Led Zeppelin IV UK LP 1st GREEN ORANGE A1/B1 NO WB LOGO ONE PLAY EVER 100% MINT

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LED ZEPPELIN - 4

ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE ON THE GREEN AND ORANGE  ATLANTIC LABEL

 'A PORKY PRIME CUT'

A1/B1 MATRIX

NO WARNER BROTHERS LABEL

1ST ISSUE INNER SLEEVE

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  K 50008
• MATRIX: K50008 A1/B1
• SIDE ONE DEAD WAX HAS ' A PORKY PRIME CUT' ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX, SIDE 2 HAS 'PORKY' ETCHED INTO THE DEAD WAX

THIS IS UNQUESTIONABLY A CROSS OVER ALBUM. THE MOVE FROM THE RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC LABELS TO THE GREEN AND ORANGE ALSO ENSURED THAT THERE WAS A CATALOGUE CHANGE FROM THE STANDARD ATLANTIC NUMBERS TO THE KINNEY 'K' PREFIXED NUMBERS.

IT STANDS TO REASON THAT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A FIRST ISSUE OF THIS CHANGE, AND WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE EARLY GREEN AND ORANGE LABELS DID NOT HAVE THE WARNER LOGO AT 3 O'CLOCK, THIS CAME LATER. THIS ALBUM HAS OF COURSE BEEN REISSUED MANY TIMES, AND LATER STILL PRESSED IN GERMANY

BUT HERE WE HAVE A GENUINE 1ST ISSUE ON THE GREEN AND ORANGE LABEL. THERE ARE SEVEN DISTINCT REASONS WHY THIS HAS TO BE A FIRST ISSUE

1. THE VINYL IS THE SAME HEAVY WEIGHT AS THE ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ( LATER ISSUES WERE ALL ON LIGHTER VINYL)

2. AS MENTIONED THE WARNER LOGO IS MISSING FROM THE LABEL

3. THERE ARE NO SYMBOLS ON THE TOP HALF OF THE LABEL (THE LATER PRESSES HAD THE 4 SYMBOLS IN THIS AREA

4. IT'S A ' PORKY PRIME CUT' RESERVED FOR THE FIRST MASTER PRESSES FROM GEORGE PECKHAM

5. THE MATRIX NUMBERS ARE A1/B1

THE LABEL COLOURS ARE DEEPER AND RICHER THAN ON ANY LATER PRESS

IT HAS THE ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM FLIPBACKED INNER SLEEVE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE GREEN AND ORANGE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITEBAND IS  NOT SOILED AT ALL . THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE IS JUST ONE NEAR INVISIBLE SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS FLAWLESS IN DAYLIGHT AND HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE. AND EVEN WHEN PLACED UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE . THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY MINT VINYL

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 FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO BEFORE DECIDING TO MAKE A BID. I NOW DO THIS WITH ALL MY LISTINGS AS I KNOW THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THE CLARITY OF THIS ALBUM IS PURE FIRST PRESS, AND THE INTRODUCTION TO 'ROCK AND ROLL' IS JUST INCREDIBLE

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER AT ANY POINT

THE VINYL PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGH BOTH SIDES WITHOUT ANY  BACKGROUND CRACKLE

I HEARD NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE SEMI SECONDS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES 

NO DUST POPS WHATSOEVER THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAY

FOR ME THIS SUPERB VINYL GRADES MINT!!!!  IT CANNOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THOUGH, TAKE A FULL LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

UNLAMINATED STRONG CARDED ORIGINAL ISSUE SLEEVE. THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND HAS NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES. THE COLOURS HAVE ALL BEEN RETAINED AND THERE IS NO RUBBING OR SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER.

NO RINGWEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE

THERE IS JUST ONE MINUSCULE LINE NEXT TO THE SPINE. NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. THE FOUR CORNERS ARE ALL SHARP AND SQUARE

THERE IS NO RINGWEAR OR EVEN A TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE EITHER.

THE TOP EDGE IS NEAR IMMACULATE WITH ALL OF THE DELICATE COLOUR FULLY RUNNING FROM CORNER TO CORNER, AND ONLY THE VERY TIP END OF THE RIGHT CORNER HAS A SPECK OF RUB.

THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS SOME LIGHT SHELFWEAR IN THE FORM OF A FEW WHITE FLECKS ALONG THE EDGE, AND A LITTLE RUBBING TO THE RIGHT CORNER

THE SPINE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY UNSQUASHED. THE TOP AND BOTTOM LEADING EDGES HAVE SOMME LIGHT TINY SCUFFS ALONG BOTH

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH JUST ONE TINY SPECK OF BURRING ON THE REAR SURFACE

THE REAR SURFACE IS SIMILAR TO THE FRONT. UNCREASED AND ALL OF THE COLOURS INTACT WITH JUST THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPE AT THE VERY TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, AND ONE TINY LINE RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP LEFT CORNER. THE ORIGINAL OWNER ALSO PENNED '329' IN RED BIRO IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE JET BLACK BASE COLOUR. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL AS MOST WILL BE QUITE HEAVILY WORN. THIS ONE IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE BEST I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS.

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS. THIS INNER WAS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE RED AND PLUM ISSUES OR SO I THOUGHT. CLEARLY THIS ONE HAS BEEN INCLUDED WITH THE FIRST ORANGE AND GREEN LABEL PRESSES

WHAT IS AMAZING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INNER IS THAT THERE ARE NO CREASES WHATSOEVER. IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND ALL OF THE SEAMS REMAIN UNSPLIT, ALTHOUGHTHERE IS A LITTLE PAPER NICK ON THE BOTTOM EDGE

THE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT !!!

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

GARRY