LED ZEPPELIN IV UK EARLIEST/RAREST STICKERED RED/PLUM

	£		114
	$		150

EARLIEST DIFFERENT ULTRA RARE STICKERED LABELS AND UNKNOWN MATRIX COMBINATION FOR THIS VARIANT! ......L@@K

NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTS Furthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE ( WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPTION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED ) AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO ARE NOT ANY BASIS FOR A REFUND. HOWEVER YOU MAY STILL TRADE WITH CONFIDENCE AS I DO  REFUND  WHEREVER AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS EVER DISPUTED.

There's a lady who's sure, all that glitters is gold, 

and she's buying a stairway to heaven................    

NOT ONLY THE EARLIEST AND RAREST DIFFERENT RED PLUM LABELS WITH TOTALLY DIFFERENT LAYOUT AND WITH THE PETER GRANT CREDIT BUT ALSO WITH ULTRA RARE IMPOSSIBLE STICKERED CORRECTIVE LABELS... SEE PICS! AS WELL AS THE A3 B4 MATRICIES, I HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN A3 B4 MATRICIES WITH THESE LABELS BEFORE, USUALLY THESE WOULD HAVE A3 B3 LABELS SO THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL INDEED& I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A VERY SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT LED ZEPPELIN ITEM FOR AUCTION

FIRST THERE ARE THE LABELS, THESE ARE THE FIRST AND BY FAR AND AWAY THE RAREST FIRST PRESSING RED/PLUM ATLANTIC VARIANT, IT MAY EVEN BE AS RARE – OR EVEN RARER THAN A TURQUIOSE LED ZEP I……..  GO CHECK ON EBAY AND SEE HOW MANY OTHERS YOU CAN FIND

 I WILL EXPLAIN MORE OF THE HISTORY AS IT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE  THIS IS THE 1ST AND PROBABLY MOST HIGHLY SORT AFTER VARITION –

A SIMILAR COPY TO THIS 1ST VARIAITION IN IT’S EARLIEST UN-CORRECTED FORM WITHOUT THE STICKERS AND IN NEAR MINT CONDITION AND WITH A NORMAL " BROWN " GLOW LANTERN SLEEVE, WAS LATE LAST YEAR SOLD BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED RECORD TRADERS HERE ON EBAY FOR IN EXCESS OF GBP 2200 (DETAILS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST)  

AS IT IS ALL OF THE KNOW THE RED/PLUM VARIANTS OF LED ZEPPLIN IV ARE RARER THAN ANY OF THEIR PREVIOUS THREE LPS AS THE RED/PLUM ATLANTIC/POLYDOR LABELS WHERE REPLACED VERY EARLY IN 1972 WHEN KINNEY/WARNER BROS TOOK OVER THE ATLANTIC CATALOGUE AND BEGAIN ISSUING ON THE NEW GREEN ORANGE LABELS WITH NEW K (KINNEY)  CAT PREFIXES AND THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1971

BUT AS RARE AS ALL RED/PLUM LABELLED LED XEP IV’S ARE THEY ACTUALLY EXSIST IN  FOUR DIFFERING KNOWN VARIATIONS BEFORE THE SWITCH TO KINNEY,

THE FIRST VARIANT IS THE SAME AS THIS ONE UNDERNEATH THE STICKERS,  IT CONTAINS FIVE DISTINCT ATTRIBUTES :-

1)  "UNDER LICENCE FROM ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPN., U.S.A" TEXT ABOVE THE WHITE LINE IN THE RED PART OF THE LABEL (LATER LABELS HAVE THIS TEXT INSIDE THE WHITE STRIPE) - EXACTLY THE SAME AS ALL EARLIER ATLANTIC LPS (LIKE LED ZEPPELIN III FOR EXAMPLE),

2)   PUBLISHING CREDITS WERE ACCIDENTALLY OMITTED ON THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS LABELS!!!!  IF YOU LOOK BELOW THE SONG LISTING ON EITHER SIDE IT SAYS 'KINNEY MUSIC LTD' ONLY.   ON ALL LATER RED/PLUM LABELS  (INCLUDING THE MUCH LATER GREEN/ORANGE RE-ISSUES) THE CREDITS WERE CHANGED TO - 'KINNEY MUSIC/SUPERHYPE MUSIC INC'. 

3)  ON THESE MEGA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS THE TEXT 'LED ZEPPELIN' IS POSITIONED TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL (BELOW THE WHITE LINE) AND IS QUITE SMALL.  ON ALL LATER LABELS THE 'LED ZEPPELIN' TEXT IS SLIGHTLY LARGER & POSITIONED TOWARDS THE TOP (ABOVE THE WHITE LINE!) - JUST BELOW THE FOUR SYMBOLS!!!!

4)    THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS LABELS ALSO HAVE A 'PETER GRANT' PRODUCTION CREDIT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL - THIS WAS REMOVED ON ALL LATER LABELS APPARENTLY AT THE INSISTANCE OF JIMMY PAGE!!!!

