LED ZEPPELIN, IV plum Atlantic PORKY A3/B4 Misty Mtn 'Top' mispelt UK LP

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Led Zeppelin?– Untitled Label: Atlantic ?– Deluxe 2401 012 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve Country: UK Released: 08 Nov 1971 Genre: Rock Style: Classic Rock TracklistHide Credits? A1 Black Dog 4:55 A2 Rock And Roll 3:40 A3 The Battle Of Evermore Vocals – Sandy Denny 5:38 A4 Stairway To Heaven 7:55 B1 Misty Mountain Hop 4:39 B2 Four Sticks 4:49 B3 Going To California 3:36 B4 When The Levee Breaks 7:08 Credits? Producer– Jimmy Page Notes? 'Plum' Atlantic pressing on red/white/plum label. This is the 4th (of 6) known 'plum' label variants. Specific to this label variant are: 'Marketed by Polydor Records Limited' at 6 o'clock on labels. 'Under license from Atlantic Recording Corpn.' in white area under ATLANTIC on left side. LED ZEPPELIN is printed above spindle hole. 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 error: 'Misty Mountain Hop' is mispelt '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.

Above information from Discogs website.

UK EARLY GEORGE PECKHAM MASTERED PLUM ATLANTIC LABEL VINYL LP IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL GREY CARD INNER SLEEVE.

This particular copy is the Porky original mastered pressing, the B3 and B4 matrix numbers appear to be identical - we have played them both and could not detect any noticeable differences. What does vary is that there are 6 currently known label Variants with various typos and credits changed. The copy we are offering is the 4th Variation with the mispelt 'Misty Mountain Top'.

MATRIX NUMBERS IN RUN-OFF GROOVES: SIDE A: PECKO DUCK 2401012 ** A//3 1 2 19 / SIDE B: PORKY 2401012 B//4 1 1 1 1

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD ONLY DUE TO RING, SHELF AND EDGE WEAR, CORNER BUMPS AND PRICE STICKER MARK ON FRONT. SPINE HAS A FEW NICKS. INNER SLEEVE IS GOOD ONLY DUE TO A BOTTOM AND SIDE SEAM SPLIT AND A SMALL NICK ON THE TOP.

DISC: VISUALLY A VERY GOOD+ THAT PLAYS MOSTLY EXCELLENT MINUS WITH A FEW AREAS OF VERY GOOD+. NO SCRATCHES, SOME SPINDLE WEAR, LIGHT SCUFFS AND HAIRLINES. THERE IS A SMALL PRESSING DEFECT BLOB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK 'MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP' WHICH DOES NOT LOOK GOOD - WE PLAY-CHECKED THIS ON TWO TURNTABLES AND BOTH PLAYED-THROUGH WITH NO SKIPS OR JUMPS AND A FEW CLICKS, IT PLAYED BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD CONSIDERING HOW IT LOOKS. CLEAN LABELS BOTH SIDES. A MOSTLY SPLENDID PLAYING COPY WITH SUPERB AUDIO, NO SKIPS OR JUMPS, SOME POPS AND STATIC CRACKLES RIGHT AT THE START OF EACH SIDE AND IN A FEW OF THE QUIETEST PASSAGES.

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