Sold Date: September 10, 2022
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'Led Zeppelin II' 1st pressing stereo LP with "Rl SS" Hot Mix on side 2 issued in 1969 in The United States. This Specialty Products pressing is in very good++ condition with little background play wear noise, even in the quite passages. LP has some crackling but tolerable. Overall the LP is fun of punch. These pressings are very hard to find in this great sounding condition. This album in this MIX has to be the most powerful Rock album ever recorded. The original matching gatefold cover is also in very good++ condition with no seam splits. LP stored separately in a MOFI sleeve and blank LP jacket. LP has a seam split as noted in picture. This HOLY GRAIL album will be professionally double boxed for protection through shipment with USPS priority mail. Please email me if you have any questions.  Thanks! 
"Led Zeppelin II" - the ROBERT LUDWIG CUT! For those who aren't aware, the earliest pressings of 'Led Zeppelin II' were mastered by legendary mastering engineer Robert Ludwig. Ludwig cut the album with such tremendous bass that the average record buyer's cheap turntable couldn't handle it, leading many to erroneously return their copies as defective. Atlantic Records responded by having another, less talented, engineer re-cut the album, thereby sucking all the power out of it! Most every copy of "Led Zeppelin II" one will come across was pressed from the latter cut, while only the very earliest pressings contain Ludwig's original, full-bodied work. This is one of those pressings! A 1st Press U.S. "Led Zeppelin II" possesses the following traits, all of which are present on this copy: "RL" (for Robert Ludwig) appears in the deadwax on both sides "SS" appears next to "RL" in the deadwax on both sides (this stands for Sterling Sound, the mastering plant by whom Ludwig was employed) The deadwax on both sides is far narrower than that of any later re-cut pressing (deadwax measures 0.5" on Side 1 and 0.25" on Side 2 on this cut) The catalog number is SD-8236 - this is not specific to these pressings, but no "RL" pressings were ever issued with any other number The address of Atlantic Records as given on the label is '1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y.' - again, this trait isn't specific to these pressings, but a pressing with Atlantic's 75 Rockefeller address is always a later, re-cut pressing It is also worth mentioning that this particular copy was pressed at the Specialty Records Corp. plant of Olyphant, PA, as evidenced by the letters 'SP' at the end of the code on the label. One more thing to mention - just look at the orientation of the font on those labels! The first song on each side is listed above the spindle hole, while listings of all tracks after track 2 are indented. Definitely one of the least common variations of this label you will see!