LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin IV 1971 EARLIEST 1st EXPORT

	£		98
	$		130

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Led Zeppelin called "Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols)" and is an ORIGINAL 1971 UK EXPORT 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Red/Maroon (Plum) Atlantic labels!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF LED ZEPPELIN'S RAREST LPs EVER AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - WITH COMPLETELY 'DIFFERENT' LABELS!!!!  ONLY A FEW HUNDRED OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS (IN THIS CASE FOR EXPORT!), AND THIS IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  AMAZINGLY THIS LP HAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LABELS - WHICH WERE CHANGED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  IT IS ALSO AN IMPOSSIBLY RARE UK EXPORT 1ST PRESSING - WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 'EXPORT ONLY' WHITE INNER SLEEVE!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN THE VITALLY IMPORTANT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DIFFERENCES WHICH MAKE THIS LP SO INCREDIBLY RARE!!!!

AS MANY LED ZEPPELIN COLLECTORS WILL ALREADY KNOW - ALL STANDARD 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS LP CAME ON THE RED/MAROON (PLUM) ATLANTIC LABEL.  HOWEVER, HAVING THIS RED/MAROON ATLANTIC LABEL DOESNT ALWAYS INDICATE A 1ST PRESSING - AS THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT PLUM ALANTIC LABELS USED ON THIS LP!!!!  ONLY THE VERY 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP ONLY - EVER CAME WITH 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS - AND IS OF THE UTMOST RARITY AS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE EVER MADE!!!!  I WILL EXPLAIN IN DETAIL - AND SHOW JUST EXACTLY WHY THIS PARTICULAR LP IS SO MUCH RARER THAN ANY OTHER!!!!  FIRSTLY IF YOU LOOK AT THESE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSED LABELS IN MY PICTURES BELOW - THE FIRST THING TO NOTICE IS THAT THE "UNDER LICENCE FROM ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPN., U.S.A" IS 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)!!!!  THE SECOND THING TO NOTICE IS THAT THE MUSIC 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!!!!  THIS WAS A SERIOUS OMISSION - AS ON ALL LATER RED/PLUM LABELS THE CREDITS WERE CHANGED TO - 'KINNEY MUSIC/SUPERHYPE MUSIC INC'!!!!  HOWEVER, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE ON THESE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS - IS WERE THE 'LED ZEPPELIN' TEXT IS POSITIONED & ALSO THE EXTRA 'PETER GRANT' CREDIT WHICH WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  ON THESE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS THE TEXT 'LED ZEPPELIN' IS POSITIONED TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL AND IS IN RELATIVELLY SMALL TEXT!!!!  ON ALL LATER LABELS THE 'LED ZEPPELIN' TEXT IS SLIGHTLY LARGER & POSITIONED TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE LABELS - JUST BELOW THE FOUR SYMBOLS!!!!  THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS LABELS ALSO HAVE A 'PETER GRANT' PRODUCTION CREDIT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL - WHICH WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED ON ALL LATER LABELS!!!!  AND THESE ULTRA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS DETAILS ARE SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT - AS THEY ONLY APPLY TO 100% GENIUNE 1971 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY!!!!   AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET - FROM THE VERY 'DAY OF RELEASE' BACK IN 1971!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!   

