Led Zeppelin First Vinyl LP Atlantic 588171 A1/B1
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Description
Album / Record Title: LED ZEPPELIN
Artiste(s): LED ZEPPELIN – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham.
Track Listing: Please see label photographs for full details.
Produced By: Jimmy Page
Cover maker / designer / format / construction: MacNeill Press Ltd., UK first issue cover, design and art direction George Hardie, photograph by Chris Dreja - it is a standard side entry single slip cover of light duty, flexible card construction with fully laminated outer surfaces.
Disc Format & Playing Speed: 12” LP & 33 1/3 r.p.m.
Recording Format: STEREO
Record label: ORIGINAL ATLANTIC ORANGE / PLUM LABELS WITH WARNER CREDITS – please see photographs for further details.
Catalogue Number(s): 588171
Country of origin and first published date: Gt. BRITAIN 1969 (January)
Vinyl ‘run off’ matrix side 1 (or A): 588171 A//1 (second ‘8’ etched out and hand inscribed ‘8’ inserted above)
Vinyl ‘run off’ matrix side 2 (or B): 588171 B//1 (second ‘8’ etched out and hand inscribed ‘8’ inserted above)
Vinyl ‘run off’ mother side 1 (or A): 1
Vinyl ‘run off’ mother side 2 (or B): 1
Vinyl ‘run off’ stamper code side 1 (or A): 2 3 2
Vinyl ‘run off’ stamper code side 2 (or B): 2 4
Rarity / Observations / Comments: RARE ENOUGH TO BE OF CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN THIS FORMAT AND CONDITION – FIRST RELEASED IN THE UK IN JANUARY 1969 THIS WAS AN ALBUM THAT SOLD CONSISTENTLY OVER A LONG PERIOD AFTER RELEASE SPENDING A TOTAL OF 79 WEEKS IN THE UK ALBUM CHARTS. DURING THAT TIME THERE WERE MANY VARIANTS PRODUCED STARTING WITH THE SHORT LIVED ‘TURQUOISE’ COVER TEXT CHANGED TO ORANGE BOTH WITH A SILVER BORDER RUNNING ALONG JUST THE BOTTOM SEAM WHICH WAS SOON REMOVED. THERE WERE SOME WITH NON-CORRECTED MATRICES WHICH WERE THEN UNNECESSARILY CORRECTED, VARIOUS LABEL CREDITS ON FIRST PLUM AND THEN GREEN LABELS AND SO ON. THIS INFORMATION IS WELL DOCUMENTED IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SO A DETAILED EXPLANATION IS NEEDLESS. HOWEVER, I WILL DESCRIBE THIS PARTICULAR VARIANT.
CONVENTIONALLY REFERRED TO AS THE SECOND UK PRESSING IT IS CLEARLY WITHIN THE FIRST PRESSING SEQUENCE. I REGARD IT AS THE SECOND VARIANT FROM THE FIRST PRESSING – BUT WE ARE ALL AT LIBERTY TO MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT PROVENANCE AS OPINIONS HAVE NO AFFECT ON THE ACTUAL TIMELINE. THIS HAS THE UNECESSARILY CORRECTED CATALOGUE CODE TO THE MATRIX SEQUENCE IN THE VINYL RUN-OFF AREAS ON BOTH SIDES WITH THE SECOND MACHINE IMPRINTED 8’s HAVING BEEN CROSSED OUT AND HAND INSCRIBED 8’s ETCHED ABOVE THEM. IT ALSO HAS THE WARNER CREDITS ON BOTH LABELS AND THE SILVER GREY BORDER STRIP RUNNING ALONG THE BOTTOM SEAM OF THE COVER – AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
CONDITION IS ALWAYS A CRUCIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO RARITY AND THIS IS A WORTHWHILE EXAMPLE. CLEARLY THE COVER DISPLAYS EVIDENCE OF USE AND STORAGE WITH SOME CREASES IN THE LAMINATE AND LIGHT RUB WEAR AND SOME DAMAGE TO THE LETTER Z, BUT OVERALL IT IS A RESPECTABLE EXAMPLE. THE VINYL SHOWS OBVIOUS SIGNS OF USE AND HAS A FEW WHISPY MARKS BUT THE AUDIO IS OF A HIGH STANDARD WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFECTS – THE CLARITY IS OUTSTANDING.
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