LED ZEPPELIN IV AWESOME NM SLVD UK RAREST REDPLUM LABEL ERRORS

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WOW THIS IS NOT ONLY AN ORIGINAL RED PLUM LABEL A3/B3 PRESSING FROM 1971  WITH NOT FAR OFF MINT SLEEVE AND NR EXCELLENT VINYL BUT IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL UK LEP ZEP 'S YOU WILL EVER COME ACROSS  L@@K

IT MAY EVEN BE AS RARE – OR EVEN RARER THAN A TURQUIOSE LED ZEP I……..  GO CHECK ON EBAY AND SEE HOW MANY OTHERS YOU CAN FIND,

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WHY IS IT SO RARE ?? ..

..WELL WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRINTED BUT PRE-RELEASE THE LABELS CONTAINED SO MANY ERRORS POLYDOR/ATLANTIC ACTUALLY PRINTED CORRECTIVE STICKERS TO PLACE OVER THE LABELS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL OF THE CORRECTED LABELS

THESE UNCORRECTED LABELS WERE THEREFORE NOT TO HAVE EVER MADE IT TO THE SHOPS BUT CLEARLY A FEW DID !!

A SIMILAR COPY TO THIS 1ST/ VARIATION WAS IN LATE  2009 SOLD BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED RECORD TRADERS HERE ON EBAY FOR IN EXCESS OF GBP 2200  !

 I WILL EXPLAIN MORE OF THE HISTORY AS IT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE KNOWN OF THIS PRESSING A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE LISTING BUT THIS IS THE SECOND AND EASILY THE RAREST AND PROBABLY MOST HIGHLY SORT AFTER VARIATION 

AS IT IS ALL OF THE KNOW THE RED/PLUM VARIANTS OF LED ZEPPLIN IV ARE RARER THAN ANY OF THEIR PREVIOUS THREE LPS AS THE RED/PLUM ATLANTIC/POLYDOR LABELS WHERE REPLACED VERY EARLY IN 1972 WHEN KINNEY/WARNER BROS TOOK OVER THE ATLANTIC CATALOGUE AND BEGAIN ISSUING ON THE NEW GREEN ORANGE LABELS WITH NEW K (KINNEY)  CAT PREFIXES AND THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1971

BUT AS RARE AS ALL RED/PLUM LABELLED LED XEP IV’S ARE THEY ACTUALLY EXSIST IN  FOUR DIFFERING KNOWN VARIATIONS BEFORE THE SWITCH TO KINNEY,

THE FIRST AND SECOND  VARIANT LABELS  ARE THIS ONE, AND BOTH CONTAIN FIVE DISTINCT ATTRIBUTES :-

a)  "UNDER LICENCE FROM ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPN., U.S.A" TEXT ABOVE THE WHITE LINE IN THE RED PART OF THE LABEL (LATER LABELS HAVE THIS TEXT INSIDE THE WHITE STRIPE) - EXACTLY THE SAME AS ALL EARLIER ATLANTIC LPS (LIKE LED ZEPPELIN III FOR EXAMPLE),

b)   PUBLISHING CREDITS WERE ACCIDENTALLY OMITTED ON THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS LABELS!!!!  IF YOU LOOK BELOW THE SONG LISTING ON EITHER SIDE IT SAYS 'KINNEY MUSIC LTD' ONLY.   ON ALL LATER RED/PLUM LABELS  (INCLUDING THE MUCH LATER GREEN/ORANGE RE-ISSUES) THE CREDITS WERE CHANGED TO - 'KINNEY MUSIC/SUPERHYPE MUSIC INC'. 

c)  ON THESE MEGA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS THE TEXT 'LED ZEPPELIN' IS POSITIONED TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL (BELOW THE WHITE LINE) AND IS QUITE SMALL.  ON ALL LATER LABELS THE 'LED ZEPPELIN' TEXT IS SLIGHTLY LARGER & POSITIONED TOWARDS THE TOP (ABOVE THE WHITE LINE!) - JUST BELOW THE FOUR SYMBOLS!!!!

d)    THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS LABELS ALSO HAVE A 'PETER GRANT' PRODUCTION CREDIT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL - THIS WAS REMOVED ON ALL LATER LABELS ALLEGEDLY AT THE INSISTANCE OF JIMMY PAGE!!!!

e)  FINALLY, THESE EARLIEST LABELS “MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP” ACTUALLY IS SPELT CORRECTLY !! IT SEEMS IT WAS ONLY DURING THE CORRECTION PROCESS THAT HOP WAS MIS-SPELT AS “TOP” AND IT HAS BECOME A COMMON MIS-CONCEPTION THAT THE MISSPELT TOP LABELS ARE THE RAREST, IT IS IRONICALLY THESE CORRECTLY SPELT “HOP” LABELS THAT ARE BY FAR THE RAREST,