5)   FINALLY, THESE EARLIEST LABELS “MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP” ACTUALLY IS SPELT CORRECTLY !! IT SEEMS IT WAS ONLY DURING THE CORRECTION PROCESS THAT HOP WAS MIS-SPELT AS “TOP” AND IT HAS BECOME A COMMON MIS-CONCEPTION THAT THE MISSPELT TOP LABELS ARE THE RAREST, IT IS IRONICALLY THESE FIRST TWO VARIAINTS WITH THE CORRECTLY SPELT “HOP” LABELS THAT ARE BY FAR THE RAREST,

THIS IS THE SECOND VARIANT WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THIS ONE BUT WHEN ATLANTIC REALISED THE ERRORS IN AN ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO CORRECT WHAT FEW DISCS WERE ALREADY PRESSED THEY PRINTED CORRECTIVE STICKERS TO GO OVER THE LABELS. THOSE COPIES ARE ACTUALLY IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE UNDERNEATH THEIR STICKERS, BOTH VARIANTS ARE HARDLY EVER SEEN TODAY

THE THIRD VARIANT LABELS ARE THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT A FULL  CORRECTION AND WE NOW HAVE WHAT IS GENEARLLY REGARDED AS THE MORE STANDARD LOOKING RED PLUM LABEL, THE LED ZEPPELIN IS MOVED FROM THE TOP HALF OF THE LABEL TO THE BOTTOM, THE ATLANTIC CREDIT IS MOVED TO THE CENTRAL WHITE BAND, AND THE PETER GRANT CREDIT IS REMOVED. HOWEVER DURING THIS PROCESS IT IS BELIEVED THAT IS WHERE THE “HOP” WAS FIRST MISPRESSED AS “TOP”

FINALLY THE FOURTH VARIANT PLUM RED LABEL IS THE CORRECTED VARIANT WITH THE “ TOP “ MISTYPE RESTORED TO “ HOP “ ALTHOUGH INTERESTINGLY THE “TOP “ MISTYPE MAKES A FURTHER RE-APPEARANCE ON SOME EARLY GREEN/ORANGE KINNEY PRESSINGS 

HOWEVER I AM JUST A COLLECTOR SO I DON’T EXPECT  TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT KIND OF PRICE SO IF YOU CAN GRAB THIS COPY UNDER THE NOSES OF ONE OF THE DEALERS ANYTHING UNDER 4 FIGURES AND YOU WILL HAVE GRABBED A BARGIN,

DOMESTIC UK BIDDERS PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR ALL ITEMS THAT SALE FOR ABOVE GBP 9.99 WILL HAVE TO BE SENT VIA RECORDED DELIVERY, COSTS FOR A SINGLE LP GBP 3.99 AND FOR A DOUBLE 4.99, THIS IS TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT AND IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH THIS PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO BID ! FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW - GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!

FOR AUCTION IS THE UK LP LED ZEPPLIN IV ALSO KNOW AS "SYMBOLS"

COUNTRY: UK

CAT NO:     2401012 

LABEL: ATLANTIC PLUM RED

DATE : 1971

WEIGHT: 120g

MATRIX:  A/3 B/4  

CONDITION......

SLEEVE:  STUNNING ONE OF THE NICEST OF THESE UNLAMINATED MATTE SLEEVES I HAVE EVER SEEN. HARDLY ANY SHELF/EDGE WARE IN EVIDENCE AND AMAZINGLY STILL RETAINS IT'S FIRM SHAPE, NOT FLATTENED IN THE SLIGHTEST AND HAS SHARP OPENINGS. GRADES EXCELLENT

VINYL VISUAL : SOME MOSTLY VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS IN EVIDENCE AND MOSTLY THEN ONLY UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT, STILL RETAINS IT'S LOVELY SHEEN GRADES EX- AT THE VERY WORST!

VINYL PLAY: STUNNING, HARDLY A POP OR A CRACK ON MY SYSTEM AND I ALWAYS THINK THE ACID TEST IS THE INTO TO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN WHICH IS USUALLY BLIGHTED BY ANY SURFACE NOISE, WELL ON MY SYSTEM THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE, NOTHING PLAYS SIMPLY PERFECT, NEAR MINT! HOWEVER THERE IS ONE CAVEAT, ON TRACK THREE SIDE ON ON ONE OF MY SYSTEMS WITH A LIGHT PICK UP THERE IS A FLAW WHICH CAUSED THE NEEDLE TO SKIP AND SKATE. THIS MAY BE CURABLE ( CHECK THE WEB ON HOW TO CURE SKIPS ) BUT PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND WHEN BIDDING AND THAT THE REST OF THE DISC PLAYS FANTASTICLY, NOT FAR OFF NEAR MINT.

LABELS: MINIMAL EVIDENCE OF PLAY BOTH SIDES WOULD GRADE THESE BEAUTIFUL AND RARE STICKERED  LABEL VARIANTS BOTH SIDES AS EXCELLENT PLUS

INNER: ORIGINAL SOFT CARD FLIPBACKED INNER IS AS USUAL SPLIT ON ALL SIDES AND THERE IS EVIDENCE OF ANY TAPE REPAIRS, ALTHOUGH IT GRADES STRICTLY AS VG IT STILL LOOKS QUITE SMART AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES

LIKE I SAY A SIMILAR COPY WENT LAST YEAR FOR OVER GBP 2000 WITHOUT THOSE STICKERES!! ... WITH A LOW START AND NO RESERVE YOUR CHANCE TO GRAB A BARGIN BEFORE A DEALER DOES AS THIS IS A VERY SORT AFTER ZEP RARITY  ..... GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS!!

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (PIGGIESSS - I AM HAPPY TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….EUROPE INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL COSTS ARE USUALLY GBP 8.99 FOR A SINGLE LP AND FOR USA/REST OF WORLD IT IS USUALLY GBP 12.99 FOR A SINGLE AND GBP 15.99 FOR A DOUBLE LP 

TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF POINTS ON THE LISTING, THE SLEEVE HAS MINOR SHELFWARE BUT STILL GRADES EX AND THE INNER HAS EVIDENCE OF TAPE REPAIRS AND GRADES VG BUT BOTH ARE STILL IN VERY NICE SHAPE! THANK YOU.