Led Zeppelin PHYSICAL GRAFFITI UK LP1ST B4 MATRIX MINT-

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LED ZEPPELIN - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

IN MAGNIFICENT BARELY PLAYED CONDITION

FIRST PRESS  - UK ISSUE

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG SSK 89400
• MATRIX: SSK89400 A1 / B4 / C1 / D1 
• FIRST PRESS

THE FIRST PRESS UK ISSUE IS EASY TO TELL FROM THE RE ISSUES IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE HAS TO HAVE THE UK ADDRESS ON THE REAR COVER, WHICH WILL SAY ' Swan Song/484 Kings Road, London SW10' (MANY COPIES WERE PRESSED IN GERMANY AND ISSUED OVER HERE)

ON THE VINYL THE MATRIX NUMBERS HAVE TO BE 'STAMPED' ALL LATER PRESSES WERE ETCHED WITH THESE DETAILS

FINALLY THE LABELS ON THE FIRST ISSUES DID NOT HAVE THE WARNER LOGO AT 3 O'CLOCK

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON A FIRST PRESS ALL HAVE A '1' AFTER THEIR LETTER, SO A1= SIDE A AND SO ON. ALL THIS IS TRUE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SIDE B WHICH USUALLY HAS THE MATRIX ENDING OF 'B5'

THEREFORE A NORMAL FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM SET WILL HAVE A1 / B5 / C1 / D1 AS THE MATRIX NUMBERS.

THERE WERE A FEW EARLIER PRESSES RELEASED WITH THE VERY HARD TO FIND 'B4' MATRIX ENDING. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE HARD TO COME BY VERY FIRST PRESSES

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. I AM UNABLE TO SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE SET HAS HAD FEWER THAN THREE PLAYES LIFETIME

THE VINYL

REALLY GLOSSY PAIR OF DISCS, THAT HAVE LOST NONE OF THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE. A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF PRISTINE ORIGINAL DISCS, THAT EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION DISPLAY NO MORE THAN A FEW WISPY HAIRLINES, CERTAINLY NOTHING THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE SOUND

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 RECENTLY TAKEN THE DECISION TO RECORD THE ALBUMS THAT I LIST FROM START TO FINISH, THUS ALLOWING POTENTIAL BIDDER TO FULLY HEAR WHAT THEY MAY BE CONSIDERING BIDDING ON. THIS TAKES ME A VERY LONG TIME, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD FOR QUALITY VINYL BUYING ON EBAY.

THE SET PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES, WITH THE STEREO REPRODUCTION JUST CRISP AND CLEAN WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS INTENDED. THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING OR CLICKS. A CRSTAL CLEAR AND CLEAN FIRST PRESS, THAT HAS PERHAPS A COUPLE OF TINY LITTLE DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAY, AND ONCE OR TWICE A SECOND OR TWO OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC ON THIS 35 YEAR OLD SET, BUT PLEASE TAKE A GOOD LISTEN AND JUDGE THE QUALITY FOR YOURSELF

I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SET MINT MINUS

THE SLEEVE

A VERY HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN UNDAMAGED CONDITION, DUE TO THE MANY DIE CUT HOLES WHICH ARE EASILY DAMAGED

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED WITHOUT RUBBING. THE DIE CUT WINDOWS ARE ALL INTACT AND LOOK GREAT. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND AMZINGLY NONE OF THE SMALL LINES THAT GATHER NEAR THE SPINE ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND JUST ONE SMALL ONE ON THE LEFT

THE LEFT SPINE HAS ALL OF THE RED TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ITS FLAT AND CLEAN AND IS IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION, WITH JUST THE VERY BOTTOM TIP LIGHTLY RUBBED

 THE RIGHT SPINE IS ALSO IN THE SAME IMMACULATE CONDITION

THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR, JUST A FEW MINISCULE THUMB NAIL NICKS

THE BOTTOM EDGE DOES SHOW A REALLY SMALL TRACE OF SHELF WEAR, BUT CERTAINLY NO DAMAGE TO THE CARD , JUST A FEW RUBBED PATCHES AND THUS SOME LIGHT COLOUR LOSS

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS ALL OF THE DARK BROWN COLOUR INTACT, AND AGAIN IS UNCREASED . THE VERY TOP EDGE SHOWS JUST THE TINIEST BIT OF RUBBING

THE WHITE WINDOWED INNER CARD IS STILL  WHITE, AND ALL OF THE EDGES ARE RAZOR SHARP .THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST ISSUE CARD WHICH HAS A SPINE AT THE BOTTOM. LATER ISSUES WERE JUST A FOLDED PIECE OF CARD

BOTH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVES ARE IN MINT CONDITION

HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT MINUS

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

GARRY