Hi and thanks for looking at my listing

I have a massive RARE VINYL collection gathered over the past 40 years

I am now planning to sell hundreds of the rarer ones at approximately 20-30 lps per week

so check all my listings, Rare near MINT listings each week including:

Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Vertigo Swirls, Sex Pistols, Punk, Indie Prog Rock and Reggae, ETC.

WORLDWIDE AND COMBINED POSTAGE OFFERED

ALL VINYLS CORRECTLY POSTED IN A MUSIC MAX CRUCIFORM MAILER WITH STIFFENERS

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£0.99p START PRICE WITH NO RESERVE SET !!!

LED ZEPPELIN IV (4)

STUNNING VERY NEAR MINT RECORD,

GATEFOLD SLEEVE & INNER LYRIC SLEEVE !!!

DONT THINK YOU WILL FIND A BETTER COPY UNLESS STILL SEALED ?

PLAYED 2-3 TIMES IN 51 YEARS

FINAL UPGRADE- ARCHIVE CONDITION

FIRST UK 1971 STEREO PRESSING 

ATLANTIC 2401 012

 ON FIRST PRESS PLUM & ORANGE LABELS

FIRST PRESS MATRICES  

• Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped) A//3
• Matrix / Runout (B-side stamped) B//4
•  

NOTES

This auction is for Led Zeppelin's superb "Led Zeppelin IV" LP on the Atlantic Records label 2401012. Matrix marks A//3, B//4, FIRST Gt Britain Pressing. "PORKY" & "PECKO DUCK" etched in dead wax indicating record was cut/mastered by the legendary George Peckham.

"Atlantic Recording" credit in central white band, no "Peter Grant" label credit, etc.

'Plum' Atlantic pressing on red/white/plum label.

 8 known 'plum' label variants exist 

'Marketed by Polydor Records Limited' at 6 o'clock on labels.

'Under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.' in white area under ATLANTIC on left side.

Catalogue number at 3 o'clock above circular Atlantic logo reads 'deluxe 2401012'

There is no Peter Grant credit, and song publishing credits are:
Kinney Music Ltd./Superhype Music Inc.

Side 2 has the following errors:
'Misty Mountain Hop' is misspelt 'Misty Mountain Top'

Sleeve is a gatefold, thick card with sealed left side edge when opened up to reveal 'The Hermit' drawing. Disc is housed in a grey card sleeve with credits on one side and the lyrics to 'Stairway to Heaven' on the other.

Importantly, although Jimmy Page had got all the 'Executive Producer Peter Grant' credits removed from the labels by this time, the card inner sleeve still retains this credit at the bottom left side. These card inners all have over-seal type flaps on the left and right sides.

This release was commonly referred to as 'Led Zeppelin IV', to follow in sequence with their previous three releases, but no actual title appears on the release

CONDITION 

VINYL RECORD IS OBVIOUSLY VERY NEAR MINT, LOVELY WITH A DEEP GLOSSY MIRROR, LIKE NEW RAINBOW SHEEN TO THE VINYL SURFACES WHICH ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT. OBVIOUSLY ONLY PLAYED 1-2 TIMES MAXIMUM IN THE LAST 51 YEARS. STUNNING !!

I CANNOT SEE ANY BLEMISHES NOT EVEN VERY FEINT HAIRLINES EACH SIDE, EVEN WHEN VINYL IS TILTED, UNDER A STRONG LIGHT, THUS A SUPERB AUDIO PLAYBACK (SEE PICS)

THEREFORE, A GREAT AUDIO EXPERIENCE WAS ACHEIVED WHEN PLAYTESTED ON MY REGA TURNTABLE, LOVELY!!!

THE FIRST ISSUE GATEFOLD SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT CONDITION ALSO !!

THE SMALLEST CORNER RUB PRESENT WITH AN UNCRUSHED SEAM AND THE SPINE IS STILL FULLY LEGIBLE AND THE OPENING EDGE IS CLEAN AND DEFINED. (SEE ALL PICS) VERY VERY NICE!!

THE PICTURE / LYRIC INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN VERY NEAR MINT CLEAN CONDITION, NO SPLITS OR MARKS OR CREASES, STILL IN SHOP FRESH CONDITION!!!! SUPERB EXAMPLE (SEE ALL PICS)

ATLANTIC PLUM LABELS ARE IN SUPERB, NEAR MINT CONDITION AGAIN (SEE PICS) WITH JUST 1/2 FEINT, HARDLY THERE, SPINDLE MARKS CONFINED TO THE DISC CENTRE AGAIN CONFIRMING 2/3 PLAYS IN 51 YEARS !!

SO, IN CONCLUSION, NOT ONLY A SUPER CONDITION UK RARE FIRST PRESS BUT IMPORTANTLY THE VINYL LOOKS AS GOOD AS THE DAY IT WAS PURCHASED IN 1971 AND SOUNDS GREAT!!!! 

A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE FIRST UK ISSUE, 51 -YEAR-OLD ICONIC ROCK ALBUM 

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NOT MANY AROUND LIKE THIS, SO DONT MISS OUT !!!

ALSO SELLING MY SIMILAR CONDITION LED ZEPPELIN II (2) PLUM FIRST PRESS AND OTHERS

SO ALSO PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER RARE FIRST PRESS BEATLES, ZEPPELIN, ROCK VINYLS LISTED, FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, GATHERED OVER 40 YEARS, 

AND THANKS FOR LOOKING

Led Zeppelin – Untitled

Tracklist

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Kinney Music Ltd.
• Marketed By – Polydor Records Ltd.
• Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation

Credits

• Executive-Producer – Peter Grant
• Illustration [Inside Illustration 'The Hermit'] – Barrington Colby M O M*
• Mastered By – Pecko Duck* (tracks: A), Porky (5) (tracks: B)
• Photography By – Keith Morris (8)
• Producer – Jimmy Page