LED ZEPPELIN:1ST LP.1969 ATLANTIC RED/MAROON+FULLY BANDED TRACKS+CROSSOVER COVER

	£		157
	$		208

ATTENTION LED ZEPPELIN,ATLANTIC LABEL AND CLASSIC PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUPS ALBUM COLLECTORS! HERE IS AN ORIGINAL AND VERY UNUSUAL VARIATION EARLY 1970s ISSUE OF THE ESSENTIAL FIRST ALBUM FROM LED ZEPPELIN ISSUED ON THE POLYDOR PRESSED ATLANTIC RED/MAROON/WHITE DESIGN LABELS WITH THE ORIGINAL 588 171 CATALOGUE NUMBER WHICH WAS CHANGED IN THE EARLY 1970s WHEN POLYDOR NO LONGER PRESSED UP THE LP! THE COVER USED HAS HAD A KINNEY GROUP STICKER WITH THE LATER CATALOGUE NUMBER OVER THE TOP OF THE OLDER ONE SO NO DOUBT THIS IS ONE OF THE "CROSSOVER" COVERS WITH A DISC INSIDE THAT MUST HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE LAST PRESSED USING THE EARLIEST CATALOGUE NUMBER AND DESIGN. HOWEVER THE MOST UNUSUAL THING ABOUT THE DISC WHICH I HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE(WITH THIS LABEL DESIGN) AND THAT IS AN INDIVIDUAL "BANDING" BETWEEN THE FIRST TWO SONGS ON SIDE TWO WHICH OF COURSE WERE MIXED TOGETHER AND EVERY OTHER COPY I HAVE SEEN HAS JUST THE BANDING BETWEEN TRACKS 2 AND 3 AND NOT BETWEEN 1 AND 2! DESPITE TRYING TO COMPARE ELSEWHERE,I CANNOT FIND ANOTHER ONE,PAST OR PRESENT SO THIS COULD BE A VERY EXCITING ITEM FOR ANY SERIOUS LED ZEPPELIN COLLECTOR! THERE ARE A//1+ B 6 MATRIXES. THE PUBLISHING CREDITS ARE THE 2ND ONES USING WARNER BROTHERS/JEWEL MUSIC AND THE COVER HAS THE ORANGE TEXT AT THE FRONT. THICK VINYL! HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL "PLASTIC BAGS CAN BE DANGEROUS" POLYLINED INNER WITH THE DATE CODE 0172(JANUARY 1972) DENOTING THAT THE VINYL MUST HAVE BEEN PRESSED UP AT THE END OF 1971  WHICH IS ONLY A MATTER OF MONTHS BEFORE THE RED/MAROON LABELS AND POLYDOR PRESSINGS ENDED FOREVER.ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY A SECOND ERA PRESSING,THIS COPY IS STILL FROM WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF ISSUE AND PLAYS SUPERBLY WITH LOTS OF BASS. THERE ARE SOME VERY FAINT SURFACE MARKS BUT THERE IS NOT VERY MUCH SURFACE NOISE AT ALL! JUST A LITTLE FAINT CRACKLE AT SOME OF THE QUIETER PASSAGES AT HIGH VOLUME AND A FEW ISOLATED "POPS" BUT THAT IS BEING MEGA STRICT! THERE ARE NO CLICKS,NASTY SWISHES,JUMPS,DISTORTION OR STICKS. CLEAN LABELS!. 

THIS RECORD IS STRICTLY AND SERIOUSLY GRADED AS EXCELLENT CONDITION BUT MOST OF THE DISC SOUNDS NEARER TO NEAR MINT! THICK SHINY VINYL. THE FULLY LAMINATED COVER HAS A LARGE CREASE ACROSS HALF OF THE FRONT OF THE COVER AND A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES,A LITTLE STAINING AT THE EDGES BUT THERE IS NO WRITING,RIPS OR REPAIRS! THE SPINE DETAILS ARE EASY TO READ! PLEASE SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS+ A CLOSE UP OF THE BANDED TRACKS FOR THE FIRST TWO SONGS ON SIDE 2! 

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