LED ZEPPELIN I George Piros Mastering PRESSWELL 1972 Repress HOT MASTERING VG++
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Description
LED ZEPPELIN I George Piros Mastering PRESWELL as indicated by the "PR" on the labels and in the runouts.
The infamous George Piros pressing, super heavy bass and wide soundstage that does not occur on earlier pressings. The Piros is quickly getting a reputation as being comparable to the infamous Robert Ludwig mastering of Led Zeppelin II. The mastering is much more of a "rock record" as opposed to earlier pressings that lacked bass.
George Piros mastered Led Zeppelin I starting in 1972 and ending in the early 80's. This is from the Presswell Mastering from New Jersey. 1841 Broadway address on the labels indicating a pre-1974 era pressing.
VINYL in VG++ condition, beautiful condition, just the faintest of paper scuffs only, super clean and sound fantastic. More like a Near Mint, but I always ere on the side of caution. Sounds incredible, no groove wear or annoying crackle, just solid in-your-face vintage sound!!!
COVER in VG+ with corner crease on bottom right hand side with some paper lifting on the back of the crease (see photos). Chipping on bottom seam with a 1" area near the spine with paper loss, but seam is not split. Top seam has 1" chipping at the opening, seam still intact. Spine is super solid and fully readable. Front and back images solid and no ring wear! This previously had shrink wrap on cover that was recently removed, so images are glossy and bold!
INNER SLEEVE in G with yellowing and almost fully split seams.
Record will be safely packed in proper record mailer. Record shipped out of sleeve to avoid splitting. For domestic buyers, I ship Priority Mail but charge you only for Media Mail. Save on shipping but get a much better and reliable service!
Companies, etc.
- Pressed By – Presswell
- Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Credits
- Bass, Organ, Backing Vocals – John Paul Jones
- Drums, Timpani, Backing Vocals – John Bonham
- Engineer – Glyn Johns
- Executive-Producer – Peter Grant
- Mastered By – George Piros
- Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jimmy Page
- Vocals, Harmonica – Robert Plant
Notes
Labels include "PR" suffix (indicating Presswell pressing) and 1841 Broadway address and SD 8216 on label and cover.The 1841 Broadway label was used until the end of 1973, when the Rockefeller address labels replaced it.
George Piros starts mastering with C lacquer in the early '70. These copies have his signature (GP) on vinyl's runouts.
The inner sleeves are usually the Atlantic "Rock 3" or "Rock 4" versions. This sleeve categorizing number is in the lower corner of the inner (see pics).
These copies could have gold RIAA Award sticker on front cover.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): (ST-A-681462 PR)
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): (ST-A-681461 PR)
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): ST-A-681461 C AT/GP PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): ST-A-681462 C AT/GP PR
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