Led Zeppelin IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR "B" ONE PLAY MINT

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LED ZEPPELIN - IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR

GENUINE  FIRST PRESS - IN MINT CONDITION

THIS HAS THE LETTER "B" ON THE SPINE EDGE

• CAT:SSK 59410
• MATRIX: SSK59410 A5 / B5

ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MUSEUM QUALITY FIRST PRESS THEN THIS IS IT!!!!!!

THE RECORD LABELS

THESE SUPERB FIRST PRESS LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THEY ARE LIGHTLY TEXTURED AS FIRST PRESS LABELS SHOULD BE.  THE IDENTIFYING UK LABEL HAS THE "MANUFACTURED IN THE UK" AT 9'0 CLOCK ON THE LABEL JUST ABOVE THE 33 SPEED TYPEFACE. THE LABELS ARE MAGNIFICENT, WITH FULL VIBRANT COLOURS. THE PICTURE LABEL FULLY EXTENDS INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE, AND I AM UNABLE TO SEE ANY SPIDER LINES ANYWHERE NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE EVEN AFTER TILTING THE ALBUM INTO A VERY STRONG LIGHT

THE VINYL

THE DISC HAS THAT LOOK AND FEEL OF BRAND NEW RECORDS, AND BY FEEL I MEAN THE SENSATION THAT YOU GET WHEN PULLING A NEW ALBUM FROM ITS SLEEVE FOR THE FIRST FEW TIMES. THE VINYL IS IMMACULATE, NOT A MARK ANYWHERE . I DON'T BELIEVE YOU CAN GET BETTER THAN THIS, AND AGAIN REMEMBER THIS IS A 29 YEAR OLD SET. STAMPED INTO THE DEADWAX ARE THE TWO MATRIX NUMBERS THAT IDENTIFY THIS AS A FIRST PRESS ENDING WITH A-4 SCRATCHED OUT ON SIDE ONE AND REPLACED WITH A-5 / B-5. IT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS ALBUM BELONGED TO SOMEONE WHO EITHER ONLY EVER PLAYED THIS ONCE, TAPED IT AND THEN STORED IT, OR JUST DIDN'T LIKE IT AND NEVER PLAYED IT AGAIN. EITHER WAY THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS LP I HAVE EVER SEEN. THERE IS ALSO THE WORD STRAWBERRY STAMPED INTO BOTH SIDES OF THE DEAD WAX

 HAVE RECORDED 4 EXAMPLES OF JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS ALBUM  IS. I RECORDED THE RUN IN AND FIRST MINUTE AND A HALF OF EACH OPENING TRACK ON EACH SIDE, AND IN ADDITION ONE OF THE LINKING GROOVES AND A FURTHER SEGMENT FROM ANOTHER TRACK ON EACH SIDE. THEREFORE THE SILENCE THAT YOU HEAR WHEN YOU CLICK THE AUCTION PLAYER IS THE SILENCE THAT THE VINYL PRODUCES IN THE DEAD WAX! PLEASE LISTEN TO THEM ALL AND I AM CERTAIN YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THIS SET IS JUST MAGNIFICENT

THE RUN IN IS  NEAR SILENT, AND AS THE RECORD STARTS TO PLAY "IN THE EVENING" IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE LISTENING TO SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLEAR IS THAT THE SOUND IS DISTORTION FREE. ALMOST POINTLESS STATING THIS IN LIGHT OF HOW LITTLE THE ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THE PLAY THAT THE RECORD HAS HAD WAS DONE WITH A GOOD QUALITY STYLUS AND NOT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE GROOVE SUCH AS A WORN, CHIPPED STYLUS, OR INDEED ONE THAT WAS TRACKING TOO HEAVILY.

EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE ANYWHERE ON EITHER SIDE. NO CLICKS OR POPS EITHER A TRULY MINT EXPERIENCE

I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS DISC MINT

THE SLEEVE

THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS MINT!!!

