LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin IV 1971 'EARLIEST' 1st Press

	£		301
	$		399

On offer here is a very rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Led Zeppelin called "Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols)" and is an INCREDIBLY rare 1971 UK Stereo 1st pressing on the 'Earliest' 1st Press Red/Maroon (Plum) Atlantic labels!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS THE VERY 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP WITH VERY DIFFERENT & EARLIEST POSSIBLE LABELS (& MATRIXES) TO ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  FINDING AN 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING WITH THESE ULTRA RARE LABELS (WITH DIFFERENT TEXT) IS IMPOSSIBLY RARE AND ONLY APPEARED ON THE VERY VERY EARLIEST RED/MAROON 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP - BEFORE THE LABEL TEXT WAS RADICALLY CHANGED TO THE STANDARD 'LATER' RED/MAROON PRESSINGS.  FINDING THESE MEGA RARE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' LABELS (WITH DIFFERENT TEXT) ON THIS LP IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN!!!! 

AS MANY LED ZEPPELIN COLLECTORS WILL ALREADY KNOW - ALL STANDARD 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP CAME ON THE RED/MAROON (PLUM) ATLANTIC LABEL.  HOWEVER HAVING THIS RED/MAROON LABEL DOESNT ALWAYS INDICATE A 1ST PRESSING - AS THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT LABELS AND TWO SETS OF MATRIXES ON THIS LABEL!!!!  ONLY THIS VERY EARLIEST 1ST PRESSING HAS THE EARLIEST LABEL AND THE EARLIEST MATRIXES!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN.  FIRSTLY IT IS EASY TO DISCOUNT THE LATER RED/MAROON (PLUM) LABEL PRESSINGS - BECAUSE THEY HAD THE LATER (AND MORE COMMON) A//3 B//4  MATRIXES - AND ARE LATER PRESSINGS FROM 1972.  AND EVEN MOST OF THE RED/PLUM LABEL PRESSINGS WHICH DO HAVE 1ST PRESS A//3 B//3 MATRIXES - ARE NOT 1ST PRESSINGS AS MOST HAD STANDARD TEXT ON THE LABELS (AND NOT THE DIFFERENT TEXT OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS).  HOWEVER ONLY THE VERY 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP HAD THE 'DIFFERENT' AND EARLIEST 1ST PRESSED LABELS (WITH DIFFERENT TEXT) AND THE 1ST PRESSED A//3 B//3 MATRIXES!!!!  THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESSED LABELS ARE VERY VERY DIFFERENT TO ALL LATER RED/MAROON LABELS - AND WERE CHANGED ALMOST IMMIEDATELY AFTER THE RECORD WAS RELEASED!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES.  IF YOU LOOK AT THESE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSED LABELS IN MY PICTURES BELOW - THE FIRST THING TO NOTICE IS THAT THE "UNDER LICENCE FROM ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPN., U.S.A" IS 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).  THE SECOND THING TO NOTICE IS THAT THE 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.  THIS WAS AN OMISSION - AS ON ALL LATER RED/PLUM LABELS  (INCLUDING THE MUCH LATER GREEN/ORANGE RE-ISSUES) THE CREDITS WERE CHANGED TO - 'KINNEY MUSIC/SUPERHYPE MUSIC INC'.  HOWEVER THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE ON THE LABELS IS WERE THE IMPORTANT TEXT 'LED ZEPPELIN' IS POSITIONED & ALSO THE EXTRA 'PETER GRANT' CREDIT (LATER REMOVED)!!!!  ON THESE MEGA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS THE TEXT 'LED ZEPPELIN' IS POSITIONED TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL AND IS QUITE SMALL.  ON ALL LATER LABELS THE 'LED ZEPPELIN' TEXT IS SLIGHTLY LARGER & POSITIONED TOWARDS THE TOP - JUST BELOW THE FOUR SYMBOLS!!!!  THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS LABELS ALSO HAVE A 'PETER GRANT' PRODUCTION CREDIT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL - WHEREAS THIS WAS REMOVED ON ALL LATER LABELS!!!!   THESE LABELS ARE SERIOUSLY RARE ON THIS LP AND WERE CHANGED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS RECORD WAS RELEASED!!!!  

BUT NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN SUPERB CONDITION AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  IT ALSO 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS FLIPBACK INNER SLEEVE!!!!  THIS IS THE 1971 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS RED/MAROON (PLUM) LABELS (WITH DIFFERENT TEXT), 1ST PRESS A//3 B//3 MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS FLIPBACK INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS AN 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING WITH ALL THE VERY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES MENTIONED ABOVE!!!!  IT IS ALSO IN SUPERB CONDITION - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS MASSIVELY RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!! The Cat. No is 2401 012 on the ORIGINAL and ULTRA RARE 'Earliest Possible' 1st Press Red/Maroon (Plum) Atlantic labels (see picture) and is a Stereo 1st pressing!!!! 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 MEGA RARE 'Earliest Possible' 1st Press record labels are in AWESOME condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!! IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in SUPERB 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, only 1 MEGA light NON sounding scuffline (only visible under EXTREME light) 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!!!! It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!! It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply AWESOME with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade FULL Excellent if not Excellent+!!!!  SUPERB 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 Flipback 'Darker Colour' inner sleeve which is in STUNNING condition with NO splits, NO rips, NO writing and NO tears!!!! These inner sleeves are virtually IMPOSSIBLE to find in this condition!!!!  The 1st Press 'Matt' Gatefold Cover is in SUPERB condition and is INCREDIBLY hard to find like this!!!!  This is the GUARANTEED 1st Press cover with a 'Matt' finish (later covers are glossy)!!!!  It has barely ANY edgewear AT ALL (virtually NONE - only the lightest possible fractional INVISIBLE traces ONLY), NO spinal wear (SERIOUSLY rare on this cover), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed), NO ringwear AT ALL, NO rubbing AT ALL (MEGA rare on this cover), and NO writing!!!! The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the inside is in AWESOME condition with NO yellowing, NO rubbing, NO writing, and NO grubbyness!!!! This LP has clearly been AMAZINGLY well cared for and the cover must grade FULL Excellent if Excellent+!!!! SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AS THE VERY 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESSING WITH MEGA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS (WITH DIFFERENT TEXT) & 1ST PRESS MATRIXES (ESPECIALLY IN THIS SUPERB CONDITION) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP by Led Zeppelin in this sort of condition!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1971 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF "LED ZEPPELIN IV" BY LED ZEPPELIN, IN STUNNING CONDITION!!!! Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World.  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: