Led Zeppelin PRESENCE UK LP 1ST Press ONE PLAY MINT

	£		48
	$		64

LED ZEPPELIN - PRESENCE

GENUINE  FIRST PRESS - IN MINT CONDITION

• CAT:SSK 59402
• MATRIX: SSK59402 A1 / B1

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 "MADE 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 32 YEAR OLD SET. STAMPED INTO THE DEADWAX ARE THE TWO MATRIX NUMBERS THAT IDENTIFY THIS AS A FIRST PRESS ENDING WITH A-1 / B-1. 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

 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 "ACHILLIES LAST STAND" 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 MADE OF VERY STIFF CARD (FIRST PRESSES ONLY). HOWEVER THE BIG VULNERABILITY OF THIS SLEEVE IS OBVIOUS BECAUSE IT IS PURE WHITE, AND THIS IS WHERE MOST COPIES YOU WILL SEE ARE ANYTHING BUT WHITE. THIS ONE HAS BEEN KEPT IN A PLACTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW AND HAS THEREFORE MAINTAINED ITS SUPERB "WHITENESS" THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THERE ON THE DAY IT WAS PRINTED. I AM VERY VERY HAPPY TO OFFER THIS MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE FOR AUCTION. BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE PLATIC OUTER IT ALSO HAD NOT BEEN OPENED AND IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT WHEN I OPENED THE GATEFOLD TO TAKE THE PICTURE, THAT IT WAS FOR THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME EVER.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS PERFECTLY CLEAN AND HAS NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES OR FINGERPRINTS. AMAZINGLY THERE AREN'T EVEN ANY SMALL LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, A TESTAMENT TO PRODUCING A SLEEVE USING HEAVY CARD. TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN AND ALL 4 CORNERS PERFECTLY SHARP. THE SPINE IS AGAIN IMMACULATE WITH PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE. THE OPENING EDGE IS ABSOLUTELY MINT AND UNWORN. THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS CLEAN AS THE FRONT, AND THE INNER GATEFOLD IS JUST IMMACULATE

THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT IN MY EYES THE BEST COPY OF THIS I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO HANDLE AND PLAY, AND WILL GRACE ANY COLLECTION

THE TEXTURED INNER SLEEVE IS VERY VULNERABLE JUST LIKE THE ONE ON ZEP 4, AND THIS ONE HAS ONE VERY VERY TINY SPLIT ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE WHICH IS NO LONGER THAT A QUARTER OF AN INCH. I HAVE VERY VERY CAREFULY INVISIBLY REPAIRED IT, AND IT CANNOT BE SEEN UNLESS YOU ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR IT. THE LP HAS NOW BEEN PLACED INTO A SEPERATE INNER SLEEVE SO NO FURTHER HARM CAN COME TO THIS VERY DELICATE INNER.

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