INCREDIBLY  RARE VARIANT OF A RED PLUM LABEL WHICH IS EXPLAINED BELOW IN INFORMATION I HAVE OBTAINED FROM A DIFFERENT LISTING ....

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" ALTHOUGH ALL OF THE KNOWN THE RED/PLUM VARIANTS OF LED ZEPPLIN IV ARE RARER THAN ANY OF THEIR PREVIOUS THREE LPS AS THE RED/PLUM ATLANTIC/POLYDOR LABELS WHERE REPLACED VERY EARLY IN 1972 WHEN KINNEY/WARNER BROS TOOK OVER THE ATLANTIC CATALOGUE AND BEGAIN ISSUING ON THE NEW GREEN ORANGE LABELS WITH NEW K (KINNEY)  CAT PREFIXES AND THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1971

BUT AS RARE AS ALL RED/PLUM LABELLED LED zEP IV’S ARE THEY ACTUALLY EXSIST IN  FOUR DIFFERING KNOWN VARIATIONS BEFORE THE SWITCH TO KINNEY,

THE FIRST VARIANT LABELS HAVE 5 DISTINCT ATTRIBUTES:-

1)  "UNDER LICENCE FROM ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPN., U.S.A" TEXT ABOVE THE WHITE LINE IN THE RED PART OF THE LABEL (LATER LABELS HAVE THIS TEXT INSIDE THE WHITE STRIPE) - EXACTLY THE SAME AS ALL EARLIER ATLANTIC LPS (LIKE LED ZEPPELIN III FOR EXAMPLE),

2)   PUBLISHING CREDITS WERE ACCIDENTALLY OMITTED ON THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS LABELS!!!!  IF YOU LOOK BELOW THE SONG LISTING ON EITHER SIDE IT SAYS 'KINNEY MUSIC LTD' ONLY.   ON ALL LATER RED/PLUM LABELS  (INCLUDING THE MUCH LATER GREEN/ORANGE RE-ISSUES) THE CREDITS WERE CHANGED TO - 'KINNEY MUSIC/SUPERHYPE MUSIC INC'. 

3)  ON THESE MEGA RARE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS LABELS THE TEXT 'LED ZEPPELIN' IS POSITIONED TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL (BELOW THE WHITE LINE) AND IS QUITE SMALL.  ON ALL LATER LABELS THE 'LED ZEPPELIN' TEXT IS SLIGHTLY LARGER & POSITIONED TOWARDS THE TOP (ABOVE THE WHITE LINE!) - JUST BELOW THE FOUR SYMBOLS!!!!

4)    THESE EARLIEST 1ST PRESS LABELS ALSO HAVE A 'PETER GRANT' PRODUCTION CREDIT AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH LABEL - THIS WAS REMOVED ON ALL LATER LABELS APPARENTLY AT THE INSISTANCE OF JIMMY PAGE!!!!

5)   FINALLY, THESE EARLIEST LABELS “MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP” ACTUALLY IS SPELT CORRECTLY !! IT SEEMS IT WAS ONLY DURING THE CORRECTION PROCESS THAT HOP WAS MIS-SPELT AS “TOP” AND IT HAS BECOME A COMMON MIS-CONCEPTION THAT THE MISSPELT TOP LABELS ARE THE RAREST, IT IS IRONICALLY THESE FIRST TWO VARIAINTS WITH THE CORRECTLY SPELT “HOP” LABELS THAT ARE BY FAR THE RAREST,

THE SECOND VARIANT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THIS ONE BUT WHEN ATLANTIC REALISED THE ERRORS IN AN ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO CORRECT WHAT FEW DISCS WERE ALREADY PRESSED THEY PRINTED CORRECTIVE STICKERS TO GO OVER THE LABELS. THOSE COPIES ARE ACTUALLY IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE UNDERNEATH THEIR STICKERS, BOTH VARIANTS ARE HARDLY EVER SEEN TODAY

THE THIRD VARIANT LABELS IS THIS ONE AND ARE THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT A FULL  CORRECTION AND WE NOW HAVE WHAT IS GENEARLLY REGARDED AS THE MORE STANDARD LOOKING RED PLUM LABEL, THE LED ZEPPELIN IS MOVED FROM THE TOP HALF OF THE LABEL TO THE BOTTOM, THE ATLANTIC CREDIT IS MOVED TO THE CENTRAL WHITE BAND, AND THE PETER GRANT CREDIT IS REMOVED. HOWEVER DURING THIS PROCESS IT IS BELIEVED THAT IS WHERE THE “HOP” WAS FIRST MISPRESSED AS “TOP”

FINALLY THE FOURTH VARIANT PLUM RED LABEL IS THE CORRECTED VARIANT WITH THE “ TOP “ MISTYPE RESTORED TO “ HOP “ ALTHOUGH INTERESTINGLY THE “TOP “ MISTYPE MAKES A FURTHER RE-APPEARANCE ON SOME EARLY GREEN/ORANGE KINNEY PRESSINGS  "

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UNQUOTE  I HOPE THAT EXPLAINS THINGS BETTER THAN I COULD

For Auction here is the UK LP ''  LED ZEPPELIN IV  " 

ARTIST:  LED ZEPPELIN

MONO/STEREO:  STEREO

Cat. No : 2401012

LABEL:   ATLANTIC 

COUNTRY: UK 

DATE: 1971

VINYL WEIGHT: 120g 

MATRICIES : A3 B3

SLEEVE: USUAL WARE A NAME ON FRONT AND LABEL ON REAR , GRADES G+ 

VINYL VISUAL:  MANY MARKS VISABLE GRADES GOOD ALSO

LABELS:   NO SERIOUS FLAWS WRITINGS OR LABELS SPINDLE TRACES SO GRADE AS VG+

VINYL PLAY :  THIS LP IS GRADED VISUALLY ONLY   

ALTHOUGH ONLY PROBABLY A COLLECTION FILLER THESE LABELS ARE VERY RARE I UNDERSTAND GOOD LUCK!

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