LED ZEPPELIN II - 1969 ATLANTIC ROBERT LUDWIG HOT MIX "RL" AND "SS" BOTH SIDES

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TITLE: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
FORMAT: LP
PRESSING: Stereo first pressing with red/green Atlantic '1841 Broadway' labels and original Robert Ludwig Hot Mix
CATALOG NUMBER/ LABEL : SD 8236

MATRICES : Side 1 ST-A-691671   RL and SS  (Robert Ludwig and Sterling Sound) in dead wax - see photo
                        Side 2 ST-A-691672    RL and SS  (Robert Ludwig and Sterling Sound) in dead wax - see photo
REVIEW: Recorded quickly during Led Zeppelin's first American tours, Led Zeppelin II provided the blueprint for all the heavy metal bands that followed it. Since the group could only enter the studio for brief amounts of time, most of the songs that compose II are reworked blues and rock & roll standards that the band was performing on-stage at the time. Not only did the short amount of time result in a lack of original material, it made the sound more direct. Jimmy Page still provided layers of guitar overdubs, but the overall sound of the album is heavy and hard, brutal and direct. "Whole Lotta Love," "The Lemon Song," and "Bring It on Home" are all based on classic blues songs -- only, the riffs are simpler and louder and each song has an extended section for instrumental solos. Of the remaining six songs, two sport light acoustic touches ("Thank You," "Ramble On"), but the other four are straight-ahead heavy rock that follows the formula of the revamped blues songs. While Led Zeppelin II doesn't have the eclecticism of the group's debut, it's arguably more influential. After all, nearly every one of the hundreds of Zeppelin imitators used this record, with its lack of dynamics and its pummeling riffs, as a blueprint.- Allmusic.com

NOTE: While this is certainly a classic LP, this particular early pressing of this LP, known as the Ludwig Hot Mix, is especially sought after. The bass frequency on these copies of this LP is absolutely thunderous. I have included 3 Youtube clips. The first one is Bob (Robert) Ludwig, "RL" himself, explaining the origins of the infamous Ludwig Hot Mix of Led Zeppelin II, and the other 2 are excerpts of the first minute or so of Side 1 and Side 2 of this copy of this highly collectible LP. As the clips will show, this is NOT a Near Mint copy, but there is plenty of life left in the grooves of this copy of this rare LP.
RARE ORIGINAL U.S. STEREO PRESSING WITH RED/GREEN ATLANTIC '1841 BROADWAY' LABELS AND ORIGINAL ROBERT LUDWIG MASTERING. VINYL IN STRONG CONDITION.

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CONDITION: (we visually grade albums according to Goldmine Standards, BUT questionable vinyl marks are also play-graded) 
                        VINYL: Very Good Plus
                        JACKET: Very Good (some edge wear, discoloration along spine, spotting, and some very mild splitting in center of gatefold and bottom right corner -see photos for detail of these areas) 
                        SLEEVE: Very Good Plus (Atlantic catalog sleeve)
                        INSERT / EXTRAS : Rare original Robert Ludwig Mix
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