LED ZEPPELIN IV UK EX PLUM/RED RARE " TOP " ERROR L K

	£		38
	$		50

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

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

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

    QUITE SIMPLY ONE OF THE BETTER ALL AROUND EXAMPLES OF THIS PARTICULAR PRESSING I HAVE EVER HANDLED  WITH BOTH  LOVELY SLEEVE AND VINYL PLUS WITH MISTY MOUNTAIN TOP ERROR

A GENUINE NOVEMBER 1971 COPY AND A VERY SMART EXAMPLE INDEED OF A VERY RARE ERROR FOR A PLUM RED PRESSING AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHY.....

AS USUAL WITH LED ZEP'S EARLY RELEASES THE FIRST LABELS PRINTED HAD TO BE CORRECTED AND THE FIRST RED PLUM LABEL ISSUES ARE LIKE GOLD-DUST. AT FIRST ATLANTIC SIMPLY PRODUCED STICKERS TO PASTE OVER THE LABELS AS A STOP GAP (EVEN RARER) UNTIL THE REVISED RED/PLUM LABELS WERE READY.

BUT AT SOME POINT IN THIS PROCESS A FEW RED PLUM LABELS WERE MIS-PRINTED WITH THIS IMFAMOUS  " TOP " INSTEAD OF " HOP " ERROR  AND THESE LABELS ARE ALSO HIGHLY PRIZED!

EVENTUALLY ATLANTIC GOT IT RIGHT AND THE MAJORITY OF RED PLUM LABELS CORRECTLY SHOW MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP.

WHAT i FIND REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS COPY IS THAT THE BUYER HAS WRITTEN THE DATE ON THE INNER SLEEVE OF NOVEMBER 1971 - IF THIS IS CORRECT THEN THIS MEANS THAT THESE " TOP " ERRORS APPEAR MUCH EARLIER IN THE PRODUCTION RUN THAN EVEN I THOUGHT!!!

THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1971 AND EARLY IN 1972 ATLANTIC SWITCHED DISTRIBUTION FROM POLYDOR TO KINNEY/WARNERS AND THE LABELS CHANGED AGAIN FROM PLUM RED TO GREEN ORANGE BUT INTERESTINGLY THE " TOP ERROR RE-APPEARS BUT ON THE GREEN ORANGE IT APPEARS TO GO UNCHANGED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WHAT IS TRUE REGARDLESS IS THAT ALL PLUM/RED ATLANTIC VERSIONS OF THIS LP ARE THE MOST SORT AFTER OF ALL THE ZEP LP'S AS THEY WERE AVAILABLE IN THE PLUM RED COLOUR FOR THE SHORTEST PERIOD OF TIME, MAKING THESE " TOP " ERROR PLUM RED LABELS SOME OF THE MOST SORT AFTER OF THE SORT AFTER, AND ESPECIALLY SO IN THIS CONDITION!!  

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

COUNTRY: UK

CAT NO: 2401012

LABEL: ATLANTIC RED PLUM

DATE : 1971

WEIGHT: 125g

MATRIX: A3 B4

CONDITION......

SLEEVE: VERY SMART EXAMPLE FOR AN UNLAMITED GATEFOLD SLEEVE, ONLY VERY MINOR WARE, NO SPLITS OR WRITINGS AND NICE SHARP EDGES, A REALLY NICE COPY GRADES  EX MINUS

VINYL: LOVELY GRADES EXCELLENT- AT WORST, JUST SOME VERY WHISPY HAIRLINES MOSTLY ONLY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT, RETAINS A LOVELT SHEEN AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICS

LABELS: SHOW MINIMAL EVIDENCE OF PLAY, GRADES EXCELLENT EXCEPT THAT AGAIN THERE IS A NAME AND DATE ON ONE SIDE BUT THIS IS WRITTEN SO NEATLY AND IN A KIND OF GOTHIC PRINT IT'S VERY INOBTRUSIVE  AND ALMOST IN KEEPING WITH THE OVERALL ARTWORK

INNER: I HAVE NOT SEEN A SINGLE ONE OF THESE FLIMSY FLIPBACK INNERS THAT HASN'T SPLIT AND THIS IS NO EXCEPTION, HOWEVER AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE NO TAPE REPAIRS AND IT REMAINS VERY SMART SAVE FOR A COUPLE OF TARES AND THAT NEAT NAME AND DATE AGAIN IN KEEPING WITH THE ARTWORK, GRADES VG

A VERY SORT AFTER ZEP RARITY AND IN VERY NICE ORDER, YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED - 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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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 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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