Led Zeppelin III (3) - 1980s German Pressing - M/NM, Prof. cleaned
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Description
Led Zeppelin's third LP - Led Zeppelin III, or Led Zeppelin 3 - in an early 1980s German pressing, in overall EX condition.
LP itself has green/orange labels, and has only received light, sporadic playing. I doubt very much I have ever played it all the way through. I really didn't take to Zeppelin's acoustic leanings, and this is decidedly my least favourite of their LPs, so has spent most of its time on the shelf. I ended up with UK and German duplicates of the first four LPs when my collector head overtook my musical head The last time it was played at all was maybe in the 1980s or 90s, and it's basically been on the shelf, largely untouched, since then. It has always been stored in clean, dry, centrally-heated conditions, and always stored vertically with no leaning. Any playback has always been on quality gear - Rega 3, moving on to Linn LP12, Basik Plus arm, Audio-Technica or Ortofon cartridges. Never loaned out, has never left my house. The vinyl is clean, still has a good lustre, and has been professionally cleaned on a Moth wet cleaner.
The outer gatefold sleeve is in a gloss laminate finish, and has only some slight corner wear to bottom right, where it would be inserted into the shelf, otherwise I would have given it a Mint rating. The flat surfaces of the outer sleeve are very clean, and show no wear and tear apart from the slightest of handling marks. The rotating disc in the front gatefold section is clean, tidy, and operates well, without any mechanical difficulties. Embossed Warner "W" logo to the rear of the cover.
It comes with a plain white poly-lined inner sleeve, which I believe is the original, and which is slightly creased. After cleaning, it was placed in a Nagaoka anti-static sleeve, then within the original.
Matrices as per the Discogs listing below
Non-smoking, pet-free household
All due care will be taken in packaging, with LP and inner packed separately from outer to avoid seam splits, and a proper LP mailer to be used.
Please examine all of the pictures to determine condition, as they form part of the listing description.
To aid identification, as best I can determine, this is Discogs release [r15080221]
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