Led Zeppelin PRESENCE UK LP 1ST PRESS A1 / B1 100% MINT

	£		165
	$		219

LED ZEPPELIN - PRESENCE

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

SHRINKWRAPPED AND MINT!!!

UNPLAYED??

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG SSK 59402
• MATRIX: SSK59402 A1 / B1
• STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP
• UNPLAYED I BELIEVE

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 TOTALLYUNWORN. THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE, WHICH STILL HAS SHARDS OF RESIDUAL VINYL INSIDE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS SUPERB LP HAS REMAINED UNPLAYED

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE DISC HAS RETAINED ITS ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR. IN DAYLIGHT THE LP IS FLAWLESS, NOT A MARK ON IT, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES. LAYING FLAT THERE IS THE TINIEST LIP WHICH DOESN'T AFFECT THE PLAY WHATSOEVER

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 LP FROM START TO FINISH AS I NOW DO WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, THIS IS BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED 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.

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH MAGNIFICENTLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS JUST SUPERB, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD CRISPLY AND CLEARLY.

A STUNNING SOUND THAT IS PERFECT WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION AND CERTAINLY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES OR CLICKS

THERE ARE MANY MANY QUIET PASSAGES IN THIS ALBUM AND NONE OF THEM ARE NOISY NOT EVEN STATIC DURING THE LINKING GROOVES

ONE OR TWO BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE DUST POPS IF ANYTHING. EVEN THE RUN OUT GROOVE IS SILENT

OUTSTANDING COPY, AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS MINT!!!!

PLEASE TAKE A LONG LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF THOUGH

THE SLEEVE

IT IS VITUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE ANY SLEEVE AS MINT, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT DOWNGRADES ANY SLEEVE, SO WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS INCREDIBLE 1976 ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS SLEEVE STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP I WAS AMAZED. THE TEMPTATION FOR THE ORIGINAL OWNER TO OPEN IT UP TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WAS INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD MUST HAVE BEEN HARD TO RESIST, BUT HERE IT IS TOTALLY UNTOUCHED

THE NON LAMINATED GATEFOLD IS IN EXACTLY THE SAME CONDITION NOW AS IT WAS THE DAY IT LEFT THE PRINTERS. THE FRONT SURFACE IS PURE WHITE, FLAT AND CLEAN WITH ABSOLOUTELY NO DIRTINESS TO IT, EVEN THE TINY AREA THAT IS EXPOSED BY THE OPENING EDGE IS NEAR PERFECT, WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF HANDLING TO THE VERY LIP.

THERE IS A SMALL MARK IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER UNDERNEATH THE SHRINK, BUT THE SHRINK ISN'T SPLIT AT ALL, SO I CANT SEE IF IT JUST ATTCHED TO THE SHRINK OR NOT

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 UNMARKED AND IN PRISTINE CONDITION

THE SPINE IS ALSO KINT. TOTALLY FLAT AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE

THE SHRINKWRAP ITSELF IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION, NO SAGGINESS AND VERY TIGHTLY IN PLACE AROUND THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS JUST AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT, AND THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD IS ALSO MINT I CAN ONLY PRESUME

THE INNER SEEVE IS ALSO IN UNBELIEVEABLE CONDITION. AGAIN PURE WHITE, BUT OF COURSE 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 APART FROM ONE TINY BROWN MARK NEAR ONE EDGE. 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 MINUS

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

GARRY