LED ZEPPELIN In Through the Out Door LP "C" Cover with Brown paper bag

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680 LED ZEPPELIN In THrough the Out Door LP "C" Cover visually graded vinyl VG+; jacket VG+ with unglued bottom seam; Original inner sleeve in EX condition NO seam splits, with Brown bag in FAIR Condition
The original album featured an unusual gimmick: The outer sleeve was made to look like a plain brown paper bag, reminiscent of similarly packaged bootleg album sleeves with the title rubber-stamped on it, and the inner sleeve featured black and white line artwork which when wiped with a wet rag or sponge would activate an invisible ink and become permanently colored. 
There were also six different cover sleeve variants (A - F), featuring a different pair of photos for the front and back, and the external brown paper sleeve meant that it was impossible for record buyers to tell which sleeve they were getting. The corresponding letter was printed on the spine to indicate which cover variant it was, and this was sometimes exposed while the record was still sealed. 
The pictures all depict the same scene of a man sitting at a bar burning a Dear John letter along with six onlookers including the bartender, a piano player, a man holding his coat and three female patrons, all taken from a different point of view with slightly different poses. The photo session was taken in a London studio and was meant to re-create the Old Absinthe House in New Orleans, Louisiana. The album artwork was designed by Hipgnosis' Storm Thorgerson. In 1980, Hipgnosis was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Album Package for In Through the Out Door.
In Through the Out Door is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded in three weeks in November and December 1978 at ABBA's Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and released by their label Swan Song Records on 22 August 1979 in the US and 24 August 1979 in the UK. 
 Unlike earlier Led Zeppelin albums, In Through the Out Door was dominated musically by John Paul Jones and Robert Plant, partly because Jimmy Page and John Bonham were frequently absent from meetings and recording sessions due to heroin addiction and alcohol abuse, respectively. It was the band's last release before the death of their drummer John Bonham in September 1980 and their disbandment three months later.
 The album was a huge commercial success; it went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in its second week on the American chart. It also went to No. 1 in the UK, Canada, and New Zealand.