Led Zeppelin IV w/Peter Grant credits Red/Plum labels

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LED ZEPPELIN - IV Earliest version with Peter Grant Credits

IN STUNNING AND IMPOSSIBLE NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION THIS IS ALSO THE RAREST VARIANT AND A VERY SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT LED ZEPPELIN ITEM FOR AUCTION, FINAL UPGRADE......

BY FAR AND AWAY THE RAREST FIRST PRESSING RED/PLUM ATLANTIC VARIANT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS FANTASTIC CONDITION. 

 I WILL EXPLAIN MORE OF THE HISTORY AS IT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE KNOWN OF THIS PRESSING A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THE LISTING BUT THIS IS THE 1ST AND PROBABLY MOST HIGHLY SORT AFTER VARITION –

DURING MY YEARS OF COLLECTING LED ZEPPELIN VINYL I HAVE ONLY COME ACROSS TWO COPIES AS SUPERB AS THIS (THE OTHER ONE I WILL KEEP FOR MY OWN COLLECTION).

A SIMILAR COPY TO THIS 1ST VARIAITION IN IT’S EARLIEST UN-CORRECTED FORM WITHOUT THE STICKERS AND IN NEAR MINT CONDITION, WAS LATE LAST YEAR SOLD BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED RECORD TRADERS HERE ON EBAY FOR IN EXCESS OF 2000.00+ GBP!

AS IT IS ALL OF THE KNOW 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 EXIST IN  FOUR DIFFERING KNOWN VARIATIONS BEFORE THE SWITCH TO KINNEY,

THE FIRST VARIANT IS THIS ONE, AND IT CONTAINS FIVE 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 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 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 ALL THE EARLY GREEN/ORANGE KINNEY PRESSINGS 

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FOR AUCTION IS THE UK LP LED ZEPPLIN IV ALSO KNOW AS "SYMBOLS"

COUNTRY: UK

CAT NO: 2401012

LABEL: ATLANTIC RED PLUM

DATE : 1971

WEIGHT: 125g

MATRIX: A3 B3

CONDITION:

SLEEVE: AS CLOSE TO MINT AS YOU WILL EVER SEE AND PROBABLY THE BEST I HAVE EVER HANDLED FOR A MATT UNLAMINATED EXAMPLE, OPENINGS AND EDGES ARE EXCELLENT+++ NO RING WEAR WHAT SO EVER AND THAT IS EXTREMLY RARE FOR THIS FRAGILE TYPE OF SLEEVE.

VINYL: LOVELY GRADES EXCELLENT PLUS AT, JUST SOME WHISPY HAIRLINES UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT, NOT FAR OFF NEAR MINT

LABELS: SHOW MINIMAL EVIDENCE OF PLAY, GRADE EXCELLENT PLUS

INNER: EXCELLENT

Grading according to Record Collector's Grading Scale/UK

SHIPPING: This item must be shipped registred/sign for delivery for both mine and buyers protection. Record will be extremly well packed with vinyl seperated from all original sleeves to avoid any kind of damage. Please note that Ebay shipping fees listed above is not correct - Shipping within Western Europe is 22.00 USD and the United States is 28.00 USD. Rest of World 31.00 USD. Internal bidders welcome but I will not ship to Italy, Spain or Greece.

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