Led Zeppelin IV Vinyl - First Pressing (Plum Label 6th Variant) RARE

£ 100

$ 133

£ 100 Sold For

Jan 18, 2020 Sold Date

Jan 12, 2020 Start Date

1 Number Of Bids

Great Britain Country Of Seller

eBay Sold at

save auction

Description

I am downsizing my record collection. I cannot completly guarantee the gradings I have given as I am not a record dealer but I doubt if you would be able to find another copy in much better condition.
The record plays without scratches or jumps and apart from the usual background I would say the sound quality is excellent although I am sure it would benefit from a professional clean.
The gatefold cover is in very good condition although the spine is showing signs of wear and any writing is illegible. There is also a "Fits 40" chest" sticker on the front cover which I must have put on in a moment of madness many years ago (I have not tried to remove it as I think it might damage the cover)
The inner sleeve is intact but as you can see from the photographs is not in the best of condition.
This is the 6th (of 8) known 'plum' label variants ('Plum' Atlantic pressing on red/white/plum label). Specific to this label variant are:

'Marketed by Polydor Records Limited' at 6 o'clock on labels.

'Under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.' in white area under ATLANTIC on left side.

LED ZEPPELIN is printed above spindle hole, the same as Variation 4, whereas Variation 3 had the band name on a printed label in smaller type-face, and Variations 1 and 2 had the band name printed below the spindle hole in the 'plum' section.

Catalogue number at 3 o'clock above circular Atlantic logo reads 'deluxe 2401012'

There is no Peter Grant credit, and song publishing credits are:
Kinney Music Ltd./Superhype Music Inc.

Side 2 has the following errors:
'Misty Mountain Hop' is misspelt 'Misty Mountain Top'.
The feather at 2 o'clock is upside down.

This upside down feather is specific to this label variant and the very first label only, as it was corrected on Variants 2 and 4, but turns up again on Variant 3, 6 (This one) and on Variant 7, and is corrected again on Variant 8 which is the last pressing on the 'plum' label.

Sleeve is a gatefold, thick card with sealed left side edge when opened up to reveal 'The Hermit' drawing. Disc is housed in a grey card sleeve with credits on one side and the lyrics to 'Stairway to Heaven' on the other.
Importantly, although Jimmy Page had got all the 'Executive Producer Peter Grant' credits removed from the labels by this time, the card inner sleeve still retains this credit at the bottom left side. These card inners all have over-seal type flaps on the left and right sides.

This release was commonly referred to as 'Led Zeppelin IV', to follow in sequence with their previous three releases, but no actual title appears on the release.