Sold Date: September 13, 2016
Start Date: September 6, 2016
Final Price: £313.25 (GBP)
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Close the door, put out the light.
No, they won't be home tonight.
The snow falls hard and don't you know?
The winds of Thor are blowing cold.
They're wearing steel that's bright and true,
They carry news that must get through,
To build a dream for me and you,
They choose the path where no-one goes.
They hold no quarter.
They ask no quarter.
The pain, the pain, without quarter,
They ask no quarter.
The dogs of doom are howling more..
RECORDED LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, IN MARCH,1973.
THIS IS THE RARE VERY 'FIRST OF THE FIRST' UK PRESSING, DOUBLE LP SET, ISSUED 28th SEPTEMBER, 1976.
I have sold every possible variation of  UK first pressings of "The Song Remains The Same" as far back as the 1980's but for ebay
this is the first time I am offering both records with the initial Mastering Indexing details in the run-out grooves.  Previously
that was at record fairs, when more top condition copies were around.  Two UK versions exist but made at the same time, as ever
when two distinctively different variations exist, there simply had to have an order or sequence. Unless two different record
companies with thier own pressing plants, contractually made them for labels like 'Swan Song' without their own plants or the
means to distribute the records nationwide in Britain. That never happened to the Swan Song label right from the first in 1975,
  "Physical Graffiti," to the 1982 "Coda," CBS pressed all the UK Led Zeppelin very first made albums issued on "Swan Song."
Only the records pressed from the same metal stamping disc that produced the Test Pressings contained the Mastering logo of
the Studio that took place at and the handwritten or scribed into the vinyl by hand.   As a double album, the individual halves
were 'mixed' in with the next stage, records with the CBS familiar machine stamped records at the point they were placed inside
the covers and therefore distributed on the day of release 28th September, 1976. Even the labels on the very 'first of the first'
differerred and quite radically because all of the machine stamped records had the smallest font size to ever appear on any of the
'Swan Song' Led Zeppelin albums... including the final 1982 "Coda."   The hand scribed versions labels have the standard size
font printing on the labels and even colour tones of the label artwork differed, these 'first of the first' labels were an exact
match to the other 1975 - 1982 UK first pressing.  Single albums escape the double album scenario, as I said, it is rare to find
both halves of the 'first of the first' pair of records inside the same first edition gatefold cover,  then I have only ever sold
  "The Song Remains The Same" in Mint condition. Technically, both versions are the first UK pressings and I am digging deeply
into manufacturing of a massive amount of records, where I came in, a Led Zeppelin fan who became a professional record seller.

If you just want to hear this amazing live set from ultimate, unplayed Mint condition UK first pressings, fair enough, you might
want to skip the intricate details.  If you want to establish where exactly the pressings began, this section will be fascinating
to read.  Especially when only one live concert was officially recorded  and released by arguably the greatest live rock band of
  all time, after all, the album is credited as; "Produced By Jimmy Page."  

To the best of my knowledge this has never been documented before on any of the main vinyl websites, for example, 'Discogs,'
as the my first ever listing on the internet, I have never had the opportunity until today.
 

SWAN SONG LABEL: SSK  89402 .


THE HANDSCRIBED MAITRIX NUMBERS & FOR BOTH  RECORDS:
  I am giving this exactly how as seen on the records and will then discuss the significance of the format:
  RECORD 1:  SSK + 89402 + A  /  SSK - 89402 - B  
RECORD 2:  SSK -  89402 + C /  SSK + 89402 + D
The first significance of the above, is the complete lack of digits after the Side's 'A - D', I have seen the handscribed letters
representing the four sides with digits and this is indeed 'the first of the first'.   Easily explained by initial Test Pressings
not needing indexing because of how few were made, but most telling of all is the actual dividing the three separate items.
The handwriting is identical on all four sides, I have provided pictures of Side 1 & 3 for two reasons, often I pick Side 1 to
be accompanied by Side 4.  For those with the observational interest and patience, the main reason is Side 3 contains a unique
combination of the very unusual symbols for a CBS pressed record.  Regardless of this rarity, I pick Side 3 for pictures because
it contains a staggering live performance of one of my best loved Led Zeppelin track, "No Quarter!"  If you look at the different
use of  +  & - symbols and bear in mind mothers are prepared for the individual sides of all records, it becomes obvious the same
person was writing at different stages.  His own choice of dividing symbols was purely personal because he knew he would
soon be introducing the CBS stamping machine and the one and only format for standard production pressings.  Mixing up
the symbols was a human input until standardisation was required for full scale manufacturing, it simply did not matter about
dividing symbols not being uniform, because his main job as a sound engineer was now completed, the sound quality was perfect
and the pressing plant would soon operate from revised run-out groove indexing.  The printers had also moved from the first
labels made and for some unknown reason, the font was drastically reduced....was that an error?   I would rather stick to facts
that I can display in pictures than enter the arena of speculation....but there was not one logical reason to reduce the font size
when the printing fitted perfectly and comfortably to the labels you see in my pictures and compare to about 95% of all first UK
first issue labels.

