MAYBE EVEN RARER THAN A TURQUOISE ZEP 1 , NOT ONLY IS THIS THE RAREST A3 B3 STICKERED TOTALLY DIFFERENT LABEL VARIATION FOR THIS LP BUT ALSO is A SUPERB LOOKING AND PLAYING EXAMPLE TOO & WITH THE INVERTED FEATHER ERROR ( JUST A FEW OF THESE HAVE THIS ) AND HAS TO BE EASILY ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER HANDLED OF THESE MEGA RARITIES, AND I HAVE NOT HANDLED MANY!

MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS LP, IN SIMILAR CONDITION ONE OF THESE SOLD SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ON EBAY FOR MORE THAN GBP 2,200.00 !!!! 

 I am sorry the international shipping cost is so high but please be assured it is at cost and I am making no money from it, i will explain... this is because I have to use the more expensive signed for international mail options to comply with ebay's buyer protection program. As the seller I am fully responsible for the items safe arrival

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There's a lady who's sure, all that glitters is 

gold, 

and she's buying a stairway to heaven................

 THE EARLIEST AND RAREST DIFFERENT RED PLUM LABELS WITH TOTALLY DIFFERENT LAYOUT AND WITH THE PETER GRANT CREDIT  !!

THESE ARE THE FIRST AND BY FAR AND AWAY THE RAREST FIRST PRESSING RED/PLUM ATLANTIC VARIANT, IT MAY EVEN BE AS RARE – OR EVEN RARER THAN A TURQUOISE LED ZEP I……..  GO CHECK ON EBAY AND SEE HOW MANY OTHERS YOU CAN FIND

 I WILL EXPLAIN MORE OF THE HISTORY AS IT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE,

  HOWEVER AS IT IS ALL OF THE KNOW THE RED/PLUM VARIANTS OF LED ZEPPELIN 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 BEGAN 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 ZEP IV’S ARE THEY ACTUALLY EXIST IN  FOUR MAJOR  DIFFERING KNOWN VARIATIONS BEFORE THE SWITCH TO KINNEY,

OF LABEL 1 & 2 ABOVE THERE IS THE EVEN RARER SUB VARIANT WITH THE INVERTED FEATHER LIKE THIS ONE

THE NOTABLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LABELS 1 & 2 AGAINST 3 ARE :-

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!!!! SOME HAVE THE UPSIDE DOWN FEATHER OTHERS DO NOT

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 !!

E) A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF THESE LABELS - OF WHICH THERE ARE ONLY A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER ANYWAY - HAVE A MISPRINTED INVERTED FEATHER, USUALLY SIDE ONE.

F)   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 FIRST TWO VARIANTS WITH THE 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 ACTULLY VARIAITION 1 UNDERNEATH THEIR STICKERS, BOTH VARIANTS WITH OR WITHOUT STICKERS ARE HARDLY EVER SEEN TODAY

AFTER THIS THE LABELS ARE THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT A FULL  CORRECTION AND WE NOW HAVE WHAT IS GENERALLY 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 LAST 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 SOME EARLY GREEN/ORANGE KINNEY PRESSINGS EXAMPLES

 - GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!

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

COUNTRY: UK

CAT NO:     2401012 

LABEL: ATLANTIC PLUM RED

DATE : 1971

WEIGHT: 120g

TRACK LISTING: EXAMPLE PIC

MATRIX:   A/3 B/3 WITH PORKY PECKO DUCK 

CONDITION......

SLEEVE:  STUNNING ONE OF THE BEST OF THESE UNLAMINATED MATT SLEEVES I HAVE EVER SEEN. ONLY MINOR SHELF/EDGE WARE IN EVIDENCE AND AMAZINGLY STILL RETAINS IT'S FIRM SHAPE, NOT FLATTENED IN THE SLIGHTEST AND HAS A RAZOR SHARP OPENING. GRADES EX EASY WHICH IS LIKE NEAR MINT FOR ONE OF THESE - AN AMAZING EXAMPLE.

VINYL VISUAL : STILL RETAINS ITS FIRST PRESSED SHEEN MINIMAL MOSTLY BARELY EVEN MANY HAIRLINES IN EVIDENCE UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT, GREAT COPY WITH ITS LOVELY SHEEN NOT DULLED IN ANY WAY GRADES EX PLUS VISUALLY BUT PLAYWISE ON MY SYSTEM ON MY SYSTEM WITHOUT ANY FLAWS AND ALMOST PLAYS NEAR TO MINT  THE AUDIO BENCHMARK FOR THIS ALBUM, STAIRWAY, PLAYS PERFECTLY WITHOUT BACKGROUND OR FLAWS ON MY DECK !

LABELS: MILD EVIDENCE OF PLAY BOTH SIDES WOULD GRADE  EXCELLENT ALSO 

INNER: ORIGINAL SOFT CARD FLIPBACKED INNER IS AS USUAL SPLIT  SO IT GRADES STRICTLY AS VG+ BUT IT IS EASILY ONE OF THE BEST LOOKING EXAMPLES I HAVE SEEN!

 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 A WHILE BACK SOLD BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED RECORD TRADERS HERE ON EBAY FOR IN EXCESS OF GBP 2200

HOWEVER I AM A DEALER / 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 BARGAIN, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, MAY EVEN BE A FINAL UPGRADER SINCE THESE ARE SO RARE IN ANY CONDITION !!

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 EXCEPT ON THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED

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DOMESTIC UK RECORDED DELIVERY  INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTE BELOW.

(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 )

INSURANCE INCLUDED IN P&P PRICE DEPENDING ON FINAL SALE VALUE...

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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 (EBAY WILL NOT ALLOW ME 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

COST VIA INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL HAS JUST BEEN INCREASED BY THE UK POST OFFICE 

...FOR COMBINED POSTAGE EACH ADDITIONAL LP AFTER THE FIRST WILL USUALLY BE AND EXTRA G 2.00 PER EACH ADDITIONAL LP 

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