LED ZEPPELIN IV 1ST UK PRESS PLUM\RED AWESOME TOP AUDIO

	£		114
	$		150

LED ZEPPELIN ''LED ZEPPELIN IV'' AWESOME ORIGINAL 1ST UK PRESSING!!! CAT NO. 2401012 TOP! TOP! AUDIO THROUGHOUT! !!!! WITH ORIGINAL MASTER PRESSERS SIGNATURE HAND ECHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ''PORKY'' and ''PEKO''(ONLY 1ST PRESS)!!!! PLUM\RED LABELS (ONLY 1ST PRESS)!!!!! COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL LYRIC SLEEVE!!!!

The untitled fourth album of English rock band Led Zeppelin was released on November 8, 1971. It has no official title mentioned on the cover and is commonly referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, in the style of the band's previous three albums. Atlantic Records catalogues have used the names Four Symbols and The Fourth Album, and it is also variously referred to as Untitled, Runes, Sticks, Man with Sticks, Four and ZoSo (after the appearance of the first character or symbol printed on the LP label). Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page frequently refers to the album in interviews as Led Zeppelin IV, while singer Robert Plant thinks of it as "the fourth album, that's it." It is one of the best-selling albums in history, with over 23 million units sold in the United States alone; estimates for worldwide figures usually top 37 million units.

After the lukewarm, if not confused and sometimes dismissive, critical reaction Led Zeppelin III had received in the autumn of 1970, Jimmy Page decided that the next Led Zeppelin album would not have a title, but would instead feature four hand-drawn symbols on the inner sleeve and record label, each one chosen by the band member it represents. "We decided that on the fourth album, we would deliberately play down the group name, and there wouldn't be any information whatsoever on the outer jacket," Page explained. "Names, titles and things like that do not mean a thing."

Owing to the lack of an official title, Atlantic Records initially distributed graphics of the symbols in many sizes to the press for inclusion in charts and articles. The album was one of the first to be produced without conventional identification, and this communicated an anti-commercial stance that was controversial at the time (especially among certain executives at Atlantic).

Led Zeppelin IV remains a perennial favorite on classic rock radio and features "Stairway to Heaven", one of the most famous and popular rock songs ever recorded.

THE MATRIX

SIDE 1. 2421012 A#3''PEKO'''' (HAND ETCHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ONLY 1ST PRESS) 

SIDE 2. 2431012 B#4''PORKY'' (HAND ETCHED ON THE RUN OFF GROOVES ONLY 1ST PRESS) 

THE VINYL

THIS IS THE HERAVIER AND THICKER ORIGINAL TYPE OF VINYL AND THEREFOR MUCH MORE ROBUST!! LATER PRESS WERE MUCH MORE FLIMSIER!!!

INITIAL INSPECTION THE VINYL LOOKS SUPERBE AND I CAN HARDLY SEE A BLEMISH!!! ONLY IN STRONG LIGHT CAN ANY , OR VERY FEW LIGHT SURFACE MARKS\SCRATCHES BE SEEN!!! THESE HAVE VERY LITTLE  EFFECT THAT I HEARD!!! (IN FACT I NEVER HEARD ANY AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS) THE AUDIO WAS SUPERBE!! CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT WITH (NO) SIGNS OF ANY GROOVEWARE OR THAT THIS HAS BEEN OVERPLAYED AT ALL!!SO RARE FOR A LED ZEP VINYL ORIGINAL THAT IS 36 YEARS OLD!!! ABSOLUTELY TOP AUDIO!!! PLEASE NOTE! PLEASE ALLOW FOR VERY LIGHT STATIC HERE AND THERE NOT CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE AUDIO PERHAPES ONLY REALLY HEARD PLAYED AT LOUD VOLUME IN SOME VERY QUIET PLACES OR TRACKS, THIS AUDIO IS ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE AND I HEARD NOTHING THAT WOULD SPOIL THE OVERALL ENJOYMENT OF THE AUDIO!!!! AND CERTAINLY NO JUMPS OR SKIPS!!! I WOULD CLASS MYSELF AS HIGHLY CRITICAL, PLEASE LOOK AT MY COMPLETED LISTINGS OF RECORDS THAT I HAVE SOLD OF THIS QUALITY AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I NORMALLY GET IT RIGHT !!!!!ABSOLUTELY TOP AUDIO ON ALL FREQUENCIES!!!!

PLEASE NOTE!! I ALWAYS ADD THIS DISCLAMER! I HAVE DESCRIBED AS USUAL THIS VINYL GIVING MY HONEST OPINION ON THE AUDIO QUALITY! PLEASE ALLOW FOR THE ODD STATIC TICK OR CRACKLE   (NOT) CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE AUDIO!! THIS IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL 36 YEAR OLD VINYL THAT WOULD HAVEE BEEN ORIGINALLY PLAYED ON A 37 YEAR OLD SYSTEM!!!!!

TOP AUDIO WILL BE HARD TO SURPASS!!!

THE LABELS

SUPERBE ORIGINAL ATLANTIC PLUM\ORANGE LABELS VERY LITTLE SPIDERING IN MY OPINION THIS HAS NOT BEEN OVERPLAYED NO WARE THAT I CAN SEE AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE!!! MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN IS FEATURED (UK PRESSING) 

THE COVER

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HEAVY DUTY GATEFOLD COVER  (ONLY 1ST PRESS) IN SUPERBE CONDITION!!!! (NO) SPLITS OR TARES PLEASE NOTE! THIS IS  UNLAMINATED INSIDE AND OUT! VERY VERY HARD TO KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION VERY LIGHT RUBBING  TO THE EDGES & CORNERS !!! (NO)CREASES  THE SPINE  HAS (NO) SCUFFS JUST LIGHT RUBBING !!!! PLEASE SEE PHOTOS  THIS IS REALLY SUPERBE RARELY SEEN LIKE THIS!!! AND ORIGINAL!!!!!!

The Lyric sleeve

This is the original 1st press record sleeve with lyrics on both sides! Becomeing fragile and begining to split at the sides! The vinyl is now stored seperately from the sleeve.!!!

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