LED ZEPPELIN IV EARLIEST & DIFFERENT UK RED PLUM LABELS

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     THIS IS A VERY SMART EXAMPLE INDEED OF THE FIRST AND BY FAR AND AWAY THE RAREST FIRST PRESSING RED/PLUM ATLANTIC LABEL VARIANT WITH PETER GRANT CREDIT, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LABEL LAYOUT AND WITH EARLIEST A3 B3 MATRICIES.

THIS MAY EVEN BE AS RARE – OR EVEN RARER THAN A TURQUIOSE LED ZEP 1 AND SOME TOP COPIES RECENTLY HAVE CHANGED HANDS FOR MORE THAN GBP 2000  (THE LAST ONE I SAW GO FOR THAT WAS LATE LAST YEAR FROM ONE OF THE TOP AND BEST KNOWN SELLERS ON EBAY) ……..  GO CHECK AND SEE HOW MANY OTHERS YOU CAN FIND

 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 COPY IS THE 1ST AND PROBABLY MOST HIGHLY SORT AFTER VARITION –  AS IT IS,  ALL OF THE KNOWN THE RED/PLUM VARIANTS OF LED ZEPPLIN IV ARE RARER THAN ANY OF THEIR PREVIOUS THREE LPS ANYWAY 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.  THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1971 SO FAR FEWER RED/PLUM LABELS EXSIST ON THIS LP THAN ON ANY OF THEIR PREVIOUS THREE LPS ANYWAY.

BUT AS RARE AS ALL RED/PLUM LABELLED LED ZEP IV’S ARE,  THEY ACTUALLY EXSIST IN  FOUR DIFFERING KNOWN VARIATIONS ( OF WHICH I HAVE ENCLOSED COMPARISON SAMPLE PICTURES ), BEFORE THE SWITCH TO KINNEY,

THE FIRST VARIANT IS THIS ONE, AND IT CONTAINS FIVE DISTINCT ATTRIBUTES :-

1)  "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),

2)   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'. 

3)  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!!!!

4)    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 APPARENTLY AT THE INSISTANCE OF JIMMY PAGE!!!!

5)   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,

THE SECOND VARIANT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THIS ONE 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 EXACTLY THE SAME AS THIS ONE UNDERNEATH THEIR STICKERS AND 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” ALTHOUGH THESES ARE STILL MORE COMMON THAN THE FIRST TWO VARIAITIONS BY FAR!

FINALLY THE FOURTH AND MOST COMMON VARIANT OF THE RARER 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) 

AROUND THIS TIME THE MATRICIES ALSO CHANGED FROM A3 B3 TO A3 B4, AS FAR AS I AM AWARE A3 B4 MATRICIES WILL ONLY BE FOUND ON THE FINAL MENTIONED ABOVE, THERE MAY BE SOME "TOP " A3 B4 VARIAITIONS BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY AS YET.

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 LAST YEAR 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!!

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

COUNTRY: UK

CAT NO:      2401012

LABEL: RED PLUM ATLANTIC

DATE : 1971

WEIGHT: 125g

MATRIX:  A3 B3 

CONDITION......

VINYL VISUAL : SOME SURFACE MARKINGS EVIDENT MOSTLY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT BUT STILL RETAINS IT'S SHEEN, GRADES VG MAYBE VG PLUS

INNER: REALLY NICE CORRECT FLIPBACK EXAMPLE, SPLIT AT THE BOTTOM AND ON ONE SIDE BUT NO NASTY GLUE OR TAPE STAINS AND LOOKS REALLY SMART, CHECK THE PICS!!

SLEEVE:  AGAIN A VERY SMART EXAMPLE FOR AN UNLAMITED GATEFOLD SLEEVE, ONLY SOME EDGE AND VERY MINOR SPINE WARE BUT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS SLEEVE IS THAT IT HAS RETAINED IT'S SHAPE WITH A LOVELY STRONG SPINE AND MINMAL FLATTENING UNLIKE MOST FIRST PRESS SLEEVES YOU FIND. A TERRIFIC EXAMPLE GRADES EX- WHICH IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE FOR ONE OF THESE SLEEVES.

THIS IS A VERY SORT AFTER ZEP RARITY WHICH A MINTER CAN CHANGE HANDS FOR OVER TWO GRAND - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!!

(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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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 READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….EUROPE INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL COSTS ARE USUALLY GBP 8.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND FOR USA/REST OF WORLD IT IS USUALLY GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE AND GBP 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE LP 

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