ALSO IN THE RUN-OUT GROOVES:

"STRAWBERRY"

We are truly at the UK preparation for mastering and pressing, as expected, the logo for the famous 'Strawberry Studios' favoured
by Jimmy Page, was machine stamped.  Not exclusive to this earliest possible UK pressing because later down that huge chain of
records, CBS maitrix machine stamped with end maitrix digit endings increased, were made with "STRAWBERRY,"  as shown in
a compiled picture, it was impossible to include the most conclusive evidence of early UK mastering, this mirrors albums such as
the 1970's David Bowie orange RCA label albums as very first pressings.

IN THE SAME HANDWRITING AND INDIVIDUALLY SCRIBED ON ALL FOUR SIDES:

RECORD 1, SIDE 1:  W12
RECORD 1, SIDE 2:  W-18KD
RECORD 3, SIDE 3:  W-3
RECORD 2, SIDE 4:  W20KD

The similar but totally unconnected sequences actually mirror the personalised system of the separating dividing symbols of the
maitrix.   I cannot and will not pretend I understand any part here, beyond returning saying they are the same system found on the
mentioned 1970's David Bowie first pressing albums.  CBS were also pressing David Bowie's first pressing orange RCA  singles and
there is a definite connection to this particular pair of Swan Song records, in my opinion that is the sound engineer who never left
a personal logo on Bowie's 70's records.

The complexities of vinyl mastering are usually between the UK & USA, if not rooted in one or the other but rarely that straight
forward, because there was still an intervention that depended on which country was actually pressing the records.  Today all
we are told is, "Made In EU" or "Made In USA" for major new titles, without any form of personalised mastering. I would prefer to
at least know the specific country!  Back in 1976 for "The Song Remains The Same," the individual USA mastering and mixing are
well known, obviously recorded in America, it was 'Electric Lady Studios' for mixing and 'Electric Lady Studios' and London's
Trident Studios for mastering to vinyl.
Then there are copies with UK's Eddy Gorecki's 'E.G' logo hand scribed, which was positively much later on and once again with
standard CBS machine stamped maitrix, that was well into 1977, if not later.   It would serve this to end with the lowest stamped
  maitrix I have seen on this album as the standard production;
 
THE FIRST  MACHINE STAMPED MAITRIX BY CBS IN 1976:
RECORD 1: SSK 89402   A1 / SSK  89402  B1
RECORD 2: SSK 89402  C1 / SSK  89402  D2*
  (*Crossed out on many copies and hard to see the mistaken digit.)

Double albums are always the most likely to have first pressing variations, as this once again verifies, nothing beats demonstrating
  this rarest version, than two incredible rare unplayed Mint records like this, a summary of this is required and the year itself.
  Late 1975 and 1976 saw WEA adding their (W) logo to the label rims, CBS pressed all the records as usual but changes were in the
air in early 1976. The two types used during the pre-release pressing, were either machine stamped or hand scribed, once released
  they were mixed together at random and sold as the first pressings and apart from this non indexed album, neither were earlier
  than the other. They definitely co-existed at precisely the same moment in time and only when the closest inspection  is made, is
  it possible to attempt to interpret the sequence in the pressing plant and the font size and colour tones on the labels.  Basically,
  expertise is only possible by constant exposure to first UK pressings in first person to countless first pressing, with no ego
  intended, I have had that exposure.  Starting in September, 1976 when I bought the album! So there are no mysteries or intrigues
  involved here, because when record companies anticipated huge sales and the sheer scale of the manufacturing had to involve
  variations, nobody noticed or cared in 1976,or when we traded at record fairs!  I was though, a passion and an addiction to vinyl
  did the rest, my generation were just as hooked but it took hindsight to work out the sequence.
 
