LED ZEPPELIN IV EARLIEST 1st UK PRESS GRANT CREDITS
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Led Zeppelin’s fourth (and some would say best) album, catalogue No. 2401012 on the Atlantic Red/Plum label. A GREAT RARE EARLIEST FIRST PRESSING of this 1971 UK example. Matrices are A3 and B3. What signifies this as one of the earliest records off the press are THE LABELS. The more common LATER labels have no Peter Grant 'executive producer' credit, along with Page's producer credit on the purple half of the label below the 'Led Zeppelin' legend. On the LATER labels, Grant's credit has been removed completely and the 'Led Zeppelin' legend moved up into the red half of the label. Also, the LATER labels have the legend 'Under License From Atlantic Recording Corp' written into the white band in the centre of the label. On this earliest copy, this is written into the red half of the label. This copy also has the famous ‘Pecko Duck’ and ‘Porky’ etchings in the run off grooves on each side. As with all these early Atlantic pressings the power they got into those grooves is astonishing ! This record has a power and depth that just surges out of the speakers and (very pleasantly) kicks you in the aural senses !! Bonzo’s drums are always a revelation and here it feels like you’re right there with him when He’s pounding out ‘Four Sticks’ and ‘When The Levee Breaks’. The detail and clarity of the quieter passages in ‘Stairway To Heaven’,'Going To California' and ‘The Battle Of Evermore’, are nothing less than wonderful ! There is NO DISTORTION from groove wear ! The vinyl grades as VG+. The sleeve is in very fine condition also. It has been kept in a protective plastic sleeve since new and there is NO WEAR on the edges and spine !! The sleeve grades as NEAR MINT. The original inner sleeve unfortunately is not in as good a condition. As is very common for this album it has split on all sides and has some tears. I have included a perfect sleeve from a later UK pressing and this grades as EXCELLENT+. A GREAT AND RARE EXAMPLE of an awesome record, by an awesome band captured at the height of their powers !!
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