LED ZEPPELIN IV 1st UK PRESS PLUM\RED ArChIvE CoPy MiNt

	£		908
	$		1,203

Over 38 years ago I saw Led Zeppelin Live at the Ulster Hall,in Belfast, Ireland, on March 6th, 1971, 

This was their 1st public performance of Stairway To Heaven,Black Dog and many more from their fourth coming album eight months later!! .
The offical release of Stairway To Heaven on record, was eight months later in November `1971. A magical version with a powerful final section driving the crowd mad! I remember vividly as a young teenager, The venue only held aprox 300-400 people the place was like a large church hall and my ticket, was that I was to be seated about half way back from the stage, although I seem to remember that nobody ever sat on a seat all the way through this concert!!  I had never heard a rock band like this before, the raw energy and power projected was truly electrifying. I thought that the ceiling was going to cave in!! !.

Robert Plant sang "there`s a sign on the door".  He left out this line completely!!.
From this first appearance in Belfast on this song was performed in every LZ gig thereafter!!.
Manager Peter Grant refused to issue the track as a single. So the record buyers (like myself) began to invest in the fourth album as if it were a single!. This album on offer, together with my original ticket, is very close to my heart. This album was ordered three months prior to release!!!  
There are more than three million radio plays documented - back to back that would run for more than 50 years solid!. On offer with the original and (EARLIEST EVER) Led Zeppelin IV 1st issue\1st UK pressing album, is the original Live concert ticket stub that I attended all those years ago!! This ticket is not just any old Led Zeppelin concert ticket, this was their 1st official concert where the band debut a number of songs from their upcoming "Fourth Album", including the first public performance of Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven, Going to California and Rock and Roll.!!

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)!!!!! EXCEPTIONAL TOP AUDIO! (NO) CLICKS OR POPS!!! ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE HEARD OF THIS PRESSING!

AN ARCHIVE COPY NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE! VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED NEAR MINT VINYL!! RICH DEEP BASSEY FEEL AWESOME SEPERATION!

RARE CROSSED OUT\CORRECTED MATRIX ON SIDE 1.

''UNDER LICENCE.....'' Featured on the white strip (only early press)!!!

RAREST Miss spelt track ''Misty Mountain Hop'' Miss spelt ''Misty Mountain Top''!!

THE BEST COPY YET!

NEAR PRISTINE PLAYING SURFACE! NEAR PRISTINE GATEFOLD! AN ARCHIVE COPY NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE!!!

Another from my personal collection, Being an avid collector of Led Zeppelin UK pressings I have accumilated many many copies of this album and many variations on both labels and audio mixes!! THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL COPY AND CLOSE TO MY HEART!  This album has been carefully stored in a case, with the sleeve and cover seperated from the vinyl!!! This has helped to preserve this awesome album that i have decided to list, to keep it as a near archive copy, Together with the original ticket stub from a live concert that I attended more than 39 years ago in Dublin, Ireland!

 I have many many copies of all of the Zeppelin UK albums! This is probably one of the best that I have seen and heard, ordered 3 months prior to release! Absolutely top condition! Remember this is an original 37 years old, very very rare to find like this! The 1st press cover is awesome, SUPER SQUARE SPINE (NO) CREASES! SUPER CONDITION ORIGINAL FLIPBACK LYRIC SLEEVE! ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE TOP AUDIO (NO) CLICKS OR POPS!!!! MEGA RARETY!!!

Played at very loud volume on my system, this nearly shook the house down! Perfect perfect audio through out!! Very important note! For all those audiophiles out there! it is so common on these early 70s pressings to experiance light static crackle in the form of light interfearace that is normally heard during quiet tracks on these vinyls, that are although tollerable in most cases it is still evedent. Having said that every now and then one comes across a special pressing that plays through with almost as near to cd quality as possible. Well this copy in my opinion is that copy! Having heard many many variations of this pressing and some sound extreemely bland and incipede this is awesome rich and very very vibrant with a real basey and raunchy feel that can only be heard on the earliest UK pressings in my opinion!! I would class myself as highly critical, Please look at my completed listings of records that I have sold of this calaber and you will see that I normally get it right!!!   

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!!."

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) RARE CROSSED OUT\CORRECTED MATRIX ON SIDE 1.

SIDE 2. 2431012 B#3 ''PORKY'' (HAND ETCHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ONLY 1ST PRESS)

Please note! Out of the many mant copies that I have seen and have of this pressing, this matrix is the earliest ever!!!  

THE VINYL

THIS IS THE HEAVIER AND THICKER ORIGINAL TYPE OF VINYL AND THEREFOR MUCH MORE ROBUST!! LATER PRESS WERE MUCH MORE FLIMSIER!!! THE VINYL LAYS PERFECTLY FLAT ON THE TURNTABLE!