There was only 'one' UK pressing in 1976 before German imports were brought in once all were sold, a huge one pressing though,
the above shows both records are indeed from that very first ever UK pressing batch made.


TWO UNIQUELY SHAPED, 1976 UK VERY FIRST ISSUE ONLY, TOP OPENING, PLAIN BLACK INNER SLEEVES, NEXT
THE NEAR TEXTURED MATT INNER SLEEVES WERE REPLACED WITH ULTRA THIN PAPER WITH A SHINY SURFACE.
  TWO TYPES WERE MADE, THE SECOND DESIGN DISPENSED WITH A  SHAPE IN THE TOP CENTER, THE TOP OPENING'S
  WERE FINISHED AS STRAIGHT CUTS ON BOTH SIDES.   SOME OF THE VERY FIRST, LIKE THIS PAIR ARE, ARE RARER
AND BECAUSE THEY SPLIT SO EASILY WITH THE AVERAGE USE, THEY ARE SELDOM SEEN TODAY. THE UNIQUE FIRST
DESIGN OF THE TOP OPENING HAD A CENTRAL HALF-MOON CUT-AWAY TO ENABLE ACCESSING THE RECORDS EASIER.
BOTH ARE UNTORN & UNSPLIT, WITH ONLY GENTLE RECORD IMPRESSIONS, IN UNUSED, MINT- CONDITION.


FIRST ISSUE ONLY, UK PRINTED GATEFOLD COVER,  EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAS BRITISH PRINTED
  AND PRESSED.  IN SILVER PRINT, THE OUTSIDE'S BACK  BOTTOM RIM HAS THE LONDON ADDRESS OF "Swan Song"
  AND A CIRCLED, (C) 1976, COPYRIGHT & PUBLISHING.  "Made In England" IS FOUND ON THE INSIDE, NOT EASILY
SEEN, DUE TO ONLY HAVING 12 PICTURES AVAILABLE I RAN OUT OD SPACE TO SHOW IT IN CLOSE-UP

  WITH A 12" x 12" STAPLED & GLUED COLOUR EIGHT PAGE BOOK, THE BLACK PAPER IS VERY THICK  AND MATT, NOT
THE SEMI-GLOSSY THINNER PAPER OF ALL THE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING GERMAN IMPORTS.
Do I really have to include the assembling of the book and associated puckers created when the staples were inserted?  You can
  see in the compiled pictures how the pages have not been fully opened in the sequence of every page being opened.  As you move
  through the pages, they layer and overlap in the unturned manner of a new book that has not been smoothed for ease of reading.
  Yes, there are initial factory light handling due to the matt paper and how difficult it was to fix inside the cover, a few ripples and
  puckers are common to the first edition covers.   I will still unfairly grade this with an indication there was factory handling and
  assembling...which is ridiculous!
  THE STAPLES ARE NOT RUST AND PERFECTLY SECURE, THE BOOK IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.

THE COVER HAS A TEXTURED OR LEATHER GRAIN LIKE FINISH, THE FRONT AND BACK'S CENTRAL COLOUR PICTURES
  OF 'The Ritz' ARE EMBOSSED OR RAISED ABOVE THE OUTSIDE'S MAIN BODY.   THE INSIDE WHERE THE RECORDS ARE
  STORED, IS A WHITE COLOUR NOT A NATURAL CARDBOARD COLOUR, ON THAT SUBJECT, 'STORAGE' HAS BEEN MADE
WITH SUCH LOVING CARE, THERE IS VIRTUALLY NOTHING TO DETAIL.
Just very light record impressions and a couple of the related very small edge lines as stress relieving, not near the centre of
  of the front & back meeting position with the spine side.  So no effect on the perfect unworn spine's titles, for first edition
  "The Song Remains The Same" gatefold covers, just the result of gravity, while standing in storage for the last 38 years.  
  An unused, superbly stored cover without any form of scuffing to the easily scraped black black background colour, true for
  the entire outside and there is no ageing, fading or any ring wear.  Pure white, unyellowed lettering on the wide, square shape
  first UK printed spine, is absolutely perfect, I took a picture to show the whole of the very long album title.   Apart from very
  minor standing pressure on the bottom of the spine/ left side corner, the other corners, edges, and opening edges are also in
  remarkable condition and there is nothing here that was not part of packaging and the 1976 distribution.  The  merest hint of
  brushing to the spine tips, too trivial to include though and as this was kept in a plastic sleeve from new, plus unturned pages
  inside, there can only be one grading.
ALL WAS NATURALLY FORMED, A TRULY BEAUTIFUL COVER WITHOUT ANY AGEING TO THE WHITE LETTERING OR
THE ARTWORK.  THE GATEFOLD COVER IS IN A MINIMUM OF NEAR MINT / MINT-  CONDITION.

