LED ZEPPELIN II (2nd) INSANELY RARE PROMO-ONLY MONO LP

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696

LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN II (SECOND ALBUM) – ORIGINAL 1969 ATLANTIC RECORDS MONO LP 8236

ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** WHITE LABEL PROMO ***

 *** ULTRA-RARE PROMOTIONAL-ONLY MONO COPY; MONO VERSION OF THIS ALBUM WAS NEVER COMMERCIALLY RELEASED IN ANY WAY OR FORM ***

ORIGINAL ATLANTIC LABEL WITH BROADWAY ADDRESS, WHITE PROMO VERSION,  WITHOUT STEREO BANNER ON THE LABEL

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE)  

·       ORIGINAL "TEXTURED" (CRUDE FINISH) COVER.

·       BEAUTIFUL, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.

(?PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from a previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!

THE WHITE LABEL PROMO, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed to the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals": the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.  In this case, though, this is a rather moot point,  since this rare promo-only MONO version of the album was never commercially released to begin with.

CONDITION: RECORD

WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD+ . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial.The record plays extremely well!

The record is pressed on beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

White Label Promo-only MONO pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its stereo counterpart. We think that the mix is more natural, humane, "organic" and that the mixes are somewhat different than on the stereo version. We estimate that stereo copies of this album outnumber mono pressings by a ratio of at least 2,000: 1 

Stock (commercially released) mono copies of this album are NOT known to exist.

CONDITION: COVER

ORIGINAL TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER

THE COVER IS ALSO A STRONG VERY GOOD+.There is a stain where the promo sticker has been removed.Very slight bent corner at bottom left and some light edgewear.No tears splits etc...

Shipping is by USPS. We pack in sturdy commercial type record mailers with two cardboard inserts for the most protection.