LED ZEPPELIN III ORIG '70 1ST PRESS LP IN SHRINK W/HYPE STICKER RARE

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199

Absolute TOP COPY of this Zeppelin Classic! Corners are sharp, shrink is in great shape, with cool original hype sticker with the track listings for each side.
This is the true original 1st Presswell Pressing in 1970 with Catalog # SD 7201, not to be confused with the later reissue with the Catalog # SD 19128.
GOODLUCK FINDING A NICER ORIGINAL 50 YEAR OLD RECORD AND SLEEVE!! FINAL UPGRADE COPY!!
Released in a die-cut gatefold jacket, which features a rotating wheel in the front flap.

The inscriptions "Do What Thou Wilt" and "So Mote Be It" appear in the runouts, and can be found in numerous configurations - i.e. "Do What Thou Wilt" in the Side A runout and "So Mote Be It" in the Side B runout; "So Mote Be It" in the Side A runout and "Do What Thou Wilt" in the Side B runout; or both sayings in one or both runouts simultaneously.
In this particularly copy, "So Mote Be It" appears in beautiful cursive writing on both Side A and Side B runout simultaneously

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 2): ST-A-702005-A (1) one MasterCraft PR AT
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 2): ST-A-702006-B (2) two MasterCraft P.R. AT

"When Led Zeppelin’s third album was released 50 years ago, it was greeted with a combination of enthusiasm and bewilderment. Why had the stacks of face-melting Marshalls been traded for a 12-string acoustic?

Bandleader Jimmy Page was so infuriated by reviews of his folksy left turn that he refused to talk to the press for more than a year afterward. He’s probably still pissed. The thing is, the general public also cooled on the album fairly quickly and it didn’t chart for as long nor sell as many copies as the first two albums.

Led Zeppelin III is largely beloved today but it remains a difficult transitional album. A lot of the songs sound confused, as if the band wasn’t quite sure where it was headed. They definitely got it sorted out, however, and the remainder of Zeppelin’s catalog is an ideal blend of mayhem and gentle asides.

But there is one absolutely undeniable thing about III: It has one of the best opening tracks in rock and roll history."

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