Sold Date: February 6, 2019
Start Date: January 30, 2019
Final Price: £200.00 £185.00 (GBP)
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This is from my own collection, I am not a dealer, in the next few months I am selling off part of my collection many rarities and collectable, no filler! Thanks for looking!

`Near Ex vinyl`
This is rare Vinyl a keeper
`The Lemon Song` on the Label  in `Near Ex` so hard to find

Please note that this album is complete and original 1st UK pressing and is priced for its rarety and attraction for collection purposes, the record and sleeve are original and 49 years old




Led zeppelin II recorded on their "mayhem tours" in USA in 1969, this is very much the sound of a band at work and finding their direction.
The classic tracks are here by the bucketful, Whole Lotta Love, Lemon Song, Heartbreaker all jump off the grooves with incredible clarity.
Page got what he wanted here soundwise and the mixing done at various locations dictated by tour schedule are a credit to the producer.
This recording really put Zeppelin on the map and Atlantic had to give the highest advance to make sure Peter Grants Boys didn't look elsewhere, one of the greatest acts in rock history were in business to stay for a long time to come.

Litigation copy !

Only the first presses came out with "Lemon Song" On the label, this was hastily retitled on Peter Grants orders on later presses for fear of impending litagation from the estate of "blind lemon jefferson"  also has the rare `Shes a Woman` error on label later corrected copies say `Shes just a Woman`
Grab yourself a piece of rock history!

These are getting harder to find in anything like this condition, also Plant gets songwriting credits for the first time as he is considered "permanent" following US reaction to the 12 month old line up.

Photos are of Actual item for sale what you see is what you get here

The Record
First Available Matrix A2 B2
Vinyl is "Near Ex" Condition


Please note that this album is complete and original 1st UK pressing and is sold for its rarety rather than for its condition

 
In Nr Ex with light lines (see photos) and minor scuffs from sleeve removal over the years, bear in mind this is a 49 year old vinyl record! Nice fat pre oil crisis 60s vinyl wow ! truly a collectors dream...at this price!
Great highs and lows great audio.
At the start of side 2 there are slight "static" which are audible before jimmy Page hits the first note in track 1 "Heartbreaker" after music starts all clear throughout. cant stress enough how "Punchy " this Audio is...
this is a great play through with no issues and great audio from this 1969 A2 B2 first press. Played loud on the Rega with Zero distortion.

Zero skips or sticks or jumps , we playtested on our super fussy Kenwood light tracking deck as well as the Rega all clear and  sounding very good.
 

 Zero jumps or sticks on our Rega 3 a professional clean may assist (we don't do this as its an individual thing) there is some light static in quieter places but not many of those..

Plays fantastic with bright crisp sound may benefit from a professional clean (we don't do this as it's an individual thing) some background static is noticeable in the quieter passages but not many of those!

The labels are "near mint condition" are clean bright and free of writing doodles or stickers and retain great bold like new colours.  


See pictures in the listing you can see the light surface lines only on the record.


Plays clear with bright crisp sound may benefit from a professional clean (we don't do this as it's an individual thing) some background static is noticeable in the quieter passages but not many of those!


Nice Thick fat 70s pre oil crisis vinyl very flat on the table.


 
The sleeve
Very Good plus Condition

The lighter Brown 1st version

Having done it's job over 49 years the sleeve has some ring wear and rounding corners but no rips or tears on the "EJ Day" London W1 sleeve with the "uptight and Outasight" Atlantic appreciation society (17-19 Stratford Place, London, W1)  message (not on later versions) (see photos)

No splits or tears, colours are good and not a lot fading, the thick card holds up well, no writing , names or stickers.super sharp corners


Having done it's job over 49 years the sleeve has zero ring wear (see photos rear cover)  and general removal and use wear.
there is the finger removal soiling to the white parts ofthis sleeve (see pictures in the listing) but light nothing drastic. The sleeve is not torn. it is a decent VGC plus 49 year old original thick card "light brown" bomber cover. spine is not broken but is showing wear from use.

Kept in a PVC storage sleeve for many years vertical in storage. The sleeve is in VGC plus order.



No splits or tears, colours are good and clear only wear from use over the years to the sleeve , the thick card holds up well, no writing , names or stickers. the rear cover and spine shows wear and some ringwear see photos, the rest of the cover is looking in good order.

on the whole a good sleeve and a great collectable " Near Ex" 1st UK press 1969 vinyl and VGC plus the sleeve.

This is a great copy for someone looking for a wholly original 1st press of this great album. not if the buyer wants a "Mint" " or a reissue new quality this is a "used 49 year old vinyl record and sleeve"

"Mint" and some "vault stored " advertised copies are almost impossible now and the rarer "livin lovin wreck copies" £600+ (see my other listings)

This is a great lemon song on label co[y A2 B2 pressing these were only produced in Red Plum with "Lemon Song" on the label for the first few months of release...a bargain "Near Ex" vinyl at £200.

on later copies "Killin Floor" was substituted for "Lemon Song " and a darker brown outer cover was used.. the early 1 st presses are now getting hard to find in reasonable condition as they were "played"

See photos.....

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