LED ZEPPELIN PHYSICAL GRAFFITI 1ST UK PRESS UnPlAyEd

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$ 165

£ 124 Sold For

Jun 15, 2008 Sold Date

Jun 5, 2008 Start Date

£ 3 Start price

38 Number Of Bids

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LED ZEPPELIN ''PHYSICAL GRAFFITI'' VERY 1ST UK PRESSING CAT NO.SSK 89400

MATRIX A1 B5 C1 D1 (EARLIEST EVER) NEAR PRISTINE LOOK TOTALLY UNPLAYED VINYLS! (NEVER SEEN LIKE THIS) (NO) SPIDER MARKS OR BLEMISHES!!!!!

RAREST EVER IN THIS CONDITION AWESOME AUDIO 1ST UK PRESSING COMPLETE!!!!!!!

Physical Graffiti is the sixth album, a double album by the English hard rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on February 24, 1975 and was the band's first release on its own Swan Song Records label.

The recording sessions for Physical Graffiti took place in January and February 1974 at Headley Grange in East Hampshire, England. Several of the songs on the album, however, were recorded during the sessions for previous Led Zeppelin albums. The instrumental "Bron-Yr-Aur" was recorded in July 1970 at Island Studios, London, for Led Zeppelin II. "Night Flight" and "Boogie with Stu" were recorded at Headley Grange and "Down by the Seaside" at Island Studios, all for Led Zeppelin IV. "The Rover" and "Black Country Woman" were recorded at the same sessions as "D'yer Mak'er" at Stargroves using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio in May 1972. "Houses of the Holy" was also recorded in May 1972, but at Olympic Studios. The group's fifth album Houses of the Holy took its title from this song, despite the decision not to include the song on that album.

The remaining eight songs were all recorded during the sessions for Physical Graffiti in early 1974. Additional overdubs were added and the final mixing was performed in October 1974 by Keith Harwood.

THE ALBUM COVER!!!!

The original album jacket for the LP included die-cut windows on the building shown on the cover. As the inner sleeves for the discs were inserted in different orientations, various objects and people would appear in the windows, including photos of the band members in drag. The two buildings photographed for the album cover are located at 96 and 98 St. Mark's Place in New York City These are the same buildings Mick JaggEr is in front of in the Rolling Stones music video "Waiting on a Friend".!!!!!

THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLY RARE VERY 1ST UK PRESSING RARELY EVER SEEN IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION ON THE ORIGINAL 'SWAN SONG' LABEL WITH MATRIXES ENDING -A1 -B5 -C1 -D1 (ONLY 1ST PRESSINGS) AND RARELY SEEN!!!! BOTH VINYLS ARE ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE AND LOOK TO ME TOTALLY UNPLAYED IN THIRTY TWO YEARS! UNBELIEVABLE!!!! (NO) SCRATCHES ON BOTH VINYLS LOOK AS NEW! GRADED AT THE TOP!!!! (NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE FROM THESE VINYLS)

ANOTHER FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION! I PURCHASED THIS ALBUM FROM NEW! I DO NOT EVEN REMEMBER EVER PLAYING THIS! I HAVE MANY COPIES AND VARIATIONS OF THIS ALBUM! THIS HAS BEEN STORED ALL OF THE TIME IN A POLY SLEEVE!!!! BOTH VINYLS WERE REMOVED AND STORED SEPERATELY WHICH IS THE WAY THAT I HAVE ALWAYS STORED MY RECORDS!!!!!!!

IMPORTANT NOTE!

THESE IS PRESSINGS ARE RARELY SEEN ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS ONE THERE ARE MANY CHARACTORISTICS WHICH ARE DIFFERENT ON THESE EARLY PRESSINGS THAN LATER PRESSINGS!!! FOR EXAMPLE!!!!!! THESE EARLY 1ST PRESSINGS HAVE THE MATRIX ENDINS -A -B -C -D THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IS THESE FEATURE MADE IN THE UK ON THE LABELS LATER PRESS DIDN'T!!!! THE COVER IS OF A THICKER CARD BOX MATERIAL THAN LATER PRESSINGS WITH TEXTURED ON THE INSIDE AND SMOOTH ON THE OUTSIDE (ONLY 1ST PRESS) THE OTHER VERY IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THESE EARLY PRESSINGS ARE THE WRITING ON THE REAR OF THE COVER WHICH ARE DIFFERENT TO LATER PRESSINGS (THESE 1ST PRESS COVERS ARE UK PRINTED) LATER COVERS ARE GERMAN COVERS!!!! OFTEN PERSEIVED ON EBAY AS 1ST PRESS COVERS WHEN IN FACT THEY ARN'T!!!!!!(SEE PHOTO) THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS 1ST PRESS IS THE INSERTS!!! THE ORIGINAL FOLDED WHITE INSERT IS OF A MUCH THICKER CARD THAN LATER PRESS AND IS SMOOTH ON THE OUTSIDE AND TEXTURED ON THE INSIDE!!!!(ONLY 1ST PRESS) !!!!ALSO THE TWO ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS RECORD SLEEVES ARE OF THICKER CARD MATERIAL SMOOTH ON THE OUTSIDE AND TEXTURED ON THE INSIDE!!! (LATER PRESS ARE PAPER THIN) THIS TOTALY COMPLETE AND ORIGINAL ALBUM IS SO RARE TO FIND IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED THERE IS (NO) VISABLE SIGNS THAT THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED!!!!!!!!

