LED ZEPPELIN (NOT)SEALED LP LED ZEPPELIN III 1970 UK 1stPRESS RED/PLUM

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EXTREMELY RARE VINTAGE ORIGINAL LAMINATED GATEFOLD ALBUM "LED ZEPPELIN III" BY  LED ZEPPELIN ON ATLANTIC DELUXE RECORDS (2401002-NO LABEL HYPHEN HERE)UNITED KINGDOM ABSOLUTE FIRST PRESSING FROM 1970 WITH RED/PLUM LABELS,PETER GRANT & JIMMY PAGE CREDITS BOTH SIDES -NO CUTOUTS,NO CLUB MARKINGS-NO BARCODES-COVERS(EX-NO RINGWEAR), LABELS(EX-NICE), GATEFOLD(EX) WITH NICE GLOSSY VINYL RATED VG+(SOME BRIEF NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS/QUIET AREAS BUT IS AN AWESOME PLAYER-GREAT BASS & VOCALS THAT AREN'T THAT PRONOUNCED ON THE USA VERSIONS-I PLAYED MY COPY VS THIS ONE) MATRICIES A5/B5 -SCUFF SIDE TWO DOES NOT AFFECT PLAY--ALBUM IN EXC CONDITION-I DO SHIP OVERSEAS-$28.50 FLAT FEE, $21.50 TO CANADA-THIS IS A VINTAGE OUT OF PRINT USA RELEASE--WILL BE CAREFULLY SHIPPED IN A CUSTOM BOX WITH STIFFENERS -COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNTS GIVEN....

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Label: Atlantic – 2401002, Atlantic – 2401 002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold, First Pressing Country: UK Released: Oct 23, 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock A1 Immigrant Song Written-By – Page*, Plant* 2:26 A2 Friends Written-By – Page*, Plant* 3:55 A3 Celebration Day Written-By – Page*, Jones*, Plant* 3:29 A4 Since I've Been Loving You Written-By – Page*, Jones*, Plant* 7:25 A5 Out On The Tiles Written-By – Page*, Bonham*, Plant* 4:04 B1 Gallows Pole Arranged By – Page*, Plant* Written-By – Trad* 4:58 B2 Tangerine Written-By – Page* 3:12 B3 That's The Way Written-By – Page*, Plant* 5:38 B4 Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Written-By – Page*, Jones*, Plant* 4:20 B5 Hats Off To (Roy) Harper Arranged By – Charles Obscure Written-By – Trad* 3:41

• Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
• Manufactured By – Polydor Records Ltd.
• Printed By – E.J. Day Group
• Made By – E.J. Day Group
• Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.

• Design Concept [Visual Creations] – Zacron
• Engineer [Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee] – Terry Manning
• Engineer [London] – Andrew Johns*
• Executive-Producer – Peter Grant
• Producer – Jimmy Page

Released on the Atlantic "red/plum" label in fully laminated gatefold sleeve with working wheel.

1st cat# on labels, 2nd cat# on sleeve

Specific to the first pressing;
(1) 2401002 (on labels)
(2) Produced by Jimmy Page, Executive Producer: Peter Grant (credited on top half of labels)
(3) Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
(4) Matrix numbers end with A5 and B5.

Various matrix number combinations from A6/A7 to B5/B6/B7 may exist with the above described first generation of label. They are transitional copies from the first pressing to the second pressing (the ones without Peter Grant credits), and they are later copies.

Under License from Atlantic Recording Corp., U.S.A.
Manufactured for Polydor Records Ltd., London
Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group London and Bedford.

Directly after the Peter Grant credit was removed another label was released with a track error.
The track 'Celebration Day' was incorrectly typed 'Celebration' and was immediately changed to the latter label variation.
℗ 1970

Subsequent pressings released on the red/plum labels do not have the Executive Producer Peter Grant credits on the label, the label cat# appears as 2401-002 and the publisher credits appear only as Warner Bros. Music.

Runouts are etched, except for Phonodisc's father-, mother- and stamper-numbers, which are stamped.
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