LED ZEPPELIN IV 1ST UK PRES PLUM\RED LABEL AWESOME AUIO

	£		279
	$		370

LED ZEPPELIN ''LED ZEPPELIN IV'' AWESOME ORIGINAL 1ST UK PRESSING!!! CAT NO. 2401012 TOP! TOP! AUDIO THROUGHOUT! !!!! WITH ORIGINAL MASTER PRESSERS SIGNATURE HAND ECHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ''PORKY'' and ''PEKO DUCK''(ONLY 1ST PRESS)!!!! PLUM\RED LABELS (ONLY 1ST PRESS)!!!ABSOLUTELY AWESOME TOP TOP AUDIO ON ALL FREQUENCIES!!! MEGA RARE CROSSED OUT \CORRECTED MATRIX FOR SIDE!!!! ONE VERY VERY RARE! WITH RARE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD 'WIDE SPINE'!!(I REALLY CRANKED UP THE VOLUME ON THIS RECORD!, A TRUE RICH BASSEY FEEL ONLY FOUND ON THESE EARLY PRESSINGS!)

The untitled fourth album of English rock band Led Zeppelin was released on November 8, 1971. It has no official title mentioned on the cover and is commonly referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, in the style of the band's previous three albums. Atlantic Records catalogues have used the names Four Symbols and The Fourth Album, and it is also variously referred to as Untitled, Runes, Sticks, Man with Sticks, Four and ZoSo (after the appearance of the first character or symbol printed on the LP label). Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page frequently refers to the album in interviews as Led Zeppelin IV, while singer Robert Plant thinks of it as "the fourth album, that's it." It is one of the best-selling albums in history, with over 23 million units sold in the United States alone; estimates for worldwide figures usually top 37 million units!!!.

After the lukewarm, if not confused and sometimes dismissive, critical reaction Led Zeppelin III had received in the autumn of 1970, Jimmy Page decided that the next Led Zeppelin album would not have a title, but would instead feature four hand-drawn symbols on the inner sleeve and record label, each one chosen by the band member it represents. "We decided that on the fourth album, we would deliberately play down the group name, and there wouldn't be any information whatsoever on the outer jacket," Page explained. "Names, titles and things like that do not mean a thing."!!

LOOK CROSSED OUT\CORRECTED MATRIX!!!!

Owing to the lack of an official title, Atlantic Records initially distributed graphics of the symbols in many sizes to the press for inclusion in charts and articles. The album was one of the first to be produced without conventional identification, and this communicated an anti-commercial stance that was controversial at the time (especially among certain executives at Atlantic).

Led Zeppelin IV remains a perennial favorite on classic rock radio and features "Stairway to Heaven", one of the most famous and popular rock songs ever recorded!!.

THE MATRIX

SIDE 1. 2421012 A#3 ''PEKO DUCK'' '' (HAND ETCHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ONLY 1ST PRESS) 

SIDE 2. 2431012 B#4''PORKY'' (HAND ETCHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ONLY 1ST PRESS) 

THE VINYL

THIS IS THE HEAVIER AND THICKER ORIGINAL TYPE OF VINYL AND THEREFOR MUCH MORE ROBUST!! LATER PRESS WERE MUCH MORE FLIMSIER!!!

INITIAL INSPECTION THE VINYL LOOKS SUPERBE SUPER SUPER GLOSSY APEARANCE!!! ONLY IN STRONG LIGHT CAN ANY ,  LIGHT SURFACE MARKS\SCRATCHES BE SEEN!!! THESE HAVE VERY LITTLE  EFFECT THAT I HEARD!!! (IN FACT I NEVER HEARD ANY AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS AS THE AUDIO STARTS THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS AT ALL! ) THE AUDIO WAS TRUELY SUPERBE!! CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT WITH (NO) SIGNS OF ANY GROOVEWARE OR THAT THIS HAS BEEN OVERPLAYED AT ALL!(NO) CLICKS OR POPS AND CERTAINLY (NO) SKIPS OR JUMPS!!!! SO RARE FOR A LED ZEP VINYL ORIGINAL THAT IS 36 YEARS OLD!!! ABSOLUTELY TOP AUDIO!!! PLEASE NOTE! PLEASE ALLOW FOR VERY LIGHT STATIC HERE AND THERE NOT CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE AUDIO PERHAPES ONLY REALLY HEARD PLAYED AT LOUD VOLUME IN SOME VERY QUIET PLACES OR TRACKS, THIS AUDIO IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE AND I HEARD NOTHING THAT WOULD SPOIL THE OVERALL ENJOYMENT OF THE AUDIO!!!! AND CERTAINLY NO JUMPS OR SKIPS!!! I WOULD CLASS MYSELF AS HIGHLY CRITICAL, PLEASE LOOK AT MY COMPLETED LISTINGS OF RECORDS THAT I HAVE SOLD OF THIS QUALITY AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I NORMALLY GET IT RIGHT !!!!!ABSOLUTELY TOP AUDIO ON ALL FREQUENCIES IN MY OPINION!!!!

PLEASE NOTE!! I ALWAYS ADD THIS DISCLAMER! I HAVE DESCRIBED AS USUAL THIS VINYL GIVING MY HONEST OPINION ON THE AUDIO QUALITY! PLEASE ALLOW FOR THE ODD STATIC TICK OR CRACKLE   (NOT) CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE AUDIO!! THIS IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL 36 YEAR OLD VINYL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ORIGINALLY PLAYED ON A 37 YEAR OLD SYSTEM!!!!!

TOP AUDIO WILL BE HARD TO SURPASS!!!

THE LABELS

SUPERBE ORIGINAL ATLANTIC PLUM\ORANGE LABELS VERY LITTLE SPIDERING IN MY OPINION THIS HAS NOT BEEN OVERPLAYED NO WARE THAT I CAN SEE AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE!!! MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN IS FEATURED (UK PRESSING) 

THE COVER

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HEAVY DUTY GATEFOLD COVER (RAREST TO FIND WIDE SPINE) (ONLY 1ST PRESS) IN SUPERBE CONDITION!!!! (NO) SPLITS OR TARES PLEASE NOTE! THIS IS  UNLAMINATED INSIDE AND OUT! VERY VERY HARD TO KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION  VERY LIGHT RUBBING INDEED !!! LIMTED SLIGHT CREASES TO THE FRONT ONLY (ONLY REALLY NOTICED IF YOU LOOK FOR IT)  THE SPINE  HAS (NO) SCUFFS JUST VERY (VERY LIGHT RUBBING \CORNER LIGHT RUBBING !!!NICE AND SQUARE SPINE (NORMALLY SEEN FLATTENED WITH AGE!!UNBELIEVABLE CONDITION FOR 37 YEARS OLD!!!!!

THE RECORD SLEEVE!

THIS DOES HAVE THE LYRIC RECORD SLEEVE! UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS THE SLIGHTLY LATER ONE FEATURES FOUR SYMBOLS AND THE CAT NO. K50008  IS IN SUPERBE CONDITION !! THERE ARE NO SPLITS OR TARES! THE VINYL IS NOW STORED SEPERATELY FROM THE SLEEVE AND COVER! THIS IS HOW I ALWAYS STORE MY RECORDS!!!

PLEASE SEE PHOTOS  THIS IS REALLY SUPERBE RARELY SEEN LIKE THIS!!! AND ORIGINAL!!!AUDIO VERY NEARLY SOUNDS AS GOOD AS NEW IN MY OPINION!!!!!!

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