corners  BOTH RECORDS ARE IN MINT, UNPLAYED CONDITION.
SIDE 1
"Rock And Roll" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant)
"Celebration Day" (John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant)
"The Song Remains The Same" (Jimmy Page & Robert Plant)
"Rain Song" (Jimmy Page & Robert Plant)
 
SIDE 2
"Dazed And Confused" (Jimmy Page)

SIDE 3
"No Quarter" (Jimmy Page & Robert Plant)
"Stairway To Heaven" (Jimmy Page & Robert Plant)

SIDE 4
"Moby Dick"  (John Bonham, John Paul Jones & Jimmy Page)
"Whole Lotta Love" (Willie Dixon - John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant)

Robert Plant - vocals
  Jimmy Page - guitars & backing vocals
John Paul Jones - bass guitar, keyboards & mellotron
John Bonham - drums & percussion

Recorded Over Three Nights; 27th July - 29th July, 1973, At Madison Square Garden, New York.
Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Eddie Kramer
  Produced By Jimmy Page.
thirty three years ago, today their live concerts are just as legendary as the studio albums. This official live album was a long
  time coming, if only you take it from 1969, seven years was plain crazy, but even then that took the film of a 1973 performance to
  prompt the double album release.  The massive void that left fans hungry to hear the sensational sounds and fantastic versions of
  the loved songs they were blown away by at concerts, had been filled all right. To the extent bootlegs re-pressings of 'bootlegs'
  became common place in the early 1970's, the original rare USA boots were being copied the length and breadth of Europe and the
  alternative/underground formed in the late 60's, regarded record companies ripe for plundering any live material.  Many artists
  accepted the concept with good grace and made no attempt to 'cash in' on this ever growing demand for live albums, hand held
  mikes in the audiences were one thing, now direct stereo mixing console recordings were mysteriously circulating and available
  on vinyl, if you knew where to look for them!  The bootleggers had moved in long before "The Song Remains The Same" was issued,
  3rd November,1976, since late 1968, the band had played one or two gigs by then and virtually every single Led Zeppelin tour had
  some concerts available, excluding most of those formative years of course, between 1968 and early 1969.  There the problem with
  those live bootlegs begins, a hand held mike in the middle of a howling crowd, using on an early 70's cassette recorder, left so
  many sounding like were they recorded outside the building or the arena.  Poor pressings compounded the situation and the hunt
  for first generation bootleg vinyl or tapes was never more intensified....then there were some truly amazing soundboard quality
  recording's available, but the vast majority have horrific sound and they do make very painful listening. Anyone just starting to
collect them is advised to always find the first generation vinyl, tapes or CD's, because bootlegs are still as notorious for the
  originals....being bootlegged!   A 'copy of a copy' continuously happened and severe sound loss occured at every stage, this is
  no different to how terrible a heavily played official record sounds in comparison to a Mint one, 'Ex' has become so distorted
  on ebay, I no longer know quite that means, sellers actually quote 'Record Collector's' grading definitions on their descriptions,
  then completely contradict them!  There are some superb Led Zeppelin websites dedicated to this very subject and reading their
  trustworthy conclusions will prove to be invaluable.  With all that happening right from the earliest 1970's, it was very strange
  how this double album with the ultimate in sound quality, was given such negative reviews in it's own time period, the 1970's
  decade exploded with bootleg vinyl and Led Zeppelin became a natural target, being a top band who were constantly touring all
  around the world. Journalists writing for the music press even began to review them back then, the most famous of them all was
  a Rolling Stones bootleg LP, which was given a glowing write-up in 'Rolling Stone' magazine.  Yet official live LP's were almost
  sneered at by critics, I still find it quite bizarre, especially for this particular stunning 1973 concert because fans welcomed
  long waited for, all round top quality items. I'm writing this as an avid bootleg collector myself since 1970, from the wonderful
  "Blueberry Hill" Led Zeppelin live set, I have heard the best of the boots and also the very worst! "The Song Remains The Same"
  is one of the greatest live albums ever released, if you just take this set's Side 3 alone, it's worth hearing the whole album for!
  As for the awesome, complete side long, inspired version of "Dazed & Confused", how great does a record possibly get?  That is
  an ultimate live Led Zeppelin performance on every second of all four times, for the actual version and the sound quality, which
sums up why I have never offered "The Song Remains The Same" in anything less than Mint- condition, why suffer 38 years of wear
and abuse, when such meticulous care went into the mastering and pressing in 1976?

  Apart from these initial 1976 very first issues, all following copies being sold in British record shops were not even made here,
  but imported as German pressed vinyl and so was all the printing done there.  The overwhelming majority being offered on ebay
  are in fact, the immediately following German re-issues, or from the later years of the 1970's, but mostly the 1980's decade.
  The UK pressings could never ally be classed as being heavyweight vinyl if you are more used to 60's and early 70's records,
but the 'heavy' part is most certainly there in just amazingly powerful sound quality.  So they should be, this was a Led Zeppelin
  album created with the fullest care taken in the transfer of the master tapes onto vinyl, something those 1976 music journalists
failed to grasp.  Jimmy Page produced "The Song Remains The Same", by taking control himself, even the final preparations of the
tapes were not left in the hands of uncaring sound engineers. They were mixed at 'Electric Ladyland Studios' in New York by the
the same man responsible for all the Jimi Hendrix Track LP's as well as previous Led Zeppelin albums, right from the 1969 debut
LP, Eddie Kramer had been a consistent factor.    The recording of the soundtrack for the film was spread over three consecutive
nights, this album was compiled from the 27th, 28th and 29th July, during Led Zeppelin's 1973 American tour. They had taken up
residency at New York's Madison Square Garden, which was ideal for Eddie Kramer to record on the Wally Heider Mobile Studio.
  If anyone was going to capture the live sound of Led Zeppelin, it was Kramer, he mixed the tapes at 'Electric Lady Studios' and at
London's Trident Studios.  A Soundtrack album in theory should be a precise transfer from the same Master Tapes, so the vinyl is
duplicating the music exactly as heard during the film, with perhaps only the stereo mix re-panned.  When musical perfectionist's
like Led Zeppelin were involved, there was always going to be very special records made, with long proven studio skills of Eddie
Kramer, seamless changes were made in the just named New York & London studios.  For the songs this double album and the film
had in common, some of the recordings featured on the album were taken from different performances from those used in the film,
  there are also very subtle differences to the smallest parts of most songs.   For example, something as minor as a spoken word on
an intro was edited/overdubbed, I cannot possibly detail them but it does mean the vinyl version is as unique as the actual film
itself.  I am not too keen on digital re-masters and was deterred from buying the latest one because they changed the artwork on
  the box, besides, who could possibly improve on Eddie Kramer's original 1976 mix or be allowed to?
 
If such staggering sound on the records is not enough, there's the fantastic deluxe quality of the Hipgonsis/Hardie designed first
UK gatefold cover & colour book,"The Song Remains The Same" always was a really special Led Zeppelin album in 1976.  All that
requires to see and to hear, a first issue that was spared the heavy punishment dished out to nearly every first pressings, I am
delighted to have an ultimate of both to offer. As ever time just flies past, genuine first issues are nearly four decades of age
and the really hard part is finding these 1976 first UK pressed records, with the gatefold cover still in top condition. Also the
first issues only, had uniquely shaped plain black inner sleeves, even if they were not lost over all those decades, just holding
the records for so long means the vast majority are now split & torn from the constant playing the November,1976, issues took.
  This first issue has all the above in amazing condition, with both records unplayed and in stunning unplayed, Mint condition, I am
  torn between wanting to hear them and knowing unplayed has to be respected.  I do set very high standards for  Led Zeppelin
  albums, I will offer this ultimate first pressing exactly as I took possession of it, still unplayed after 38 years.
 
  All four labels are in pristine condition, without a solitary trace of spindle use on any of them ,'Mint' is a much abused term
and this pair of records have never been near a turntable.   The four sides are visually beautiful, there are not the usual marks
and scratches on either of the records, even any handling signs either.  This pair of first pressings are precisely how they left
the CBS pressing plant in 1976, Mint is becoming ever harder to regularly produce, I am aware that cannot continue indefinitely.
I have shown all of these details in my pictures, having used up all the twelve pictures available, I will stress all four labels are
  in the same immaculate condition as the two labels displayed per individual record.
{Roy}
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