LED ZEPPELIN II UK LP RED/PLUM A2/B5 ALL 100% MINT-

	£		400
	$		530

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN II

IN MAGNIFICENT 2 PLAY CONDITION

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS IN TRULY INVESTMENT GRADE CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  588198
• MATRIX: 588198 A//2    588198 B//5
• 'THE LEMON SONG' ON THE LABELS AND SLEEVE
• CORRECT LIGHT BROWN SLEEVE
• VAULT CONDITION VINYL AND SLEEVE

THIS IS LIKELY TO BE THE BEST COPY OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM THAT YOU ARE EVER GOING TO COME ACROSS. AN ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE RED AND PLUM ZEPPELIN 2 WITH A SLEEVE TO MATCH!!!

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITEBAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE ARE JUST 2 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS JUST HAD THE 2 PLAYS.

THERE IS STILL A SHARD OF RESIDUE VINYL INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR BLEMISHES ON THE SURFACE,AND IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS FLALWLESS, AND EVEN WHEN PUT UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF TINY TINY WISPS.AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE

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 ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, 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

PLEASE JUST TAKE A LISTEN TO THE QUALITY OF THIS VINYL AS IT WILL SAY FAR MORE THAN I CAN PUT INTO WORDS. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT AN ALBUM THAT WAS SO POPULAR AS THIS COULD BE FOUND IN A CONDITION THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS MINT!!

FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ONTO THE DISC UNTIL THE FINAL FADEOUT, THIS VINYL PERFORMS LIKE A BRAND NEW 1969 DISC. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AT ALL, ANYWHERE. CRISP CLEAR STEREO REPRODUCTION WITHOUT ANY IRRITANTS IS ALL YOU HEAR.

NO CLICKS  JUST THE VERY VERY LIGHTEST SECOND OR TWO OF VINYL NOISE IN JUST A COUPLE OF THE QUIETEST PASSAGES,AND THEN ONLY FOR A SECOND OR TWO AT THE MOST.I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF BARELY AUDIBLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH 

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS INCREDIBLE DISC GRADES MINT OR MINT MINUS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE PICKY

BUT MY ADVICE IS TO TAKE A GOOD LONG LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

HOW OFTEN IS A GREAT VINYL LET DOWN BY THE SLEEVE, AND NON MORESO THAN ZEPPELIN 2, WHERE IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A SLEEVE THAT MATCHES THE QUALITY OF A MINT ALBUM. HERE THEN IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS SLEEVE THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!

THE FRONT SURFACE IS IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION. THE REASON IS THAT THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVER FROM NEW

THE POWDERY BROWN SURFACE THAT USUALLY WEARS AND RUBS BADLY ON THIS SLEEVE IS PRISTINE AND UNWORN.EVEN DOWN TO THE PERIMIETR EDGES WHERE IT ALWAYS RUBS, THIS ONE IS UNIFORM ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND DOWN. 

ALSO THE WHITE AREA IS ALWAYS FOUND WITH SEVERE GRUBBINESS AND DIRT, WELL AGAIN HERE IS ONE THAT IS AS GOOD AS NEW. AGAIN THIS IS VIRTUALLY UNHEARD OF AND ALWAYS HAS FINGERMARKS AT BEST, BUT NOT IF IT WAS HOUSED FROM NEW AND PROTECTED FROM ALL ELEMENTS OF WEAR LIKE THIS ONE.

THERE ARE 3 NEAR INVISIBLE MINUSCULE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE

AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM. MUSEUM QUALITY I WOULD GUARANTEE

BECAUSE OF THE PROTECTION AFFORDED IT, EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 99% UNRUBBED AND THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE!!

THE 1% CONSISTS OF A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS OF WHITE SHOWING THROUGH, MAINYL ON THE FAR RIGHT CORNER TIPS

THE SPINE ON THIS SLEEVE IS USUALLY FOUND BATTERED, RUBBED, SQUASHED, AND WORN OUT, BUT ON THIS SLEEVE YOU HAVE A SPINE THAT IS JUST PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. FIRSTLY AND INCREDIBLY THE SPINE IS FLAT AND NOT PUSHED OVER LIKE MOST ARE. THERE ARE NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES EITHER, AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED APART FROM THE VERY AND TINIEST TIPS TOP AND BOTTOM. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. THERE IS ONE TINY LITTLE SCUFF MARK ON THE REAR EDGE OF THE SPINE JUST AFTER THE MIDDLE TEXT.

 THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP,AND INCREDIBLY DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY OF THOSE TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS, DEMONSTRATING JUST HOW LITTLE THE VINYL HAS BEEN OUT OF THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE LIKE THE FRONT HAS EVERY SINGLE SPECK OF THE BROWN SURFACE INTACT. IT'S ALSO WORTH MENTIONING THAT NEITHER THE FRONT OR THE BACK HAS ANY SIGN OF RING WEAR, OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, WHICH AGAIN IS A RARITY ON THIS SLEEVE.

THERE IS ONE SLIGHT CREASE LINE RUNNING FROM THE OPENING EDGE INTO ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE SLEEVE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE.HAS 'THE LEMON SONG' ON THE TRACK LISTING, AND PETER GRANT AS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS AS WHITE AND CLEAN AS I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE, AND FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THIS VINYL HAS JUST REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR ALL THESE YEARS

THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS

I'LL JUST FINSH BY SAYING THAT IN MY OPINION YOU COULD NEVER GET A BETTER AND MORE PRISTINE COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM AND SLEEVE ON THE PLANET, AND IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT VAULT CONDITION, AND WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING, AND FOR SOME LUCKY WINNER THIS IS AN INVESTMENT AS IT CAN ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE, AND WHATEVER IS PAID FOR IT NOW WILL IN FUTURE SEEM A BARGAIN

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

GARRY