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LED ZEPPELIN II UK 1st Press ATLANTIC RED PLUM 588 198

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LED ZEPPELIN

"Led Zeppelin II"

1969

588 198

ATLANTIC

UK 1st PRESS:
 

1. "MADE IN Gt. BRITAIN" on original 'red/plum' labels 

2. KILLING FLOOR label 

3. A5/B4 stamped matrices

4. EJ Day light brown matt gatefold sleeve

FULLY PLAY GRADED VINYL - FROM START TO FINISH - EXCELLENT PLAYBACK! READ THE FULL, DETAILED DESCRIPTION.

PLAYGRADED: not simply glanced at with a superficial visual grading, fully played and graded throughout (listened to on headphones - the most revealing playgrade method, with no exterior audio distractions)

VINYL:

5 8 8 1 9 8   A // 5      1    1      1  5

5 8 8 1 9 8   B // 4      1    4      1  8

A moderately well-played copy that actually plays better than it looks. There are several hairline/paper handling marks/scuffs and a couple of fine hairline marks in Side One but remarkably they have very little effect on the audio playback! Side Two looks excellent with very few marks at all.

Side One: audio is consistently EX if not even better on the louder tracks. There is only light background crackle on the run ins and in between tracks, and barely audible even on the quieter moments. Superb tone (particularly bass) and volume throughout on this very first UK pressing.

Side Two: looks a little better and plays just as well as Side One with again only very light background crackle in between tracks - easily covered by the music, even the quieter musical sections. Only the quiet blues intro of Bring It Own Home has more audible background noise (but then it almost sounds more authentic as a result!) A very nice thick slab of vinyl that sounds great, particularly on my headphones, some lovely use of stereo (This is by far the best Zepp LP in my opinion).

Plays right through with no jumps or sticks.

OUTER SLEEVE:

Original EJ Day unlaminated gatefold sleeve in fairly typical condition. I've never seen a mint original one of these yet and doubt I will! This one is worn in all the usual places, with edge wear, spine wear and some light ring wear. There is also sellotape residue on the bottom edge and also several bits on the inside where a previous owner has obviously stuck a few things in the past... overall it's a G+, but get a better sleeve to go with the excellent vinyl and you'll have a very nice copy overall...

LABELS:

Excellent, NO graffiti, only a few spindle traces visible, but still very nice condition!

INNER SLEEVE:

Plain white one

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