LED ZEPPELIN IV 4 - PLUM/RED PORKY 1st UK PRESS.EX 1971 TOP miss print

	£		157
	$		208

LED ZEPPELIN - 

4   IV

ATLANTIC

1st UK Press 1971

2401012

First press matrices A//3 B//4 with the earliest stampers and "PORKY" and "PECKO DUCK" etched into the deadwax. This is the genuine FIRST PRESS with the correct A//3 B//4 matrices. 

"Kinney Ltd./Superhype Inc."  on each label. This one is far rarer than the regular ones as it has the "Misty Mountain Top" instead of "Hop" miss print on the label side two.

Earliest mothers: A//3  1  1 1 2  6

B//4   1  1   3

After the staggering reunion triumph at the O2, interest in Led Zeppelin has grown feverishly every year and the legend lives on. It's as good a time as any to invest in an original copy earliest press of this classic Zep album.'

"Four Symbols" spent an amazing 57 weeks in the UK charts. The green & orange label pressing's would far outsell the red and maroon colour early pressings. The Plum label variants were only available for 12 of the 57 weeks, during which time Atlantic prepared to launch their new labels and the new catalogue numbers.

Label changes usually took place incrementally, with a necessary cross over period needed to bridge the change of the records and covers already in record shops, taking into account the most recent releases that were still selling.

The classic Plum label design was changed by Atlantic to a green & orange colour in March, 1972, when the second pressings of "4 Symbols" were made, with a new catalogue number, 'K 5008,' replacing the first issue's 'De Luxe 2401 012. A number of first press MATT sleeves were already being prepared for the change with a Kinney "oversticker" to the rear for the new catalogue number.' These sleeves are transitional and far rarer than the originals and thus ultra collectable. They were used for the first press Plum/Red labels as well as a first batch of Green/Orange labelled vinyls.

Vinyl: VG+/EX. Great heavy first UK press vinyl . A beautiful heavy glossy vinyl.  Only lightly played with a couple of wispy retraction hairlines, under a strong light only the very lightest wispy retraction paper traces can be seen.  Any LP will have this as soon as they are taken out of its sleeve. These are totally invisible in normal light.  The last track "Stairway to Heaven" is of course most wonderful with tremendous depth never heard again on cd reissues, the track plays great like all the rest of the album!!! I subjected the record to a detailed listen on my high end system and it did not disappoint. This sounded better than any re-issue ever could. Lovely channel separation without any distortion. There is nothing untoward in the sound department apart from a couple of low level ticks on side 1. There is barely ever any crackle at all. There is still some vinyl debris in the spindle hole side two indicating only light use (please see picture). 


Gatefold sleeve:  EX+.  A great gatefold sleeve and the original matt one for this first UK press version. A very well looked after sleeve with barely any storage wear at all.  The top and bottom edges have barely any wear at all, impossible for this album as most of you will know. Remarkably, just one small crease near the spine, otherwise totally mint!!  This is a very hard sleeve to find in such great condition as it is matt and many owners did not look after their albums properly often suffering from colour loss and tears. This copy is well preserved and has been carefully stored as all other albums from this wonderful prog collection. A super beautiful spine with barely any wear at all. The opening is crisp. More from this wonderful collection will be listed in the near future. This looks just splendid and is an absolute upgrade for most Zep collectors!! NO writing, NO tears, NO seam splits, NO stickers, NO writing.

Labels: EX++.   A very rare item!! Just very light spindle traces if observed very closely. Bright colours.

This also has the original inner sleeve which is made of a vulnerable paper much like the good old blotting paper. Most of these have gone missing. It has the lyric to "Stairway" printed. A lovely item with just one small green sticker with a catalogue number written on it. I will send the vinyl in a separate plain inner. It has a small beginning of a seam split to the bottom.

This is a unique investment opportunity!!! The next prog album to go completely through the roof. Finding this album in any condition at all is nearly impossible so late in the day. Get this while you still can. This value of the album is only going to go one way ... up and up ... until it will be totally unavailable at all for a reasonable price.

 

Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly!  PLEASE REMEMBER to contact me FIRST,  if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one!  I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem!  This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees  and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem.  Thanks again!!

 

 

This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.

 

Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly!  PLEASE REMEMBER to contact me FIRST,  if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one!  I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem!  This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees  and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem.  Thanks again!!

 

 

This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.