Led Zeppelin PHYSICAL GRAFITTI 1975 UK Double LP 1ST A1/B4/C1/D1 PLAYS NR MINT

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LED ZEPPELIN - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

SUPERB NEAR MINT AUDIO

FIRST PRESS  - UK ISSUE B4 MATRIX

INCREDIBLE MINT SLEEVE AND INNERS

• CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG SSK 89400
• MATRIX: SSK89400 A1 / B4 / C1 / D1 
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THE FIRST PRESS UK ISSUE IS EASY TO TELL FROM THE REISSUES IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE HAS TO HAVE THE UK ADDRESS ON THE REAR SURFACE, WHICH WILL SAY ' Swan Song/484 Kings Road, London SW10' (MANY COPIES WERE PRESSED IN GERMANY AND ISSUED OVER HERE)

THE INNER SLEEVES ON THE FIRST PRESS HAVE A SATIN FEEL TO THE FRONT AND A ROUGH FEEL TO THE INSIDE, AS DOES THE OUTER SLEEVE

ON THE VINYL THE MATRIX NUMBERS HAVE TO BE 'STAMPED' ALL LATER PRESSES WERE ETCHED WITH THESE DETAILS

FINALLY THE LABELS ON THE FIRST ISSUES DID NOT HAVE THE WARNER LOGO AT 3 O'CLOCK

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON A FIRST PRESS ALL HAVE A '1' AFTER THEIR LETTER, SO A1= SIDE A AND SO ON. ALL THIS IS TRUE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SIDE B WHICH  HAS THE MATRIX ENDING OF 'B5'

THEREFORE A  FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM SET WILL HAVE A1 / B4 / C1 / D1 AS THE MATRIX NUMBERS.
THE B5 PRESSINGS ARE SLIGHTLY LATER

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SWAN SONG LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND REMAIN UNRUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE SPINDLE HOLE UNWORN. I AM UNABLE TO SEE ANY MORE THAN 1-2 MICROSCOPIC SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE.

THE VINYL

MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF DISCS, THAT HAVE LOST NONE OF THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THEY GLEAM LIKE NEW DISCS BECAUSE IN EFFECT THEY ARE. NO MARKS OF ANY DESCRIPTION ON ANY PART OF THE PLAYING SURFACE, AND EVEN UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO I AM ONLY ABLE TO SPOT A FEW DULL EMBEDDED NON SOUNDING FLECKS, A COUPLE OF TINY WISPY HAIRLINES AND ONE OR TWO SLIGHTLY LONGER SURFACE HAIRLINES

THE TEST PLAY

THE SET PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH DISCS, WITH THE STEREO REPRODUCTION JUST CRISP AND CLEAN WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS INTENDED. 

THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING OR CLICKS. 

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE
A VIRTUALLY FLAWLESS EXAMPLE
ALL I HEARD DURING THE PLAY WAS A LITTLE LOW LEVEL BACKGROUND FOR 30 SECONDS OR SO DURING ONE TRACK ON SIDE ONE, AND A LITTLE RIGHT AT THE START OF SIDE THREE FOR A COUPLE ROTATIONS
OTHER THAN THIS JUST A COUPLE OF TINY RANDOM SPECKS OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC LIKE BACKGROUND

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A COMPLETE LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF BUT FOR ME THIS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE FIND

I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS AUDIO OVERALL NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

A VERY HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN UNDAMAGED CONDITION, DUE TO THE MANY DIE CUT HOLES WHICH ARE EASILY DAMAGED, BUT THIS SLEEVE IS AS MINT AS YOU COULD EVER WISH TO FIND. I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS CLASSIC ALBUM WITH A SLEEVE THAT HAS ALSO DEFIED THE TEST OF TIME

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED WITHOUT RUBBING.

 THE DIE CUT WINDOWS ARE ALL INTACT AND LOOK GREAT. 

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND JUST ONE BARELY VISIBLE PRESSURE LINE ON EACH OF THE TWO SPINES

 IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE, BUT JUST THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THIS SLEEVE IN YOUR HANDS AND INSTANTANEOUSLY YOU JUST KNOW IT'S A VERY SPECIAL SLEEVE

THE LEFT SPINE HAS ALL OF THE RED TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ITS FLAT AND CLEAN AND IS IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION. ONLY THE VERY TIP OF THE TOP END HAS A DOT OF RUB

THE RIGHT SPINE IS ALSO IN THE SAME IMMACULATE CONDITION

THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS STILL VERY SHARP WITH THE TINIEST SPECK OF FEATHERING IN THE RIGHT CORNER

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS THE VULNERABLE EDGE AND IS ALWAYS FOUND WITH SHELF WEAR, BUT THIS COPY HAS NO MORE THAN A SMALL SLIVER OF RUB ON THE REAR LEADING EDGE

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS ALL OF THE DARK BROWN COLOUR INTACT, AND AGAIN IS UNCREASED , AND NO DAMAGE OR WEAR TO ANY OF THE WINDOWS

NO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST ANY OF THE EDGES

THE WHITE WINDOWED INNER CARD IS IMMACULATE. I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS THAT THERE ARE TWO DESIGNS. IT APPEARS THAT THE EARLIEST ISSUES HAD A SINGLE FOLD LINE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE WHEREAS THE LATER ISSUES WERE DOUBLE FOLDED TO FORM A SPINE. THIS PTOTECTS THE INNER SLEEVES FAR BETTER AND THIS IS THE ONE INCLUDED HERE

IT IS IN PERFECT CONDITION

BOTH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVES ARE IN MINT CONDITION

I HAVE TO GRADE THIS ALBUM COVER AND ALL OF ITS CONTENTS MINT MINUS

THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM

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

GARRY