LED ZEPPELIN DEBUT LP 1ST RED/PLUM SUPERB 100% MINT-

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LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN

IN MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY CONDITION

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS IN TRULY VAULT CONDITION

AN INVESTMENT GRADE COPY!!!!!

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  588171
• MATRIX: 588171 A//1 1 3 1 6 (CORRECTED MATRIX NUMBERS)    588171 B//4 1 1 5 
• STUNNING SLEEVE
• WARNER CREDITS

WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE MINT MINUS EXAMPLE OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM IN SUCH SUPERB CONDITION THAT IT CAN ONLY BE CONSIDERED AN INVESTMENT GRADE COPY

• THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN NEAR MINT 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 3-4 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS JUST HAD THE 2 PLAYS. THERE IS A SMALL DATE INSCRIPTION ON SIDE ONE. I BELIEVE DONE IN PENCIL SO PROBABLY CAN BE ERASED. I HAVE TAKEN A COUPLE OF PICTURES BUT AS YOU WILL SEE IT IS REALLY HARD TO SPOT. IT IS JUST ABOVE THE ATLANTIC TEXT ON THE LEFT SIDE

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR BLEMISHES ON THE SURFACE,AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLAWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PUT UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE JUT A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES

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 HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

PLEASE JUST TAKE A LISTEN TO THE QUALITY OF THIS VINYL AS IT WILL SAY FAR MORE THAN I CAN PUT INTO WORDS. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT AN ALBUM THAT WAS SO POPULAR AS THIS COULD BE FOUND IN A CONDITION THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS MINT MINUS

PLAYED JUST THE ONCE OR TWICE PERHAPS, BUT I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS ONE THAT IS IN THIS CONDITION BEFORE. THE SOUND QUALITY GENERATED BY THE VINYL IS ELECTRIC, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION JUST MAGINFICENT. IT IS JUST FANTASTIC, THERE IS NO OTHER WORD TO DESCRIBE IT.

FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ONTO THE DISC UNTIL THE FINAL FADEOUT, THIS VINYL PERFORMS LIKE A BRAND NEW 1970 DISC. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AT ALL, ANYWHERE. CRISP CLEAR STEREO REPRODUCTION WITHOUT ANY IRRITANTS

THERE IS A FEW OFF SECONDS OF STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND HEAR ONLY IN THE LINKING GROOVES AND A LITTLE ON THE RUN IN'S TO EACH SIDE, BUT THIS IS VERY VERY MILD AND BARELY AUDIBLE. I HEARD PERHAPS TWO TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS INCREDIBLE DISC GRADES MINT MINUS, BUT PLEASE TAKE A FULL LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

THE ICONIC ZEP I SLEEVE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION IMAGINABLE

THIS ORIGINAL ISSUE MACNEILL  LAMINATED SLEEVE, NEVER SEEN IN THIS CONDITION. USUALLY HAVING SQUASHED SPINE AND MANY CREASES ON THE FRONT AND BACK SURFACE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS VIRTUALLY BLEMISH FREE!!  THIS HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW, AND HAS REMAINED IN TOTALLY STAGGERING CONDITION. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE AS GOOD AS THIS EVER!!

THE FRONT SURFACE HAS A LAMINATE THAT GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE, EVEN THE TINY LAMINATE LINES THAT FORM NEAR THE SPINE ARE RESTRICTED TO JUST THREE NEAR INVISIBLE ONES, AND EVEN THEN THE SLEEVE HAS TO BE ANGLED INTO THE LIGHT TO SPOT THEM. OTHER THAN THOSE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE

NOTICE THAT THE SLEEVE HAS THE FIRST ISSUE GREY STRIP ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER

THE SPINE IS IN MINT CONDITION AS WELL. FIRSTLY ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE. SECONDLY THE SPINE IS TOTALLY FLAT WITH JUST A SEMI FINGER TO THUMB HALF SQUASH (IF THAT MAKES SENSE)

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 WHICH HAVE THE TAPERED ENDS

 THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP AND UNBLEMISHED IN ANY WAY.

THE REAR SURFACE IS AGAIN IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. A TINY SLIVER OF LAMINATE LIFT NEAR THE SPINE AT THE TOP END, BUT NO CREASES OR LINES

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS AS WHITE AND CLEAN AS I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE, AND FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THIS VINYL HAS JUST REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR ALL THESE YEARS

THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS

I'LL JUST FINSH BY SAYING THAT IN MY OPINION YOU COULD NEVER GET A BETTER AND MORE PRISTINE COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM AND SLEEVE , AND IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT VAULT CONDITION, AND WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING, AND FOR SOME LUCKY WINNER THIS IS AN INVESTMENT AS IT CAN ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE, AND WHATEVER IS PAID FOR IT NOW WILL IN FUTURE SEEM A BARGAIN

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

GARRY