THE VINYLS

THESE ARE BOTH IN PRISTINE CONDITION VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED AND VERY VERY RARELY EVER SEEN IN THISCONDITION THE AUDIO AS GOOD AS IT GETS FOR ORIGINAL 1ST UK PRESS!!!!! (NO VISABLE SIGNS OF BEING PLAYED AND THE VINYLS LOOK AND PLAY AS NEW!!!! ANY POSSIBLE MARKS THAT COULD BE SEEN IN STRONG LIGHT COULD ONLY BE CAUSED BY THE VINYLS BEEN SLID IN AND OUT OF THEIR SLEEVES!!!!! THESE VINYLS LOOK AS NEW!!

THE LABELS

AS NEW (NO) SIGNS OF SPIDERING OR THAT THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AT ALL 'MADE IN THE UK' IS FEATURED ONLY ON 1ST PRESS LABELS THESE 'SWAN SONG' LABELS ARE 1ST CLASS AS NEW 1ST UK PRESS LABELS!!!!!

THE ORIGINAL INSERT

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL WHITE INSERT MADE FROM THICH CARD SMOOTH ON THE OUTSIDE AND TEXTURED ON THE INSIDE (ONLY FOUND ON 1ST PRESS) LATER PRESS ARE VERY MUCH THINNER CARD!!! THIS IS IN SUPERBE CONDITION! PLEASE NOTE! THERE IS VERY LIGHT SIGNS OF FOXING\STAINING SPOTS THAT I CAN SEE IF LOOKED FOR !!(NO) CREASES OR WARE!!

THE PICTURE RECORD SLEEVES

THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL THICK CARD TYPE RECORD SLEEVE PRINTED IN ENGLAND ONE CARRIES THE CAT NO. SSK 89400/A AND THE OTHER SSK 89400/B (ONLY FOUND ON 1ST PRESSINGS) LATER PRESS ARE MADE OF THIN PAPER LIKE MATERIAL AND PRINTED IN GERMANY!!!!!! THESE AR SUPERBE AMAIZINGLY (NO) SIGNS OF ANY SPLITS BEGINING TO FORM AND THERE ARE (NO) CREASES OR STORAGE WARE!! LOOK AS NEW!! THE VINYLS ARE NOW STORED SEPERATELY!!!!!!!

THE ORIGINAL BOX COVER

THIS IS ALSO SUPERBE RARELY SEEN IN THIS CONDITION (NORMALLY IN A TERRIBLE STATE) THESE ARE OFTEN SWAPPED OVER FOR THE LATER GERMAN COVERS (THIS ONE IS THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH COVER) PLEASE NOTE! THE WRITING ON THE REAR OF THE COVER SWAN SONG / 484 KINGS ROAD LONDON SW10 ''A SWAN SONG ATLANTIC RECORDING DISTRIBUTED BY WEA RECCORDS LTD P & C 1975'' (ONLY ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS) LATER COVERS ARE PRINTED IN GERMANY AND ARE OF A MUCH THINNER MATERIAL!!!!!! THERE IS ON VERY CLOSE INSPECTION VERY (VERY)LIGHT RUBBING AT THE CORNER EDGES ONLY AMAIZINGLY (NO) VISABLE CREASES AT ALL ONLY THE LIGHTES OF STORAGEWARE THE CORNERS IN GENERAL ARE NICE AND SQUARE!!PLEASE NOTE! ONLY WHEN LOOKED AT ANGLED IN STRONG LIGHT CAN BE SEEN FINGER MARK STAINS ON THE FRONT OF THE COVER (ONLY NOTICABLE IF LOOKED FOR)! THIS IS A SUPERBE EXAMPLE RARELY SEEN LIKE THIS!!!STRONG STRAIGHT AND SQUARE WITH NO CREASES OR SPLITS!!

PLEASE DO NOT UNDERESTEMATE THE RARETY OF THIS ORIGINAL AND TOTALY COMPLETE 1ST UK PRESSING VERY RARELY SEEN IN THIS CONDITION VERY COLLECTABLE AND SOUGHT AFTER ORIGINAL!!!!!

As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 800 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

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SHIPPING TO THE USA IS 10.76GBP INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING

SHIPPING TO EUROPE IS 7.76GBP INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING

POSTAGE WITHIN ENGLAND IS 3.90 SENT BY RECORDED DELIVERY

Please note! All items are now despatched by signed for 1st class delivery!!!! I normally despatch within the next working day on receipt of cleared funds!!!!!

All items are despatched securely with ample reinforcement!!!!!!

I offer a postage discount for multiple purchases!!!,, but i do insist that the buyer pay for the items as they are won! I can not any longer allow winning bidders to run up a large bill and then not pay! I do not have a problem with holding the goods to be despatched untill they are ready (at the buyers request), for multiple items purchased!!!!!

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