INCREDIBLE AS THAT WORD SOUNDS, THAT IS EXACTLY HOW I FIND THIS SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE IS HISTORICALLY FOUND IN REASONABLE CONDITION DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS OR SHOULD BE HOUSED IN A COMPANY BROWN PAPER BAG TO PROTECT IT, BUT IT IS THEREFORE THE BAG THAT IS USUALLY FOUND SPLIT AND VERY TATTY

SO STARTING WITH THE BAG. ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSES WERE SHRINK WRAPPED AND NATURALLY MOST OF THIS SHRINK WRAP WAS TORN OFF AND DISCARDED. ON THIS BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE HOWEVER THE SHRINK HAD JUST BEEN SPLIT ALONG THE TOP EDGE SO THAT THE SLEEVE COULD BE CAREFULLY EXTRACTED FROM IT. I BELIEVE THE SLEEVE FROM THAT MOMENT ON WAS KEPT APART FROM THE BAG, AND BOT WERE HOUSED IN A SEPERATE PLATIC OUTER SLEEVE. THE SHRINK WRAP ON THE BAG ON THE FRONT SURFACE IS IMMCULATE AND ONLY SHOWS ABOUT HALF AN INCH OF BROWN BAG AT THE TOP, WHILST THE REAR SURFACE HAS A TEAR DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE SHRINK WHERE I BELIEVE IT WAS DONE PLACING IT INTO THE PLASTIC SLEEVE. THE TEAR IS ABOUT TWO INCHES AND THEREFORE THE WHOLE THING IS STILL TIGHTLY AFFIXED AROUND THE BROWN BAG.

THE BROWN BAG THEREFORE IS IN MINT CONDITON NOT HAVING HAD THE CHANCE TO BE AGED BY FINGERPRINTS AND MARKS ETC. EVEN THE TOP OPEING EDGE HAS NOTHING MORE THAN VERY LIGHT HANDLING, CERTAINLY NO NICKS OR TEARS. IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT IN THE BEST CONDITION IT COULD BE IN,

THE BAR ROOM SCENE SLEEVE IS THEREFORE IN ABSOLUTELY IMMACULATE CONDITION. NOT ONE BLEMISH ANYWHERE. NO CREASES, NO CREASE LINES (NOT EVEN THE SMALL ONES NEAR THE SPINE) AND NO MARKS. THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN, AND THE SPINE IS 100% FLAT, AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THE OPENING EDGE IS UNWORN AND IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE

NOW ONTO THE INNER SLEEVE. I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS NEXT PARAGRAPH IS NOT REQUIRED FOR MOST COLLECTORS BUT FOR THISE WHO DIDN'T KNOW HERE IS THE INFO

THE INNER SLEEVE IS PURE WHITE AND HAS NO FINGERMARKS ON IT AT ALL ANYWHERE. THE SPECIAL THING ABOUT THIS INNER SLEEVE IS THAT IT WAS MADE LIKE A MAGIC COLOURING BOOK. WHAT I MEAN BY THIS IS THAT IF YOU WERE TO WIPE WATER ACCROSS THE SURFACE OF THE INNER SLEEVE THE SURFACE WOULD BECOME COLOURED AND NOT WHITE. SO HAVING SAID THAT IT IS WORTH CHECKING OUT SOME OTHERS THAT ARE FOR SALE ON EBAY TO SEE WHAT I AM TALIJNG ABOUT. MOST PEOPLE STUMBLED UPON THIS BY ACCIDENT, USUALLY BY THE MOISTURE FROM THEIR FINGERS LEAVING TRACES OF COLOUR WHERE THEY HAD HANDLED THE INNER SLEEVE. ONCE THIS WAS SPOTTED YOU EITHER HAD THE CHOICE OF FULLY COLOURING THE INNER BY WIPING THE SHOLE SURFACE WITH WATER OR STOP RIGHT THERE AND PROTECT THE SLEEVE FROM FURTHER COLOUR CHANGE. OR I SUPPOSE JUST LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE AND EVERY TIME IT WAS HANDLED WITH ANY DAMPNESS , LETTING FIURTHER COLOUR APPEAR. SO CHECK SOME OUT TO SEE WHAT I MEAN.

THIS ONE HOWEVER IS TOTALLY AS NEW AND IS IN MINT CONDITION. NO TRACES OF COLOUR ANYWHERE AT ALL. THE SEAMS ARE ALSO IN MINT UNSPLIT CONDITION

THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A MINT EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY VULNERABLE SLEEVE SET!!

THE RECORD HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN A NEW POLY LINED INNER SLEEVE. THE LP WILL BE SENT VERY CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND I WILL PLACE THE LP OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. YOUR NEW PURCHASE WILL ALSO COME HOUSED IN A NEW STIFF PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

SO ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A VERY VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM IN THE MOST SUPERB CONDITION IMAGINABLE, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE, AND GOOD LUCK IF YOU DECIDE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY