Led Zeppelin CODA UK LP GENUINE VERY 1ST PRESS A-2 / B JUST 1-2 PLAYS MINT MINUS

	£		39
	$		52

LED ZEPPELIN - CODA

IN MAGNIFICENT 1-2 PLAY MINT MINUS CONDITION

OUTSTANDING MINT MINUS GATEFOLD SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG A0051
• MFCT IN UK
• MATRIX: A0051 A-2 / B
• FIRST PRESS'S HAVE TWO CROSSED OUT MATRIX NUMBERS WHICH WERE STAMPED INTO THE DEAD WAX. THE A0051 NUMBER IS ETCHED INTO THE WAX. THE NUMBER BEING MISSING AFTER THE B ON SIDE 2

STUNNING COPY OF THIS FINAL ZEPPELIN ALBUM

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SWAN SONG LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND REMAIN UNRUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE SPINDLE HOLE UNWORN. IN FACT THERE ARE STILL STRANDS OF RESIDUAL VINYL SHARDS INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE FROM THE PRESS. THERE ARE JUST 1-2 MINUSCULE SPIDER LINES NEAR THE HOLE SHOWING JUST WHY THIS LOP HAS BEEN BARELY PLAYED

THE VINYL

MAGNIFICENT ULTRA GLOSSY VINYL IN VIRTUALLY THE SAME CONDITION AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED BACK IN 1982. WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A FEW WISPY SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL LINES VISIBLE

PLAYING THE RECORD

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH, AS I BELIEVE THAT IT'S WHAT POTENTIAL BIDDERS WOULD WANT. THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON IS IN MY OPINION, THE WAY FORWARD FOR EBAY VINYL SALES

THE STEREO REPRODUCTION IS PRICELESS, AND THERE IS NOTHING TO MAR THIS BEAUTIFUL COPY OF CODA

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE

NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS ANYWHERE

YOU WILL HEAR NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SECONDS OF LIGHT STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND AND A COUPLE OF RANDOM LITTLE DUST TICS 

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS  MINT MINUS

DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, HAVE A FULL LISTEN TO THE WHOLE LP AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE TEXTURED / EMBOSSED GATEFOLD SLEEVE

I CAN ONLY SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN HOUSED IN A PROPER PROTECTIVE OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW, AND CANNOT HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT. AS YOU KNOW THIS SLEEVE IS MADE OF A VERY POROUS THICK GREY CARD, AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS SLEEVE WITHOUT HANDLING SIGNS AT THE VERY LEAST ON THE SURFACE.AND STAINS USUALLY. YOU JUST DON'T GET A PERFECT CODA SLEEVE

THIS ONE IS JUST ABOUT PERFECT

 THE FRONT SURFACE IS GREY WITH EMBOSSED GREEN LETTERING, AND IS FLAT AND CLEAN WITH ABSOLUTELY NO MARKS TO IT WHATSOEVER. THE 4 CORNERS ARE SHARP TIPPED AND PERFECTLY SQUARE. THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES, DENTS, FOLDS OR BENDS

THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE LINE BY THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE TINIEST SHADOW OF NATURAL HANDLING AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGES

TOP EDGE IS IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE GRAY SURFACE INTACT INCLUDING THE CORNER TIPS. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS ALMOST AS PERFECT WITH JUST A TINY SPECK OF WHITE ON THE CORNER TIPS.

THE SPINE IS JUST PRISTINE. FULL UNBLEMISHED COLOUR AND PERFECT TYPEFACE AND NO RUBBING TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP 

THE REAR SURFACE IS  AS PERFECT AS THE FRONT.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS TWO PRISTINE INNER PANELS

THE INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN UNBELIEVABLE CONDITION. AGAIN PURE GREY, BUT OF COURSE HOUSING THE RECORD IS PRONE TO SPLITS AND RECORD SHAPE. THIS HAS NOTHING AT ALL WRONG WITH IT. THE DELICATE POROUS SURFACE IS FREE FROM ANY BLEMISH WHATSOEVER. I AM TAKING NO CHANCES WITH IT, AND HAVE REMOVED THE VINYL AND PLACED THE INNER SLEEVE CAREFUL BACK INSIDE THE SLEEVE, WITH THE VINYL IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE NOW PLACED OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE.

I HAVE NO HESITATION AT ALL IN GRADING THIS INCREDIBLE SLEEVE, MINT MINUS!!!

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY