Led Zeppelin LED ZEPPELIN III 1970 UK LP 1st W/Peter Grant ONE PLAY MINT- AUDIO

	£		149
	$		197

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN III

1ST PRESS WITH PETER GRANT CREDITS

ORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS IN MINT MINUS PLAYTHROUGH  CONDITION

BARELY PLAYED WITH A MINT MINUS  SLEEVE

INVESTMENT GRADE COPY

• CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC  2401002
• MATRIX: 2401002 A-6  OP    2401002 B-5  GHC
• ETCHED MATRIX NUMBERS
• 'SO MOTE IT BE & DO WHAT THOU WILT' IN THE DEAD WAX
• SUPERB FULLY WORKING E.J.DAY SLEEVE
• CATALOGUE NUMBER DOES NOT HAVE A DASH IN THE MIDDLE
• PETER GRANT CREDITS ON LABEL

 TO LISTEN TO THE RECORD, PLEASE PRESS PLAY ON THE PLAYER, AND WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD. IT CAN TAKE UP TO A MINUTE. THE NEW SOFTWARE IS SLOWER THAN THE OLDER ONE. BY THE TIME YOU HAVE READ THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION IT SHOULD START TO PLAY

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE RED AND PLUM LABELS HAVE A LITTLE BLEMISH ON SIDE ONE. NOTHING THAT HAS BEEN MAN MADE I DON'T THINK. IT'S JUST THAT ON SIDE ONE THE TOP COAT OF LAQUER? OR WHAT EVER IS PLACED OVER THE TOP OF THE LABELS HAS FLAKED OFF IN PATCHES. IT ONLY AFFECTS SIDE ONE, AS SIDE TWO IS PERFECT. IT JUST MAKES PARTS OF THE LABEL APPEAR DULL IN COMPARISON TO THE USUAL GLOSSY EFFECT. THE TEXT IS ALL PERFECTLY NORMAL HOWEVER. IN FACT IN THE SPINDLE HOLE ON SIDE TWO THERE IS STILL A STRAND OF RESIDUAL VINYL STUCK INSIDE, SHOWING THAT THE RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

THE LABEL HAS ALL OF THE FIRST PRESS INDICATORS. THE CATALOGUE NUMBER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE LABEL DOESN'T HAVE THE SMALL DASH IN THE MIDDLE LIKE LATER PRESSES, AND IMPORTANTLY THERE PETER GRANT CREDITS ARE THERE WHICH ARE OMITTED FROM ALL OTHER PRESSES

THE VINYL

THE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE, AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS . EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN TWO TINY DULL SPOTS ON SIDE 2 NO BIGGER THAN A FINGERNAIL TIP, ONE ON THE OUTER RIM AND ONE ON THE PENULITMATE, BOTH TOTALLY NON SOUNDING

IN ADDITION JUST A FEW MINUSCULE WISPY HAIRLINES

A REALLY GLEAMING STUNNING COPY

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 RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH AS I DO NOW WITH ALL MY LISTINGS, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD BEFORE LAYING A BID. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS

THIS FIRST PRESS RED AND PLUM ZEP 3 PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID IT HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY IT HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THE CLARITY OF THIS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY AS IT WAS INTENDED

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH

THERE IS NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND ONLY THE VERY ODD SPLIT SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC IN A FEW RANDOM QUIET SPOTS.

I CAN'T EVEN SAY THAT I HEARD MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TINY STATIC TICS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

IN THE DEAD WAX ON SIDE ONE THERE IS A SMALL DIMPLE IN THE VINYL WHICH CAUSES A TIC, BUT ITS IN THE DEAD WAX NOT THE ACTUAL RECORDING

A STUNNING FIST PRESS ZEPPELIN THREE AND I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS MINT MINUS!!!

TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT AGAINST YOUR PERSONAL STANDARDS

THE SLEEVE

THE ICONIC ZEPPELIN III SLEEVE IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION, WITH A PROPERLY WORKING 'WHEEL' 

THIS ORIGINAL ISSUE E.J.DAY AND CO LAMINATED SLEEVE ALWAYS SEEMS TO SUFFER FROM SEVERE YELLOWING TO THE WHITE SURFACE , PARTICULARLY AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGE. HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE, THAT ONLY HAS VERY VERY LIGHT SLIVER LIKE AGEING TO THE VERY EDGES

THE FRONT SURFACE IS  BLEMISH FREE!!  IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE. THERE IS JUST ONE  MINUSCULE AND  INVISIBLE TINY LINE NEAR THE TOP OF THE SPINE WHICH I FELT ONLY AS I RAN MY FINGER DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE SPINE. AND THAT'S IT.

NONE ALONG THE TOP EDGE, NONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THERE IS NO LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE ANYWHERE.

THE WHEEL WORKS TO PERFECTION!!!

THE TOP AND BOTTOM ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER

THE SPINE IS IN MINT CONDITION AS WELL. FIRSTLY ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE. IT IS TOTALLY FLAT WITHOUT ANY THUMB TO FINGER SQUASHING AT ANY POINT, AN FINALLY ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND IT'S ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THERE IS NO WEAR EITHER TO THE TOP OR BOTTOM TIPS OF THIS SUPERB 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 EVERY BIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT, AGAIN A DELIGHTFUL WHITE SURFACE WITH JUST THAT LIGHT SLIVER OF OFF WHITE ALONG THE BORDER EDGES. IT IS HERE THAT THIS SLEEVE ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF HAVING 'STRETCH LINES' TO THE LAMINATE. THIS ONE HAS ABSOLUTELY NONE

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

THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS THE CORRECT ONE FOR THIS LP AND HAS THE 0870 (AUG 1970) IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.

IT IS UNSPLIT AND ONLY HAS A FEW LIGHT CREASES

THE SLEEVE GRADES MINT MINUS !!! WITH EASE

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

GARRY