LED ZEPPELIN DEBUT 12" VINYL LP FIRST PRESS - RARE
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LED ZEPPELIN' FIRST ALBUM 12" VINYL LP WITH A1 588171 MATRIX NUMBERS WITH THE CROSSED OUT 8 ON THE DEAD WAX. THE ALBUM SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. YOU COULD NOT TELL THIS ALBUM IS 40 YEARS OLD. THE LABELS HAVE NO SPINDLE WEAR AND STILL HAVE THE SAME SHINE THEY DID WHEN THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED. THE VINYL STILL HAS ITS DEEP GLOSSY SHEEN. SIDE ONE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND SIDE TWO IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. THE RIGHT HAND CORNER HAS A SLIGHT CREASE AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS. THERE ARE VERY FEW ALBUMS OF THIS CONDITION STILL OUT THERE.
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1st Album)
Record Details:
Catalogue Number: 588 171
Record Label: Atlantic Records
Country: UK 1969
Notes:
Super Rare Original Plum & Orange design Atlantic Records labels, with 'Warner Bros' publishing credits.
Orange print on sleeve.
In a 1990 interview, Page said that the album took only about 36 hours of studio time (over a span of a few weeks) to create (including mixing), adding that he knows this because of the amount charged on the studio bill. One of the primary reasons for the short recording time was that the material selected for the album had been well-rehearsed and pre-arranged by the band on Led Zeppelin's tour of Scandinavia in September 1968. As Page explained, "[the band] had begun developing the arrangements on the Scandinavian tour and I knew what sound I was looking for. It just came together incredibly quickly."
In addition, since the band had not yet signed their deal with Atlantic Records, Page and Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant paid for the sessions entirely themselves, meaning there was no record company money to waste on excessive studio time.In another interview, Page revealed that the self-funding was to ensure artistic freedom, "I wanted artistic control in a vice grip, because I knew exactly what I wanted to do with these fellows. In fact, I financed and completely recorded the first album before going to Atlantic. ... It wasn't your typical story where you get an advance to make an album—we arrived at Atlantic with tapes in hand ... Atlantic's reaction was very positive—I mean they signed us, didn't they?"
The group recorded their songs reportedly for £1,782. Led Zeppelin expert Dave Lewis noted that "[w]ith the possible exception of the 12 hours that the Beatles took to record their first album at Abbey Road, rarely has studio time been used so economically. Led Zeppelin's debut album went on to gross more than £3.5 million, just short of 2,000 times more than they invested!"
For the recordings, Page played a psychedelically painted Fender Telecaster, a gift from Jeff Beck after Page recommended his boyhood friend to the Yardbirds in 1965 as potential replacement for Eric Clapton on lead guitar. This was a different guitar from those he favoured for later albums (most notably a Gibson Les Paul). Page played the Telecaster through a Supro amplifier. He also used a Gibson J-200, borrowed from Big Jim Sullivan, for the album's acoustic tracks.
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