LED ZEPPELIN II (2) Plum Label UK `SUPERB MINT- CONDITION VINYL` E.J.DAY G/FOLD
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Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: II (2)
Details: - Rare UK Issue of this Prog Rock Classic on the Atlantic Red/Plum label & incredibly Vinyl in MINT- condition (plays superb). Comes in it`s original `E.J.Day` `Dark Brown` Gatefold sleeve - matrix 588198 A5 - 588198 B4 with `Killing Floor` credit!!
Led Zeppelin II has been cited by music writers as a blueprint for the heavy metal bands that followed it. Page's guitar solo in "Heartbreaker" featuring rapid-fire runs of notes tapped only by the left hand, was a major inspiration to the later work of metal soloists and "shredders" such as Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai. It is is the band's first album to feature Page playing a 1959 Gibson Les Paul, the electric guitar he helped popularise. His innovative recording and drum miking effects on tracks such as "Ramble On" and "Whole Lotta Love" also demonstrated his considerable skill, resourcefulness and originality as a producer. Production was entirely credited to Jimmy Page, while it also served as Led Zeppelin's first album to utilise the skills and recording techniques of engineer Eddie Kramer, whose prior work with Jimi Hendrix had impressed the band. Dave Lewis wrote "That the album turned out to be such a triumph, in particular for a production quality that still sounds fresh today, was in no small way due to the successful alliance with Page and Kramer in the control room." This partnership was particularly exhibited in the central section of the track "Whole Lotta Love".
A Red/Plum copy in this type of condition is very scarce. The vinyl is often played so much, heavily marked, scratched, with noisy, poor and distorted sound. Any early UK Pressings in this type of condition, are very rare.
Led Zeppelin II exhibits the band's evolving musical style of blues-derived material and their guitar and riff-based sound. It has been described as the band's heaviest album. Upon release, it was the band's first album to reach number one in the UK and the US. In 1970, art director David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package for the album. On 15 November 1999, it was certified 12× Platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of 12 million copies. Since its release, writers and music critics have regularly cited it in polls of the greatest and most influential rock albums. However it`s the early 70`s Plum/Red UK pressings that command the highest interest
Label: Atlantic
Catalogue No: 588198
Year: 1969
Country of Issue: UK
Vinyl: (Mint-) Plays Fab, looks as new in normal light, even only under Halogen Spotlights hard to see just a couple of whispy lines - amazing condition!! Comes with `Plastic Bags can be Dangerous` Made in England Inner Sleeve
Sleeve: (VG+) The `E.J.Day` `Floppy` Dark Brown gatefold, such a delicate sleeve for a band of this magnitude, has some edgewear/spine wear and some fingermarks but still a nice find (See Photos)
Labels: Red/Plum originals - no visible spindle lines this LP has had hardly any play
Please note I use lots of photos to show as accurately as possible what you are getting (also I dont cut the corners of the record sleeve off the picture!!)
"Whole Lotta Love"
Bonham/Willie Dixon/Jones/ Page/Plant
5:34
"What Is and What Should Never Be"
Page/Plant
4:47
"The Lemon Song"
Bonham/Chester Burnett/Jones/Page/Plant
6:20
"Thank You"
Page/Plant
4:47
"Heartbreaker" Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant 4:15 "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" Page/Plant 2:40 "Ramble On" Page/Plant 4:35 "Moby Dick" Bonham/Jones/Page 4:25 "Bring It On Home" Page/Plant/Dixon 4:19
Trivia: The sleeve design was from a poster by David Juniper, who was simply told by the band to come up with an idea that was "interesting". His design was based on a photograph of the Jagdstaffel 11 Division of the German Air Force during WWI, the famed Flying Circus led by Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron. After the picture was tinted, the faces of the four members of the band were airbrushed on from a 1969 publicity photograph. Other faces added, according to Juniper, were either Miles Davis or Blind Willie Johnson, a friend of Andy Warhol (possibly Mary Woronov) and astronaut Neil Armstrong. The cover also pictured the outline of a Zeppelin on a brown background, which gave the album its nickname "Brown Bomber".
Music: The album was written on tour, during periods in between concerts, a studio was booked and the recording process begun, resulting in a sound with spontaneity and urgency through necessity. Bassist John Paul Jones recalled that "We were touring a lot. Jimmy's riffs were coming fast and furious. A lot of them came from onstage especially during the long improvised section of 'Dazed and Confused'. We'd remember the good stuff and dart into a studio along the way."
Post/Packing: UK - £4.50 (Recorded Delivery), Europe £5.50, Rest of World £9.00
I use professionally made packing with card stiffeners & record removed from album cover - see photo
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