US 1st pressing (with the 1841 Broadway address on the labels), featuring Robert Ludwig's "hot" mastering on both sides. These were withdrawn early because the high bass levels caused low-grade cartridges to mistrack, leading people to return the album on the belief that it was defective. Another engineer was then hired to recut a much less "hot" version of the album, and that is the far more common version.

On some copies the Sterling Sound credit, "SS", appears in both runouts following Ludwig's "RL", and on others the "SS" appears only in the Side Two runout. The "RL" will still appear in both runouts. SEE PICS!
Comes in a gatefold sleeve.




SEE PICS - BOTH VINYL and COVER are BORDERING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN VG and VG+, the LIVED IN Cover has a 4" upper seam split SEE PICS but with this one it's all about the VINYL, and the VINYL PLAYS THRU GREAT. THE SOUND ON THIS IS NOTHING SHORT OF BREATHTAKING. Yes, there's an occasional SNAP, CRACKLE, or POP but once the music kicks in it all seems to go away. Drums are punky, and snappy, and the MIX IS INSANELY HOT, Great STEREO SEPARATION and 420 Friendly ;)

If you're looking for perfection (F*ck Off) kindly looks elsewhere. But if you don't mind a LIVED "RL" that you can toss around the man cave or maybe even clean your weed on THIS MONSTER IS FOR YOU !!!





– Led Zeppelin II

Label: – SD 8236Format: , LP, Album, Stereo, "RL" Cut, PR - Presswell Pressing Country:Released:Genre:Style: A1
Whole Lotta Love5:33A2
What Is And What Should Never Be4:47A3
The Lemon Song6:20A4
Thank You3:50B1
Heartbreaker4:15B2
Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)2:40B3
Ramble On4:35B4
Moby Dick4:25B5
Bring It On Home4:19 Copyright © – Manufactured By – Mastered At – Mastered At – Mastered At – Lacquer Cut At – Pressed By – Published By – Artwork – Engineer – *, , *, Executive-Producer – Lacquer Cut By – Mastered By – * Performer – , , , Producer – Technician [Director Of Engineering] – * Written-By – , (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B4), (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B4), (tracks: A1 to B3, B5)