LED ZEPPELIN II UK LP 1ST RED/PLUM A2/B2 100% MINT ORIG

	£		710
	$		941

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN II

IN MAGNIFICENT 2 PLAY CONDITION

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS IN TRULY VAULT CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  588198
• MATRIX: 588198 A//2    588198 B//2
• 'THE LEMON SONG' ON THE LABELS AND SLEEVE
• CORRECT LIGHT BROWN SLEEVE

OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS I AM GOING TO LIST 4 OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE EXAMPLES OF EARLY ZEPPELIN ALBUMS YOU WILL EVER COME ACCROSS

STARTING WITH THE MAGNIFICENT LED ZEPPELIN II

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITEBAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE ARE JUST 2 TINY SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THIS SUPERB VINYL HAS JUST HAD THE 2 PLAYS

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL IS IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. IT HAS RETAINED ALL OF IT'S ORIGINAL SHEEN. IT LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PRESSED. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR BLEMISHES ON THE SURFACE, AND EVEN WHEN PUT UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE APART FROM A COUPLE OF TINY TINY WISPS.AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE

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 FULLY RECORD EVERY LP THAT I LIST, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT IT IS WHAT BUYERS OF QUALITY VINYL WANT FROM SELLERS. TO BE ABLE TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING LAYING A BID ON IS IN MY OPINION THE WAY FORWARD FOR EBAY VINYL SALES

PLEASE JUST TAKE A LISTEN TO THE QUALITY OF THIS VINYL AS IT WILL SAY FAR MORE THAN I CAN PUT INTO WORDS. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO THINK THAT AN ALBUM THAT WAS SO POPULAR AS THIS COULD BE FOUND IN A CONDITION THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS MINT!!

PLAYED JUST THE ONCE OR TWICE PERHAPS, BUT I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS ONE THAT IS IN THIS CONDITION BEFORE. THE SOUND QUALITY GENERATED BY THE VINYL IS ELECTRIC, AND THE STEREO REPRODUCTION JUST MAGINFICENT. IT IS JUST FANTASTIC, THERE IS NO OTHER WORD TO DESCRIBE IT.

FROM THE SECOND THE STYLUS IS PLACED ONTO THE DISC UNTIL THE FINAL FADEOUT, THIS VINYL PERFORMS LIKE A BRAND NEW 1969 DISC. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLES AT ALL, ANYWHERE. CRISP CLEAR STEREO REPRODUCTION WITHOUT ANY IRRITANTS IS ALL YOU HEAR.

NO CLICKS OR POPS JUST THE VERY VERY LIGHTEST SECOND OR TWO OF VINYL NOISE IN JUST A COUPLE OF THE QUIETEST PASSAGES,AND THEN ONLY FOR A SECOND OR TWO AT THE MOST. 

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THIS INCREDIBLE DISC GRADES MINT, BUT PLEASE TAKE A FULL LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF

THE SLEEVE

HOW OFTEN IS A GREAT VINYL LET DOWN BY THE SLEEVE, AND NON MORESO THAN SEPPELIN 2, WHERE IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A SLEEVE THAT MATCHES THE QUALITY OF A MINT ALBUM. HERE THEN IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!

THE FRONT SURFACE IS ABSOLUTELY BLEMISH FREE!!  IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND CREASE FREE. IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THOSE LITTLE LINES THAT FORM NEAR THE SPINE, NOR ARE THERE ANY ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES EITHER.

THE POWDERY BROWN SURFACE THAT USUALLY WEARS AND RUBS BADLY ON THIS SLEEVE IS PRISTINE AND UNWORN. THERE IS ONLY ONE REASON FOR THIS, AND THAT IS THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER DECIDED TO PLACE THE SLEEVE INTO A PLASTIC OUTER COVER FROM NEW, WHERE IT HAS REMAINED UNTIL TODAY FOR THE PHOTO SHOOT

ALSO THE WHITE AREA IS ALWAYS FOUND WITH SEVERE GRUBBINESS AND DIRT, WELL AGAIN HERE IS ONE THAT IS AS GOOD AS NEW

AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF THE FRONT SURFACE OF THIS ICONIC ALBUM. MUSEUM QUALITY I WOULD GUARANTEE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE THE ONLY AREA THAT DISPLAYS MINIMAL RUBBING, PROBABLY FROM THE SHOP RECORD RACK, AN I WOULD GUESS THAT THIS VERY VERY MINOR WEAR OCCURED BEFORE THE METICULOUS ORIGINAL OWNER TOOK POSESSION OF THE LP

THE SPINE ON THIS SLEEVE IS USUALLY FOUND BATTERED, RUBBED, SQUASHED, AND WORN OUT, BUT ON THIS SLEEVE YOU HAVE A SPINE THAT IS JUST PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. FIRSTLY AND INCREDIBLY THE SPINE IS FLAT AND NOT PUSHED OVER LIKE MOST ARE. THERE ARE NO FINGER TO THUMB SQUASHES EITHER, AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED APART FROM THE VERY AND TINIEST TIPS TOP AND BOTTOM. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT. THERE IS ONE TINY SCUFF MARK ON THE REAR EDGE OF THE SPINE.

 THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP,WITH JUST A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST THUMB NAIL NICKS  SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS RECORD HAS BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE COVER.

THE REAR SURFACE WHILST AGAIN IS UNCREASED, IT IS EVERYBIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT, AGAIN NO LOSS OF THE BROWN SURFACE WHATSOEVER ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT NEITHER THE FRONT OR THE BACK HAS ANY SIGN OF RING WEAR, OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, WHICH AGAIN IS A RARITY ON THIS SLEEVE

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE.

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS AS WHITE AND CLEAN AS I HAVE EVER SEEN ONE, AND FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THIS VINYL HAS JUST REMAINED INSIDE THE SLEEVE FOR ALL THESE YEARS

THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS

I'LL JUST FINSH BY SAYING THAT IN MY OPINION YOU COULD NEVER GET A BETTER AND MORE PRISTINE COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM AND SLEEVE ON THE PLANET, AND IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT VAULT CONDITION, AND WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING, AND FOR SOME LUCKY WINNER THIS IS AN INVESTMENT AS IT CAN ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE, AND WHATEVER IS PAID FOR IT NOW WILL IN FUTURE SEEM A BARGAIN

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

GARRY