LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN II RARE ORIG'69 LP ATLANTIC ROBERT LUDWIG IN SHRINK
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LED ZEPPELIN~LED ZEPPELIN II
LED ZEPPELIN~LED ZEPPELIN II~ORIGINAL 1969 ATLANTIC RECORDS STEREO LP SD-8236 ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL BOB LUDWIG MASTERING; HIS INITIALS (R)OBERT (L)UDWIG ARE STAMPED IN THE DEAD WAX / TRAIL-OFF VINYL ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DISC. ALL THE WONDERFUL ELEMENTS OF BOB LUDWIG’S TRADEMARK MASTERING STYLE ARE HERE: INCREDIBLE CLARITY AND BALANCED CHANNEL SEPARATION, VIVID AND SPACIOUS ”AMBIENCE” SOUND, AS WELL AS WIDE DYNAMIC AND FREQUENCY RANGE OF THE SOUND SPECTRUM. AS IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE CASE WITH BOB LUDWIG’S MASTERINGS, THE BOB LUDWIG-MASTERED PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM ARE CONSIDERABLY RARER THAN THE REGULAR, NON-LUDWIG COPIES OF THIS ALBUM. ORIGINAL RED (ORANGE) AND GREEN ATLANTIC RECORDS LABEL WITHOUT THE WEA LOGO ALONG THE LABEL’S EDGE AND WITH THE BROADWAY, NY ADDRESS. ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE). ORIGINAL "TEXTURED" (CRUDE FINISH) COVER. COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP IN NEAR MINT CONDITION! THE SHRINK IS FULLY INTACT WITH THE ORIGINAL BREATHE HOLES. ORIGINAL ATLANTIC RECORDS INNER SLEEVE. THICK HEAVY GLOSSY VINYL PRESSING WITH THE FIRST MATRIX NUMBERS IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX).
SIDE 1: MIDDLE RUNOFF GROOVE: ST-A-691671. ”AT” AND ”W” ARE ALSO ETCHED IN. ”RL” IS ETCHED BETWEEN THE 2ND & 3RD GROOVE NEAR THE LABEL EDGE. SIDE2: MIDDLE RUNOFF GROOVE IS MUCH NARROWER: ST-A-691672. ”AT” AND ”W” ARE ALSO ETCHED IN. ”RL” IS ETCHED JUST PAST ”AT”.
CLEAR WEAR-FREE LABELS. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING ORIGINAL BOB LUDWIG MASTERING. FINAL UPGRADE!!! TOP COPY!!!
COVER: NEAR MINT (NM)
VINYL: EXCELLENT (EX)
- HAS SOME VERY LIGHT SURFACE HAIRLINES, BUT THEY SEEM INSIGNIFICANT IN RELATION TO THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE SHINY VINYL.
