Vinyl:  VG+ Play Graded.   Sounds Great!  This one is mostly EX+ but there is a soft repeating tick sound for 10 seconds on side 1 song 1, most of side 2 song 2 and a minute and a half of side 2 song 3.  Atlantic Labels are Clean.  This is the 1977 Reissue of the 1970 Atlantic Release.  SD 19128.  This is where Zep stretches out of its own boundaries with acoustic songs that embrace their collective British traditional folk roots and further explore their mystic side.  Certainly one of the Greatest Rock albums in Rock 'N Roll History...One of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time!!  allmusic gives it 5 stars!!   See Review Below!
In the Dead wax:   Side One:  ST.A.702005-AAA  -1-11  (1) one   Mastercraft  PR, for Paul Richmond   So Mote Be It  PRC for Philips Recording Corp     AT, for Atlantic. Side Two:    ST-A-702006-EEE(2) two   Mastercraft P.R.  PRC   -So Mote Be It-   AT
Cover: VG+ (see photos) Gatefold.  The custom spinning wheel is in perfect shape and will bring hours of enjoyment!! :)
Goldmine Standards.    I play test every album that I sell on eBay as I have found you can't rate an LP accurately by just visually inspecting an album.  I wipe the dust off of every cover with clean, unscented baby wipes.  I professionally clean the vinyl.
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Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album? 
First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm. 

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.  

 On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.

AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine 

On their first two albums,  unleashed a relentless barrage of heavy blues and rockabilly riffs, but  provided the band with the necessary room to grow musically. While there are still a handful of metallic rockers,  is built on a folky, acoustic foundation that gives the music extra depth. And even the rockers aren't as straightforward as before: the galloping "Immigrant Song" is powered by 's banshee wail, "Celebration Day" turns blues-rock inside out with a warped slide guitar riff, and "Out on the Tiles" lumbers along with a tricky, multi-part riff. Nevertheless, the heart of the album lies on the second side, when the band delve deeply into English folk. "Gallows Pole" updates a traditional tune with a menacing flair, and "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" is an infectious acoustic romp, while "That's the Way" and "Tangerine" are shimmering songs with graceful country flourishes. The band hasn't left the blues behind, but the twisted bottleneck blues of "Hats off to (Roy) Harper" actually outstrips the epic "Since I've Been Loving You," which is the only time  sound a bit set in their ways.