LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin III LP 1970 ATLANTIC 1st Press MINT EARLIEST EVER

	£		360
	$		477

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Led Zeppelin called "Led Zeppelin III" and is an ORIGINAL 1970 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press 'Red/Maroon' (Plum) Atlantic label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF LED ZEPPELIN'S RAREST LPs EVER AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH COMPLETELY 'DIFFERENT' LABELS!!!!  AND THIS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  AMAZINGLY THIS LP HAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LABELS - WHICH WERE CHANGED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN THE VITALLY IMPORTANT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DIFFERENCES WHICH MAKE THIS LP SO INCREDIBLY RARE!!!!

THIS LP WAS ENDLESSLY RE-PRESSED THROUGHOUT THE 1970s , AND EVEN THE ORIGINAL 'RED/PLUM' ATLANTIC LABEL HAD 3 DIFFERENT PRESSINGS, SO IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY A 100% GENIUNE 1970 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING - TO AVOID BUYING A LATER 1971 RE-PRESSING!!!!  MOST 'RED/PLUM' ATLANTIC PRESSINGS YOU SEE ACTUALLY DATE FROM 1971 - WHICH IS WHEN MOST SALES OF THIS LP TOOK PLACE.  HOWEVER, THIS LP IS A 100% GENIUNE 1970 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING - WITH ALL THE CORRECT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAILS DATING THIS EXACTLY PRIOR TO THE 'DAY OF RELEASE' IN BACK IN 1970 (AND SHOWING THAT THIS LP WAS PRESSED WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE)!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN THE VITALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES - WHICH APPLY TO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY:- 

THE FIRST DIFFERENCE IS THE ULTRA RARE TEXT ON THE RED/PLUM ATLANTIC LABELS!!!!  IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LABELS (IN MY PICTURES) YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT TOWARDS THE TOP OF EACH LABEL (ABOVE THE WHITE STRIPE) IN LARGE TEXT THERE IS PRINTED 'PRODUCED BY JIMMY PAGE' AND BELOW THIS 'EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: PETER GRANT'!!!!  THIS ULTRA RARE LABEL TEXT ONLY APPLIED TO THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - AND THIS WAS CHANGED VERY QUICKLY INDEED, WITH THE 'JIMMY PAGE' CREDIT MOVED TO THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL (IN SMALLER TEXT) ON ALL LATER RE-PRESSINGS - AND THE 'PETER GRANT' CREDIT WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED ALTOGETHER!!!!  ANOTHER THING TO MENTION IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE 'CAT. NUMBER' ON THE LABELS!!!!  ONLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS HAVE THE CAT. NUMBER AS '2401002' JOINED TOGETHER - WHEREAS ALL LATER PRESSINGS INSERT AN EXTRA 'DASH' AND SHOW THE CAT. NUMBER AS '2401-002' INSTEAD!!!!  AND ALL OF THESE ABOVE DETAILS ARE SERIOUSLY RARE - AND INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AS THEY ONLY APPLY TO 100% GENIUNE 1970 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY FROM THE VERY 'DAY OF RELEASE'!!!!  THE COVER IS ALSO THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS COVER - BEING FULLY LAMINATED, HAVING A PERFECTLY WORKING 'ROTATING WHEEL' AND CORRECT '2401 002' 1ST PRESS CAT NUMBERS!!!!  AND AS A 100% GENIUNE 1ST PRESSING - THE RECORD OF COURSE ALSO HAS THE 1ST PRESS 'DO WHAT THOU WILT' &  'SO MOTE IT BE' ETCHINGS IN THE RUN ON GROOVES!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - PRIOR TO THE VERY 'DAY OF RELEASE' BACK IN 1970, AND IS THE 'EARLIEST' AND RAREST 1ST PRESSING THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!  

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN SUPERB CONDITION - AND CLEARLY HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1970 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS RED/MAROON (PLUM) ATLANTIC LABEL, ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABEL TEXT (SEE DETAILS ABOVE), 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'DO WHAT THOU WILT' &  'SO MOTE IT BE' ETCHED IN THE RUN ON GROOVES, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'ROTATING WHEEL' FULLY LAMINATED 'E.J.DAY' COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Atlantic UK 1st Pressing from 1970 and is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is 2401 002 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Red/Maroon Atlantic label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!  All the tracks are Pure quality Led Zeppelin at their best!!!!  Any fan of Led Zeppelin, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection - especially in this condition!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA light TINY surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in SUPERB condition!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'E.J.Day' FULLY Laminated 'Rotating Wheel' Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (still FULLY Laminated and PERFECT side words!), only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO splits, only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO rips, NO tears, NO laminate wrinkles, shiny laminate, NO yellowing, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corners, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  It is also VERY important to note that the 'Rotating Wheel' works PERFECTLY and ALL the 'Die Cut' holes on the cover front are PERFECT!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the laminated inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, STUNNING shiny laminate, NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

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