Led Zeppelin CODA UK LP 1ST PRESS 100% MINT UNPLAYED

	£		46
	$		61

LED ZEPPELIN

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

FIRST PRESS  - ALL IN MINT  / UNPLAYED CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG A0051
• MFCT IN UK
• MATRIX: A0051 A-2 / B
• FIRST PRESS HAS 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
• PLAYED: NEVER UNTIL MY TEST PLAY TODAY

Coda was the final studio album from led zeppelin and released 2 years after the band had split following the death of drummer john bonham. the lp features studio recordings and a couple of live edits from earlier recording sessions as far back as 1970 during the making of Led Zeppelin III

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 NO SPIDER LINES SURROUNDING THE HOLE, AND I AM CERTAIN THAT TODAYS TEST PLAY IS THE FIRST TIME THIS LP HAS EVER BEEN ON A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS JUST FLAWLESS. NO ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE, AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS JUST NOTHING TO SEE. TOTALLY PRISTINE AND IN MINT CONDITION

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 DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

I WAS IN TWO MINDS WHETHER OR NOT TO EVEN PLACE THIS ON MY TURNTABLE, BUT AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES, UNPLAYED DOESN'T MEAN MINT, AND IF I AM GOING TO LIST THIS AS MINT, THEN I JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE WORRIED. IT PLAYS TO PERFECTION.

THE SECOND THE STYLUS HITS THE DEAD WAX THERE IS A TOTAL SILENT RUN IN UNTIL THE MUSIC STARTS.

THE SETEREO REPRODUCTION IS SUBLIME AND THE POWER THAT IS LED ZEPPELING BURTS THROUGH AND GIVES A PRECISION AUDIO PERFORMANCE, MARRED BY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, AND AMZINGLY NOT ONE SECOND OF STATIC OR VINYL NOISE, AND THEREFORE NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE OF ANY DESCRIPTION

THIS VINYL PLAYS TO TOTAL PERFECTION THROUGH BOTH SIDES, NOT EVEN A DUST POP!!

PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

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 SURPRISED BUT 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 IS JUST MAGNIFICENT

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.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER

THE SPINE IS JUST PRISTINE, EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS IMMACULATE. NO SQUASHING AT ALL, AND NO COLOUR LOSS.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST ONE TINY THUMB NAIL NICK, AND EVEN PEEKING INSIDE THE OPENING EDGE, THE CARD USED HERE IS STILL IN MINT UNDISCOLOURED CONDITION.

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT, AND THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD IS ALSO MINT. I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THIS SLEEVE HAS NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE PROTECTIVE PLASTIC SLEEVE EVER.

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.

YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO GET THE CHANCE TO GET A THIS SLEEVE IN THIS FANTASTIC CONDITION AGAIN I AM CERTAIN OF IT, SO FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTORS OUT THERE, THIS IS THE FINAL UPGRADE.

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

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

GARRY