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

£ 450

$ 596

£ 450 Sold For

Mar 9, 2009 Sold Date

Mar 2, 2009 Start Date

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On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Led Zeppelin called "Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols)" and is an ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Red/Maroon (Plum) Atlantic labels!!!! 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 & MATRIXES!!!! ONLY A FEW HUNDRED OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS, AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!! AMAZINGLY THIS LP HAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LABELS (AND MATRIXES!) - WHICH WERE CHANGED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!! I WILL EXPLAIN THE VITALLY IMPORTANT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DIFFERENCES WHICH MAKE THIS LP SO INCREDIBLY RARE!!!!

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 OF THIS LP ONLY - EVER CAME WITH 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS AND THE 'EARLIEST' MATRIXES - AND IS OF THE UTMOST RARITY AS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE EVER MADE!!!! I WILL EXPLAIN - AND SHOW JUST EXACTLY WHY THIS PARTICULAR LP IS SO MUCH RARER THAN ANY OTHER!!!! 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 ACTUALLY NOT 1ST PRESSINGS AT ALL - AS MOST HAD STANDARD LATER TEXT ON THE LABELS (AND NOT THE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LABEL TEXT - WHICH WAS EXCLUSIVE TO THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY!)!!!! HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR LP IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE AND HAS 'COMPLETELY DIFFERENT' AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSED LABELS (WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TEXT!) AND THE 1ST PRESSED A//3 B//3 MATRIXES ASWELL!!!! THESE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSED LABELS ARE VERY VERY DIFFERENT TO ALL LATER RED/MAROON LABELS - AND WERE CHANGED EVEN BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE - WITH ONLY A FEW HUNDRED EVER MADE!!!! I WILL NOW 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 MUSIC 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 A SERIOUS OMISSION - AS ON ALL LATER RED/PLUM LABELS THE CREDITS WERE CHANGED TO - 'KINNEY MUSIC/SUPERHYPE MUSIC INC'!!!! HOWEVER, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE ON THESE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS - IS WERE THE 'LED ZEPPELIN' TEXT IS POSITIONED & ALSO THE EXTRA 'PETER GRANT' CREDIT WHICH WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!! ON THESE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS THE TEXT 'LED ZEPPELIN' IS POSITIONED TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL AND IS IN RELATIVELLY SMALL TEXT!!!! ON ALL LATER LABELS THE 'LED ZEPPELIN' TEXT IS SLIGHTLY LARGER & POSITIONED TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE LABELS - JUST BELOW THE FOUR SYMBOLS!!!! THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS LABELS ALSO HAVE A 'PETER GRANT' PRODUCTION CREDIT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL - WHICH WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED ON ALL LATER LABELS!!!! AND THESE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAILS ARE SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT - AS THEY ONLY APPLY TO 100% GENIUNE 1971 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY!!!! AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET - FROM THE VERY 'DAY OF RELEASE' BACK IN 1970!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!

BUT NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!! AND IT ALSO 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS FLIPBACK INNER SLEEVE!!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS RED/MAROON (PLUM) LABELS (WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LABEL TEXT!), 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS A//3 B//3 MATRIX ENDINGS, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS FLIPBACK INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the ORIGINAL Atlantic UK 1st Pressing from 1971 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is 2401 012 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Red/Maroon Atlantic label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!! IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!! The vinyl is in BRILLIANT 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, only 1 absolutely TINY hairline, only 2 or 3 VERY light scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!! THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!! It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!! It plays with NO pops, barely ANY clicks AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!! The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!! The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!! 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 BRILLIANT condition!!!! The 1st Press 'Matt' Gatefold Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!! This is the GUARANTEED 'Earliest' 1st Press cover with a 'Matt' finish (later covers are glossy!)!!!! It has barely ANY edgewear AT ALL (virtually NONE!), barely ANY spinal wear AT ALL (again, virtually NONE!), only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), barely ANY creases AT ALL (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), NO ringwear, NO rubbing, only 2 or 3 TINY indentations, and NO writing!!!! The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO yellowing, NO rubbing, NO writing, and NO grubbyness!!!! The cover must grade Very Good++ if better!!!! DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE AMAZING RARITY OF THIS LP!!!! ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS - AND THIS LP IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND WITH THESE IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS MATRIXES & DIFFERENT LABEL TEXT!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS ULTRA RARE 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 BRILLIANT 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 (Postal discounts are available - see below for details). Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!