Led Zeppelin CODA UK LP 1ST PRESS MINT SLEEVE, MINT
£
41
$
54
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
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
EVERY NOW AND THEN A RECORD AND SLEEVE COMES ALONG IN SUCH MAGNIDFICENT CONDITION, THAT IT JUST CANNOT BE BELIEVED, PARTICULARLY WHEN THAT ALBUM COMES FROM ONE OF THE BIGGEST BANDS ON THE PLANET.
HERE THEN IN TOTALLY AS NEW CONDITION IS ONE SUCH 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 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
MAGNIFICENT PRISTINE ULTRA GLOSSY VINYL IN THE SAME CONDITION AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED BACK IN 1982. THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON EITHER SIDE AND EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, PERHAPS THE ODD WISP
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 4 THREE MINUTE SECTIONS FROM THIS ALBUM, INCLUDING THE DEAD WAX RUN IN AND EACH OF THE FIRST TRACKS ON EACH SIDE, FOLLOWED BY ONE RANDOM TRACK FROM EACH SIDE INCLUDING THE LINKING GROOVE.
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. NO BACKGROUND WHATSOEVER. I THINK I HEARD ONE SMALL DUST POP BUT THATS IT. THIS IS JUST MAGNIFICENT,NEVER TO BE BETTERED, AND A FINAL UPGRADE COPY
PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN TO HEAR FOR YOURSELF
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS MINT
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 IN SHOCK ALMOST!!
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
YES YOU DO!!!
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. TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNMARKED, AND THE SPINE IS JUST PRISTINE. THE OPENING EDGE IS THE SHARPEST I HAVE EVER SEEN, 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
price rating
![Led Zeppelin Coda LP UK 1st Press On SWAN SONG SUPERB AUDIO [Ex+/Ex+] MINTY](https://www.popsike.com/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20220728/134184331158.jpg)
