PROVES IT.

THERE IS CERTAINLY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY IT HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THIS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY AS IT WAS INTENDED. THIS IS HOW A TRUE FIRST PRESS SHOULD SOUND, SO PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN

THERE ARE SOME SERIOUSLY QUIET TRACKS LIKE 'SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU' AND MANY ACOUSTIC INTERLUDES AND ITS WORTH POINTING OUT RIGHT NOW THAT THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE EITHER AND THE SILENT PASSAGES AND LINKING GROOVES INCLUDING THE RUN IN'S ARE SILENT AS THE DAY THE ALBUM WAS PRESSED

I SIT NO MORE THAN 12 INCHES FROM MY SPEAKERS AS I TYPE THIS OUT LISTENING TO EVERY TRACK CLOSELY AND THEREFORE I WILL DETECT FAR MORE THAN SOMEONE SITTING AT NORMAL LISTENING DISTANCE

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT THIS ALBUM WOULD NOT SOUND ANY BETTER IF YOU COULD TIME TRAVEL AND BUY A COPY ON THE FIRST DAY OF RELEASE

BARELY A SPLIT SECOND OF VIRTUALLY INAUDIBLE STATIC ANYWHERE, AND I HEARD NO MORE THAN 2 MINUSCULE STATIC TICS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY

A STUNNING FIST PRESS ZEPPELIN THREE AND PLAYS WITHOUT A DOUBT AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO FIND AND LISTEN TO

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PERFECT COPY OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM THEN I BELIEVE YOU HAVE JUST FOUND IT

TAKE A LISTEN AND YOU BE THE JUDGE THOUGH 

THE SLEEVE

THE ICONIC ZEP III SLEEVE IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION, WITH A PROPERLY WORKING 'WHEEL' 

THIS ORIGINAL ISSUE E.J.DAY AND CO LAMINATED SLEEVE ALWAYS SEEMS TO SUFFER FROM SEVERE YELLOWING TO THE WHITE SURFACE , PARTICULARLY AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGE. HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE, THAT ONLY HAS VERY VERY LIGHT SLIVER OF AGEING TO THE VERY EDGES

 THE FRONT SURFACE IS  BLEMISH FREE!!  IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE. THERE IS JUST ONE  MINUSCULE AND  INVISIBLE TINY LINE NEAR THE SPINE WHICH I FELT ONLY AS I RAN MY FINGER DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE SPINE. AND THATS IT, THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THERE IS NO LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE ANYWHERE.

 WORTH MENTIONING AGAIN THAT THE WHEEL WORKS TO PERFECTION! THIS HAD A HABIT OVER THE AGES OF STICKING AND NOT TURNING , AND FORCING IT WOULD TEAR IT AWAY FROM THE CENTRE POINT RESULTING IN THE WHEEL THEN TURNING BUT LOOSE INSIDE THE FRONT COVER. SO TO BE CLEAR THIS WHEEL IS IN PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY WORKING CONDITION

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER. THE LAMINATE ON BOTH EDGES IS STILL PRISTINE AND UNDAMAGED WHICH INCLUDES ALL FOUR CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE IS IN MINT CONDITION AS WELL. FIRSTLY ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE. IT IS TOTALLY FLAT WITHOUT ANY THUMB TO FINGER SQUASHING AT ANY POINT, AN FINALLY ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND IT'S ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THERE IS NO WEAR EITHER TO THE TOP OR BOTTOM TIPS OF THIS SUPERB SPINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THE LP HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS ALMOST AS PRISTINE AS THE FRONT. THERE IS JUST THE TINIEST SPECK OF RUB TO THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER TIP AND A NEAR INVISIBLE LAMINATE LINE ACROSS THE TOP LEFT CORNER. AGAIN THERE IS JUST ONE TINY LAMINATE LINE BY THE SPINE. AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THERE IS JUST A THIN SHADOW OF NATURAL AGEING TO THE EDGES

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE.GLEAMING LAMINATE

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS THE CORRECT ONE FOR THIS LP AND HAS THE 0570 (MAY 1970) IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.

IT IS UNSPLIT AND ONLY HAS A COUPLE OF LIGHT CREASES, PLUS SOME AGEING TO THE EDGES

THIS IS TRULY A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THIS E.J DAY ORIGINAL SLEEVE, AND DESPITE THE NATURAL EDGE AGEING IS IS AS CLOSE TO A MINT GRADE AS CAN BE WHEN YOU CONSIDER EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE DEFECTIVE WITH THIS ICONIC COVER

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY