LED ZEPPELIN IV EARLY UK PRESS PLUM/RED LABELS COMPLETE PROG ROCK PSYCH BLUES

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Led Zeppelin ''Led Zeppelin IV''

Awesome Early Original UK Pressing!

CAT No. 2401012 TOP! Top! Top! Audio Through out! With Original Master Pressers Signatures Hand Etched On The Run Off Grooves! ''PORKY'' and ''PEKO DUCK''

Earliest Plum/Red Atlantic Labels  Exceptional Audio! Deep Rich Bassey Feel And Stunning Separation Only found like this on the Earliest Pressings!

RARE CROSSED OUT\CORRECTED MATRIX ON SIDE 2.

''UNDER LICENCE.....'' Featured on the white strip (only early press)!

Complete With 1st Issue Unlaminated Gatefold Cover And Original Flipback Lyric Record Sleeve!

Another from my personal collection, Being an avid collector of Led Zeppelin UK pressings I have accumilated many many copies of this album and many variations on both labels and audio mixes! This album has been carefully stored in a case, with the sleeve and cover seperated from the vinyl for over 40 years.  I have many many copies of all of the Zeppelin UK albums!  features #3#4 Matrix Endings This would be the 2nd matrix variation. Please note! This album is totally original and I am selling this for its collectability rather than its condition,  this is not mint and it has been played but not over played in my opinion. Noted, there is light general ware and tear with age but overall I would say a nice playable original early UK press Led Zeppelin copy to have in your collection! The vinyl is in awesome condition and has obviously been played but not over played in my opinion,  Awesome top audio on all frequencies! Remember this is an original 45 years old, very very rare to find like this! The original 1st issue (Matt) UK cover has just minor wear with age to mention but there is no nasty creases worth to mention any there are are minor in my opinion. This is complete with the 1st issue Original  flipback lyric records sleeve. Full description is listed below!

Hear the complete album in the player below! Actual recdording from the vinyl!

Played at very loud volume on my system, this nearly shook the house down! Stunning top audio through out! Very important note! For all those audiophiles out there! it is so common on these early 70s pressings to experiance light static crackle in the form of light interfearace that is normally heard during quiet tracks on these vinyls, that are although tollerable in most cases it is still evedent. There is isolated light staic ticks heard in quieter place and ticks heard in between some tracks worth to mention. This copy is absolutely awesome throughout Having heard many many variations of this pressing and some sound extreemely blandand incipede this is awesome rich and very very vibrant with a real basey and raunchy feel that can only be heard on the earliest UK pressings in my opinion!! I would class myself as highly critical, Please look at my completed listings of records that I have sold of this calaber and you will see that I normally get it right!   

Led Zeppelin IV 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 DUCK'''' (Hand Etched Master Pressers Signature Crossed out/Corrected Matrix )

SIDE 2. "2431012 B#4'' "PORKY'' (Hand Etched Master Pressers Signature )

The vinyl
This is the heavier and thicker original type of vinyl and therefore much more robust! later press were much more flimsier! the vinyl lays perfectly flat on the turntable, and is free of any warping! (It is noted that I have double checked this , there are no warps)

On initial inspection the vinyl looks superbe and I can hardly see a blemish! only in strong light could possibly any, or very few light whispy surface marks/scratches and minor sleeve removal marks/scuffs possibly be seen on the playing surface if scrutinized Imprtantly there is nothing feelable and at least nothing that caused any loud constant clicks or pops when played my systems! 

The Audio Quality

I have play tested the vinyl at very loud volume on a top system prior to this listing and also played to record so that you can hear for your self in the player above! The audio is superbe! crystal clear and vibrant with (no) signs of any grooveware or that this has been overplayed at all in my opinion! So rare for a led zep vinyl original that is 40 years old! absolutely top audio! Light isolated static ticks were noted in quieter places and some in between tracks but with the vibrancy heard that are only found like this on these earliest pressings these are soon forgotton in my opinion. The vibrancy and separation is awesome throughout! I would grade ther audio at least excellent to excellent plus for the most part in my opinion!

Please Note! I always add this disclaimer! Please allow for isolated static/crackle/ticks/light click heard in quieter places but not consistant throughout the audio! Please remember that this is an original 45 year old record that would have originally been played on a 45 byear old sytem.

Points to note! this album has been stored in a case laying dormant for at least 35-40 years! from my personal experience this vinyl would benefit from a constant clean before each play!,, as biuld up of dirt and dust in the grooves over a period of laying dormant causes static crackle! constant cleaning drasticly reduces this and greatly improves the audio quality!
all tracks play awesome with (no) loud clicks pops or any major interfearance.

 Absolutely top/vibrant audio on all frequencies!

The labels
These are the original atlantic plum\orange labels! Spidering can be seen only angled to the light, this has obviously been played but certainly not been overplayed in my opinion! (no) ware that i can see around the spindle hole this is still perfectly roundmade in great britain is featured (uk pressing) please note! "under license''  is featured on the white strip (only earliest labels) later issues feature this obove the white strip!

The cover
this is the original heavy duty first uk pressing gatefold cover unlaminated (mat finish) importantly there is (no) splits or tares on this cover. Please  Note! this is unlaminated inside and out! very very hard to keep in good condition! There is light rubbing ware at the edges top and bottom and spine edge corners with age only and a small customs clip at the bottom corner at the spine. This is strong and straight. Amazingly the spine is nice and square and has not suffered from the usual wear. There are no real nasty creases on the front any creases there are are minor and you have to look to notice in my opinion!There is light rubbing wear at the rear and light creases noticed if looked for but nothing too bad in my opinion. The cover is strong and straight, 45 years old like this! Graded at least excellent in my opinion!

The record sleeve
This is the original (flip back) sleeve (only first press later press do not have flipback) another impossible thing to find (no) splits or tares at the edges!! Please note there is some tape residue at the bottom edge to mention.  (see photos) (this is now stored separately from the vinyl) This is the original! 40 years old!