 BUT WHEN ATLANTIC REALISED THE ERRORS IN AN ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO CORRECT WHAT FEW DISCS WERE ALREADY PRESSED THEY PRINTED CORRECTIVE STICKERS TO GO OVER THE LABELS. THOSE COPIES ARE ACTUALLY IDENTICAL UNDERNEATH THEIR STICKERS, BOTH VARIANTS ARE HARDLY EVER SEEN TODAY

THE THIRD VARIANT LABELS ARE THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT A FULL  CORRECTION AND WE NOW HAVE WHAT IS GENEARLLY REGARDED AS THE MORE STANDARD LOOKING RED PLUM LABEL, THE LED ZEPPELIN IS MOVED FROM THE TOP HALF OF THE LABEL TO THE BOTTOM, THE ATLANTIC CREDIT IS MOVED TO THE CENTRAL WHITE BAND, AND THE PETER GRANT CREDIT IS REMOVED. HOWEVER DURING THIS PROCESS IT IS BELIEVED THAT IS WHERE THE “HOP” WAS FIRST MISPRESSED AS “TOP”

FINALLY THE FOURTH VARIANT PLUM RED LABEL IS THE CORRECTED VARIANT WITH THE “ TOP “ MISTYPE RESTORED TO “ HOP “ ALTHOUGH INTERESTINGLY THE “TOP “ MISTYPE MAKES A FURTHER RE-APPEARANCE ON ALL THE EARLY GREEN/ORANGE KINNEY PRESSINGS 

AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID A SIMILAR COPY TO THIS IN IT’S EARLIEST UN-CORRECTED FORM WITHOUT THE STICKERS AND IN NEAR MINT CONDITION, WAS LATE 2009 SOLD BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED RECORD TRADERS HERE ON EBAY FOR IN EXCESS OF GBP 2200   BUT I AM JUST A COLLECTOR SO I DON’T EXPECT  TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT KIND OF PRICE SO IF YOU CAN GRAB THIS COPY UNDER THE NOSES OF ONE OF THE DEALERS ANYTHING UNDER 4 FIGURES AND YOU WILL HAVE GRABBED A BARGIN, GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!

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FOR AUCTION IS THE UK LP LED ZEPPLIN IV ALSO KNOW AS "SYMBOLS"

COUNTRY: UK

CAT NO:     2401012

LABEL: ATLANTIC RED PLUM

DATE : NOV 1971

WEIGHT: 130g

TRACK LISTING :

MATRIX:   A/3 B/3

CONDITION......

VINYL VISUAL : SUPERB STILL RETAINS ALL OF IT'S FIRST PRESSED SHEEN, UNDER A BRIGHT HALOGEN LIGHT JUST THE ODD LIGHT HAIRLINE MARK IS IN EVIDENCE IN NORMAL LIGHT GRADED VISUALLY AS VG+/EXCELLENT-

VINYL PLAY : ON MY SYSTEM ABSOLUTELY SUPERB, MOSTLY SILENCE BETWEEN TRACKS AND ONLY THE ODD BIT OF LIGHT CRACKLE HERE AND THERE, PLAY GRADED AS EXCELLENT

LABELS :  BEARLY EVEN ANY MINOR EVIDENCE OF PLAY GRADE EXCELLENT

VERY IMPORTANT AND RARE FIND - A BIT SPECIAL FOR ALL ZEP COLLECTORS WITH AN AMAZING SLEEVE AND MEGA RARE LABELS  - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!!

FOR ITEMS THAT SELL DOMESTIC UK DELIVERY WILL HAVE TO BE BY RECORDED SIGNED FOR DELIVERY  THIS IS TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLIAMS OF NON RECEIPT, IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO BID. FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW - GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTS Furthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE ( WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPTION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED ) AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO ARE NOT ANY BASIS FOR A REFUND. HOWEVER YOU MAY STILL TRADE WITH CONFIDENCE AS I DO  REFUND  WHEREVER AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS EVER DISPUTED.

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (PIGGIESSS - I AM HAPPY TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO be READ, 

…….EUROPE INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL COSTS ARE USUALLY GBP 9.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND FOR USA/REST OF WORLD IT IS USUALLY GBP 13.99 FOR A SINGLE AND GBP 16.99 FOR A DOUBLE, COMBINED POSTAGE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST