Led Zeppelin II -LP- US 1969 Atlantic SD 8236 "RL" Cut Robert Ludwig (videos)

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Start Date: March 6, 2021
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US 1969 issue, Robert Ludwig "RL" Cut, PR - Presswell Pressing"RL" on side one matrix, and "RL" + "SS" on side two matrix.


Sleeve - VG.  There is storage wear and tears on corners and seams.

Vinyl - VG. The vinyl is not 100% flat as you can appreciate in the second video., but in a decent set up it shouldn’t be a problem. There are a lot of hairlines on both sides (I tried to capture some of them on the pictures), but not deep ones. No skips or annoying scratches. There is crackle in between songs or quietest passages, but honestly this copy sounds very well, much better than it looks, probably like a VG+.

Original inner.


I recorded two videos, one per side, to show the difference performance (and crackle) with a mc cart and a mm one. With a mm cart the crackle sounds louder, mc’s kind of ease it. In this copy I think the worst crackle is on song n2, “what is and what should never be”. Imho side 2 is cleaner than side 1,

At the beginning of first video and ending of the second I try to show the scratches on both sides, and then look for the engraved RL

These videos are recorded with my phone, so no high fidelity sound, just for overall impression and to evaluate crackle.


Side 1 (played with Denon DL-S1 and dynavector p-75)

https://youtu.be/3bgzFbk8nhI


Side 2 (empire 4000/D3 and Aragon 47 loaded at 100k)

https://vimeo.com/523136051    (sorry for the quality, vimeo compressed it, impossible to upload it to youtube)