Led Zeppelin CODA UK LP 1ST 1-2 PLAYS MINT-

	£		102
	$		135

LED ZEPPELIN

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

FIRST PRESS  - ALL IN MINT MINUS 1-2 PLAY CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG A0051
• MFCT IN UK
• MATRIX: A0051 A-2 / B
• FIRST PRESS'S HAVE TWO CROSSED OUT MATRIX NUMBERS WHICH WERE STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX. THE A0051 NUMBER IS ETCHED INTO THE WAX. THE NUMBER BEING MISSING AFTER THE B ON SIDE 2

STUNNING COPY OF THIS FINAL ZEPPELIN ALBUM

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SWAN SONG LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND REMAIN UNRUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE SPINDLE HOLE UNWORN. IN FACT THERE ARE STILL STRANDS OF RESIDUAL VINYL SHARDS INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE FROM THE PRESS. THERE ARE JUST 1-2 MINISCULE SPIDER LINES NEAR THE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS LOP HAS BEEN BARELY PLAYED

THE VINYL

MAGNIFICENT ULTRA GLOSSY VINYL IN VIRTUALLY THE SAME CONDITION AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED BACK IN 1982. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REALLY SMALL SUPERFICIAL MARKS WHICH CAN ONLY BE SEEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION AND A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH, AS I BELIEVE THAT IT'S WHAT POTENTIAL BIDDERS WOULD WANT. THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON IS IN MY OPINION, THE WAY FORWARD FOR EBAY VINYL SALES

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PRICELESS, AND THERE IS NOTHING TO MAR THIS BEAUTIFUL COPY OF CODA APART FROM THE VERY ODD LITTLE DUST POP (4-5) AND A SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO THE WHOLE LPP AND BE THE JUDGE

THE SLEEVE

IT IS VITUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE ANY SLEEVE AS MINT, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT DOWNGRADES ANY SLEEVE, SO WHEN I CAME ACCROSS THIS INCREDIBLE 1982 ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS SLEEVE, I WAS DELIGHTED

I CAN ONLY SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN HOUSED IN A PROPER PROTECTIVE OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW, AND CANNOT HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT. AS YOU KNOW THIS SLEEVE IS MADE OF A VERY POUROUS THICK GREY CARD, AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS SLEEVE WITHOUT HANDLING SIGNS AT THE VERY LEAST ON THE SURFACE.AND STAINS USUALLY. YOU JUST DON'T GET A PERFECT CODA SLEEVE

THIS ONE IS JUST BRILLIANT

THE NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD IS IN EXACTLY THE SAME CONDITION NOW AS IT WAS THE DAY IT LEFT THE PRINTERS. THE FRONT SURFACE IS GREY WITH EMBOSSED GREEN LETTERING, AND IS FLAT AND CLEAN WITH ABSOLOUTELY NO MARKS TO IT WHATSOEVER. THE 4 CORNERS ARE SHARP TIPPED AND PERFECTLY SQUARE. THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES, DENTS, OR EVEN ANY OF THE SMALL LINES THAT GATHER NEAR THE SPINE.

TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES HAVE THE BAREST TOUCH OF SHELF WEAR, AND THE SPINE IS JUST PRISTINE. THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP ,WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS ALONG ONE EDGE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS NEARLY AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT,WITH JUST A SMALL DENT NEAR THE BOTTOM

  THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD IS ALSO MINT.

THE INNER SEEVE IS ALSO IN UNBELIEVEABLE CONDITION. AGAIN PURE GREY, BUT OF COUSE HOUSING THE RECORD IS PRONE TO SPLITS AND RECORD SHAPE. THIS HAS NOTHING AT ALL WRONG WITH IT. THE DELICATE POROUS SURFACE IS FREE FROM ANY BLEMISH WHATSOEVER. I AM TAKING NO CHANCES WITH IT, AND HAVE REMOVED THE VINYL AND PLACED THE INNER SLEEVE CAREFULL BACK INSIDE THE SLEEVE, WITH THE VINYL IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE NOW PLACED OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE.

I HAVE NO HESITATION AT ALL IN GRADING THIS INCREDIBLE SLEEVE, NEAR MINT

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY