LED ZEPPELIN UNTITLED IV ver 8 1971 UK PLUM/RED VINYL LP /ORIGINAL inner, A3/B3

Of 8 known 'plum' label variants, this is the 8th. Specific to this label variant are:
1. 'Marketed by Polydor Records Limited' at 6 o'clock on labels. 2. 'Under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.' in white area under ATLANTIC on left side. 3. LED ZEPPELIN is printed above spindle hole 4. Catalogue number at 3 o'clock above circular Atlantic logo reads 'deluxe 2401012' 5. There is no Peter Grant credit, and song publishing credits are: Kinney Music Ltd./Superhype Music Inc. 6. Track B1 is credited on B-side label as "Misty Mountain Hop"
Sleeve is a gatefold, thick card with sealed left side edge when opened up to reveal 'The Hermit' drawing. Disc is housed in a grey card liner with credits on one side and the lyrics to 'Stairway to Heaven' on the other. Outer glue-tabs on the left and right sides of liner. Importantly, although Jimmy Page had got all the 'Executive Producer Peter Grant' credits removed from the labels by this time, the liner still retains this credit, bottom left side.
This release was commonly referred to as 'Led Zeppelin IV', to follow in sequence with their previous three releases, but no actual title appears on the release.
ref - https://www.discogs.com/release/3075403-Led-Zeppelin-Untitled
This copy:
Nice gatefold sleeve, slight tear on front, solid spine and intact. L.I.C.S. stamp on rear (?) - see photos for detail

The original inner is nice, these are often very tatty. It does have a split along the bottom, and a slight tear on top

Labels have a few signs of use and storage

The vinyl is marked and obviously had a lot of plays, no deep scratches though

Playback is crackly on lead in/outs - during the powerful bits this is not heard and it sounds really good - nice listen all round, no skips etc.

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