Sold Date: November 18, 2018
Start Date: November 11, 2018
Final Price: $1,814.99 (USD)
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Led Zeppelin II US Original 1969 Atlantic Stereo SD 8236  

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Pre-release DJ Promotional Sample Copy Not For Sale White Label

BOB LUDWIG HOT MIX MASTERING STERLING SOUND  INCREDIBLE

AMBIENCE STORM HOT MIX SOUND HIGH BASS LEVELS

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COVER - NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-)  Original raw matte textured light brown very early first printed cardboard gatefold cover. The front cover has a neon orange "Promotional Copy Not For Sale" round sticker affixed to the front panel cover with the Atlantic Records large "A" with black fan logo and SD8236 catalog number at the bottom left corner. The back cover has an original "This Album Contains..." song title hype sticker affixed to the cover.

LABEL - EXCELLENT (EX) Original white promotional Atlantic Records label with the "Sample Copy Not For Sale" text and  large black & white Atlantic Records logo at the center top. The record label has the "1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y." address and includes the (PR) suffix indicating that this promotional copy was pressed at the Pressawell Records Pressing Plant, Ancora, New Jersey.

VINYL - EXCELLENT MINUS (EX-) Thick heavy vinyl pressing with the hot mix Bob Ludwig mastering initials (RL) Robert Ludwig are stamped in the dead wax/trail-off  vinyl on both sides. The vinyl also has the handwritten (ss) indicators in the trail-off vinyl on both sides, Sterlin Sound Record mastering company founded in New York by Lee Hulko & Joachim "Joe" Paschal in 1968 and then joined by Bob Ludwig in 1969

SIDE ONE ST-A-691671-C RL SS P LW W AT

   SIDE TWO ST-A-691672-A P LW AT RL SS W  

The vinyl has some very light surface hairlines and scuffs from the inner sleeve, retaining its beautiful factory gloss and lustre

INNER SLEEVE - EXCELLENT (EX) Original 1st pressing Atlantic Records printed color paper inner sleeve with adverts for other 54 Atlantic Records release (which was changed to another inner sleeve with 16 adverts on all of the subsequent pressings) 

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