LED ZEPPELIN II UK LP RED/PLUM A6/B4 KILLING FLOOR PLAYS 100% NEAR MINT

	£		155
	$		205

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN II

IN MAGNIFICENT 3-4 PLAY NEAR MINT!!! CONDITION

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  588198
• MATRIX: 588198 A//6 v 420 1 1 2 2    588198 B// 4  1 4 1 3 
• 'KILLING FLOOR 'ON THE LABELS AND SLEEVE
• LEMON SONG ON SLEEVE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN 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 VERY LIMITED PLAY.

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 IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A FEW  WISPY HAIRLINES AND A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE HANDLING LINES

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

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!!

FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ONTO THE DISC UNTIL THE FINAL FADEOUT, THIS VINYL PERFORMS LIKE A BRAND NEW 1969 DISC. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AT ALL, ANYWHERE. CRISP CLEAR STEREO REPRODUCTION WITHOUT ANY IRRITANTS IS ALL YOU HEAR.

TAKE A LISTEN IN PARTICULAR TO ' WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE ' AS IT IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS. SILENT PASSAGES THAT ARE SUPERB AND A STEREO MIX THAT IS JUST SUBLIME. ALSO ' THANK YOU ' IS ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF OF NOISE FREE THIS VINYL IS!!

NO CLICKS  JUST THE VERY VERY LIGHTEST SECOND OR TWO OF VINYL NOISE IN JUST A COUPLE OF THE QUIETEST PASSAGES,AND THEN ONLY FOR A SECOND OR TWO AT THE MOST.I HEARD NO MORE THAN A FEW RANDOM AUDIBLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH. THERE IS ONLY ONE DEFINITE POP AND THAT SITS IN THE LINKING GROOVE BETWEEN ' RAMBLE ON & MOBY DICK ' PLUS ONE IN THE RUN OUT DEAD WAX AFTER THE FINAL TRACK SIDE 2

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS INCREDIBLE DISC GRADES NEAR MINT!!!!

BUT MY ADVICE IS TO TAKE A GOOD LONG LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

HOW OFTEN IS A GREAT VINYL LET DOWN BY THE SLEEVE, AND NON MORESO THAN ZEPPELIN 2, WHERE IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A SLEEVE THAT MATCHES THE QUALITY OF A MINT ALBUM. HERE THEN IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS SLEEVE .

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. THE REASON IS THAT THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE VIRTUALLY FROM NEW

THE POWDERY BROWN SURFACE THAT USUALLY WEARS AND RUBS BADLY ON THIS SLEEVE IS NEAR PRISTINE AND UNWORN.EVEN DOWN TO THE PERIMETER EDGES WHERE IT ALWAYS RUBS, THIS ONE IS UNIFORM ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND DOWN.THE ONLY TINY ANOMALY IS THAT THERE ARE TWO RAZOR BLADE THIN LINES OF WHITE BARELY VISIBLE JUST UNDER THE TOP EDGE ON THE RIGHT HALF. I DON'T MEAN THERE ARE RAZOR BLADE CUTS, BUT THE THINNESS OF THE LINES IS RAZOR BLADE THIN.

ALSO THE WHITE AREA IS ALWAYS FOUND WITH SEVERE GRUBBINESS AND DIRT, WELL AGAIN HERE IS ONE THAT IS AS GOOD AS NEW. AGAIN THIS IS VIRTUALLY UNHEARD OF AND ALWAYS HAS FINGERMARKS AT BEST, BUT NOT IF IT WAS HOUSED FROM NEW AND PROTECTED FROM ALL ELEMENTS OF WEAR LIKE THIS ONE. THERE IS PERHAPS A COUPLE OF NEAR INVISIBLE SIGNS IF YOU LOOK REALLY HARD.

INCREDIBLY THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE AND NEAR INVISIBLE LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG EITHER THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS CONIC ALBUM.NEAR MUSEUM QUALITY I WOULD GUARANTEE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE MOST MILDEST SPECKS OF SHELF RUB. NOT WORN THROUGH LIKE MOST YOU WILL SEE, AND STILL 98% BROWN

THE 2% CONSISTS OF A FEW PIN PRICKS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH.

THE SPINE ON THIS SLEEVE IS USUALLY FOUND BATTERED, RUBBED, SQUASHED, AND WORN OUT, BUT ON THIS SLEEVE YOU HAVE A SPINE THAT IS JUST PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. FIRSTLY AND INCREDIBLY THE SPINE IS FLAT AND NOT PUSHED OVER LIKE MOST ARE. THERE ARE NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES EITHER, AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED APART FROM THE VERY AND TINIEST TIPS TOP AND BOTTOM.

ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP,AND HAS JUST ONE TINY THUMB NAIL NICK ALONG ONE EDGE

THE REAR SURFACE LIKE THE FRONT HAS EVERY SINGLE SPECK OF THE BROWN SURFACE INTACT. IT'S ALSO WORTH MENTIONING THAT NEITHER THE FRONT OR THE BACK HAS ANY SIGN OF RING WEAR, OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, WHICH AGAIN IS A RARITY ON THIS SLEEVE.

AGAIN LIKE THE FRONT THERE IS JUST ONE MICROSCOPIC LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE.HAS 'THE LEMON SONG' ON THE TRACK LISTING, AND PETER GRANT AS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

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. JUST A COUPLE OF LIGHT WRINKLES TO THE SURFACE

THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS!!!!!!

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

GARRY