NOT ONLY THAT - BUT THIS LP IS MADE EVEN RARER STILL, AS IT IS AN ULTRA RARE UK EXPORT 1ST PRESSING!!!!  ONLY MADE IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS FOR COUNTRIES THAT COULDNT (OR WOULDNT) PRESS THEIR OWN LPs - THIS LP IS OF THE UTMOST RARITY!!!!  THIS LP HAD A REAL BENEFIT FOR EASY EXPORT FROM THE UK BACK IN 1971 - AS ALL UK 1ST PRESS COVERS DIDNT HAVE A CAT NUMBER LISTED ON THE COVER AT ALL!!!!  SO IT WAS VERY EASY TO EXPORT THE LP - AND SIMPLY PUT A CATALOGUE STICKER ON THE COVER FOR RE-SALE WHEN IT WAS RECIEVED IN THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT!!!!  SADLY IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME - IN THIS CASE THE STICKER HAS LONG SINCE DRIED UP AND FALLEN OFF - LEAVING NO TRACE ON THE COVER AT ALL.  HOWEVER, WHAT SHOWS THIS LP TO BE AN ULTRA RARE EXPORT, IS THE ULTRA RARE 'EXPORT ONLY' INNER SLEEVE!!!!  UNLIKE STANDARD 'NON-EXPORT' UK 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVES - IT WAS MADE IN WHITE, OR MORE ACCURATELY A VERY LIGHT GREY IN COLOUR.  THE PRINTING WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS ANY STANDARD 'NON-EXPORT' UK 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE - AND THE CARD USED IS RELATIVELY THICK (LIKE THE STANDARD 'NON-EXPORT' UK 1ST PRESS INNERS).  AND EXACTLY LIKE ALL STANDARD 'NON-EXPORT' UK 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVES - THERE IS NO CATALOGUE NUMBER ON IT, AND FROM PEOPLE I HAVE SPOKEN TOO - IT WAS APPARENTLY SIMPLY MADE A DIFFERENT COLOUR SO IT WAS EASY FOR THE PACKERS AT THE FACTORY TO PUT ASIDE THE RECORDS SPECIALLY MADE FOR EXPORT PURPOSES ONLY!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS LP WAS ONLY EVER MADE FOR EXPORT ONLY - AND IS ONE OF THE RAREST LED ZEPPELIN IV LPs EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE - EVER!!!!

BUT NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION AND CLEARLY HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  AND IT ALSO 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'EXPORT ONLY' 1ST PRESS 'LIGHT GREY' INNER SLEEVE!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK EXPORT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS RED/MAROON (PLUM) LABELS (WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LABEL TEXT!), ULTRA RARE 'EXPORT ONLY' 1ST PRESS 'LIGHT GREY' INNER SLEEVE, AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL Atlantic UK EXPORT 1st Pressing from 1971 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.  The Cat. No is 2401 012 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Red/Maroon Atlantic label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!  

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some ULTRA faint touches of MEGA low level background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press EXPORT ONLY 'Light Grey' inner sleeve which is in absolutely BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The 1st Press 'Matt' Gatefold Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  This is the GUARANTEED 'Earliest' 1st Press cover with a 'Matt' finish (later covers are glossy!)!!!!  It has barely ANY edgewear AT ALL, barely ANY spinal wear AT ALL, only slight corner wear (NOT through the colour), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), barely ANY rubbing, NO sticker tears, NO splits, NO rips, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edges are beautifully straight with NO feathering!!!! Even the inside of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually NONE!), NO ringwear, NO grubbyness, and NO writing!!!!  There is also the very VERY slightest evidence of 'touching in' on parts of the edges & spine (barely ANY!) - though this has been INCREDIBLY well done, is virtually INVISIBLE, and only serves to enhance what is already a BRILLIANT conditioned cover!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++++ if better!!!!  AND PLEASE DONT UNDERESTIMATE THE AMAZING RARITY OF THIS LP!!!!  ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS (AND EVEN LESS FOR EXPORT!) - AND THIS LP IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND WITH THESE IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS WITH DIFFERENT TEXT!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS ULTRA RARE OPPORTUNITY!!!! 

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!! It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP by Led Zeppelin in this sort of condition!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1971 UK 'EARLIEST' EXPORT 1ST PRESSING OF "LED ZEPPELIN IV" BY LED ZEPPELIN, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £3 in the UK, £4 Europe, £6 Rest Of The World (Postal discounts are available - see below for details).  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

On 24-Nov-02 at 12:19:15 GMT, seller added the following information: