Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti LP - Nr Mint UK Early Press - Worldwide Ship

	£		97
	$		129

I am selling some of my personal vinyl collection. Many of these records are UK pressings and were purchased by myself any time from the 1970's onwards. They have been extremely well looked after, most having only been played a handful of times on Linn or Rega turntables with a light stylus tracking force of 1.5 to 1.75 g.

Please read the description below for vinyl condition (as per the Record Collector Grading System), but for most of my records the vinyl can be considered as in near mint or excellent condition, shiny and with no significant marks – basically almost as good as when it came out of the original shop. The covers vary in condition but most are excellent just showing the usual signs of storage. Most have been stored in plastic protective covers.

A word about hairline marks. It is almost impossible to find any non-sealed record without any hairline marks - many had them from new, particularly if sold with cardboard inner sleeves. They are a result of storage and use and have little impact on sound quality. Likewise, very few original vinyl records lie totally flat. As for background noise, all records will have some background noise which varies wildly and often reflects the very variable pressing quality. I have bought new heavy pressing LP's in recent years and many of the original records I am selling not only look better but they sound better! I only draw attention to marks, warping or background noise in my listings if I consider them significant.

All records (unless "mint" to start with) have been cleaned using high quality professional Record Cleaning Machines - either a £3,000 Keith Monks Omni VII RCM or a Moth Pro Mk II RCM. Not only does this wet clean/vacuuming process remove surface marks such as fingerprints, etc, it also significantly reduces background noise and many argue that the lower noise floor results in opening up of the sound and improved fidelity. Following cleaning, records are placed in new inner sleeves.

Records are test played on a Rega RP6 turntable through a top of the range Graham Slee Reflex M phono stage and Solo headphone amplifier to Sennheiser HD650 headphones. This enables me to undertake careful evaluation of the record quality and grade accurately.

This album is Led Zeppelin's superb double album "Physical Graffiti" LP on the Swan Song label SSK 89400. 

Matrix marks A5/B5/C3/D1 - this is a very early, if not first UK pressing. Unusual matrix marks in that A5 and C3 are hand etched whereas B5 and D1 are machine stamped. Record labels have "Made in UK" and no WB logo - labels are also a dark orange colour characteristic of early UK pressings (later pressings have a lighter orange colour label).

Vinyl grading is NEAR MINT according to the Record Collector Grading System. This is an essentially unplayed copy as far as I am aware, one I sorted away after purchase and never played apart from the couple of test plays for this sale! The vinyl is essentially clean, glossy and unmarked apart from one or two faint hairlines from the card inners that were probably there from new.

Test played superbly with amazing dynamic sound that puts CD copies to shame! This is undoubtedly one of the best sounding copies of this album I have heard and I have probably owned about 20!

The original heavy duty card sleeve is in very good overall condition as are the stiff card inners - see large scale photos below. The cover has the wraparound design and 484 Kings Road address characteristic of original copies. Red lettering down left hand spine - one minor tear to spine which is hardly noticeable. ONE IMPORTANT ASPECT TO NOTE IS THUMB NOTCH CUTAWAYS (SEE PHOTOS) TO CARD INNERS WHICH IS A DESIGN I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS BEFORE ON ANY OTHER COPY SO PRESUMABLY VERY RARE! I can see why this design was trialed as it aids removal of LPs. The card inner sleeves have white lettering SSK 89400/A and B bottom right corners which again is characteristic of early UK pressings. The fold out stiff card insert is also in superb condition.

Check out the detailed photos below.

I can comfortably say it would be hard to find a better original copy of this classic album.

I dispatch worldwide in reinforced heavy duty LP mailers with cardboard reinforcements either side.

Please see my other listings with many auctions of classic rock albums to come so save me as a favourite seller. Typical postage prices as follows and combined postage with other albums saves money (double album counts as 2 records):

UK: 1 record £3.50, 2 records £4.50, 3 records £6.

EU: 1 record £5.50, 2 records £7, 3 records £8.50.

International: 1 record £8.50, 2 records £10, 3 records £11.50.

Some countries may require International Signed For so please ask.

Please see my feedback, particularly on other records I have sold, and thanks for looking.