INITIAL INSPECTION THE VINYL LOOKS SUPERBE AND I CAN HARDLY SEE A BLEMISH!!! ONLY IN STRONG LIGHT COULD POSSIBLY ANY , OR VERY FEW LIGHT WHISPY SURFACE SLEEVE REMOVAL MARKS BE SEEN!!! THESE ARE NON AUDIO SOUNDING THAT I HEARD!!! (IN FACT I NEVER HEARD ANY AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS AT ALL AMAIZINGLY (NOT) EVEN THE USUAL STATIC CRACKLE!) THE AUDIO WAS SUPERBE!! CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT WITH (NO) SIGNS OF ANY GROOVEWARE OR THAT THIS HAS BEEN OVERPLAYED AT ALL!!SO RARE FOR A LED ZEP VINYL ORIGINAL THAT IS 36 YEARS OLD!!! ABSOLUTELY TOP AUDIO!!!

POINTS TO NOTE! THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN STORED IN A CASE LAYING DORMANT FOR AT LEAST 25 YEARS! FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THIS VINYL WOULD BENEFIT FROM A CONSTANT CLEAN BEFORE EACH PLAY! ,,AS BIULD UP OF DIRT AND DUST IN THE GROOVES OVER A PERIOD OF LAYING DORMANT CAUSES STATIC CRACKLE! CONSTANT CLEANING DRASTICLY REDUCES THIS AND GREATLY IMPROVES THE AUDIO QUALITY! 

ALL TRACKS PLAY AWESOME WITH (NO) CLICKS POPS OR ANY INTERFEARANCE IN FACT I HAVN'T HEARD BETTER!

PLEASE NOTE! I ALWAYS ASK! PLEASE ALLOW FOR VERY LIGHT STATIC CRACKLE 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 AT ALL, 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!!!!

ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE HEARD OF THIS PRESSING!  AWESOME!

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!!! IN MY PERSONAL OPINION THIS PLAYED THROUGH WITH (NO) CLICKS POPS AND CERTAINLY (NO) SKIPS OR JUMPS AND IS GRADED AT THE VERY TOP! ON ALL FREQUENCIES!! !!

TOP AUDIO WILL BE HARD TO SURPASS!!!

THE LABELS

SUPERBE ORIGINAL ATLANTIC PLUM\ORANGE LABELS VERY MINIMAL SPIDERING  CAN BE SEEN ONLY ANGLED TO THE LIGHT (UNBELEIVABLE) IN MY OPINION THIS HAS NOT BEEN OVERPLAYED NO WARE THAT I CAN SEE AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE (IT IS PERFECTLY ROUND)!!! MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN IS FEATURED (UK PRESSING) PLEASE NOTE! ''UNDER LICENCE.......'' IS FEATURED ON THE WHITE STRIP (ONLY EARLIEST LABELS) LATER ISSUES FEATURE THIS OBOVE THE WHITE STRIP!!!!

THE COVER

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HEAVY DUTY 1ST UK PRESSING GATEFOLD COVER  UNLAMINATED (MAT FINISH) NON SHINY(ONLY 1ST PRESS later press covers have a sheen to them and can not be mistaken!) IN SUPERBE  (NEAR MINT )CONDITION!!!! (NO) SPLITS OR TARES PLEASE NOTE! THIS IS  UNLAMINATED INSIDE AND OUT! VERY VERY HARD TO KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION ! CERTAINLY ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE SEEN VERY NEAR PRISTINE! UNBELEIVABLE FOR 37 YEARS OLD!!YOU WILL FIND IT VERY HARD TO FIND BETTER,, OFTEN FOUND WITH FLATTENED SPINES! THIS COVER HAS BEEN STORED SEPERATED FROM THE VINYL AND SLEEVE TO PREVENT RINGWARE OR DAMAGE!!!!!! (NO)CREASES  THE SPINE  HAS (NO) SCUFFS  ((NO) RUBBING !!AMAIZINGLY (NO) FLATTENING WITH AGE!!(OFTEN SEEN)LIGHTEST OF FEINT RINGWARE CAN BE SEEN AT THE REAR ONLY! PLEASE SEE PHOTOS  THIS IS REALLY SUPERBE RARELY SEEN LIKE THIS!!! AND ORIGINAL!!!!!! TRY TO FIND BETTER!

THE RECORD SLEEVE

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL (FLIP BACK) SLEEVE (ONLY 1ST PRESS later press do not have flipback) ANOTHER IMPOSSIBLE THING TO FIND (NO) SPLITS OR TARES AT THE EDGES! !(THIS IS NOW STORED SEPERATELY FROM THE VINYL)  MUST BE GRADED AS EX\EX- PLUS STILL THE ORIGINAL !  37 YEARS OLD!!!

HOW I SEND MY RECORDS!

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE ALBUM IS ALWAYS PUT IS A POLY SLEEVE AND ENCASED IN THE BOX WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION (SEE PHOTOS)

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SHIPPING TO THE USA IS 10.76GBP INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING

SHIPPING TO EUROPE IS 7.76GBP INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING

POSTAGE WITHIN ENGLAND IS 3.90 SENT BY RECORDED DELIVERY

Please note! All items are now despatched by signed for 1st class delivery!!!! I normally despatch within the next working day on receipt of cleared funds!!!!!

All items are despatched securely with ample reinforcement!!!!!!

I offer a postage discount for multiple purchases!!!,, but i do insist that the buyer pay for the items as they are won! I can not any longer allow winning bidders to run up a large bill and then not pay! I do not have a problem with holding the goods to be despatched untill they are ready (at the buyers request), for multiple items purchased!!!!!

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