Sold Date: March 4, 2020
Start Date: March 2, 2020
Final Price: $125.00 (USD)
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Led Zeppelin II Hard Rock; Blues Rock RL Robert Ludwig "Hot Mix". A nice copy of the infamous Ludwig Hot Mix, 1st U.S. pressing from 1969 on Atlantic with 1841 Broadway address, true 1st pressing featuring "RL" and "SS" on both sides indicating an early pressing that was quickly withdrawn for being well, too hot! I test played the record all the way through, no skips, occasional short click, but super solid G+ with incredible bass and high end definition, these Presswell's are always reliable for great sound! 

Vinyl in G+ with numerous hairlines/marks, . Crackle in quieter segments (the few there are on this record), but when the music is rocking, this copy soars and sounds more like VG. I did not think that the crackle was too distracting, a very enjoyable listen of this rare and sought after pressing.

Cover in VG+ with initials in blue pen on the inside gatefold, wear around the edges though no seam or spine splits. Super thick, heavy duty cardboard that was featured only on the 1st run of this album. The spine is fully readable, there is a 2" split on the inside gatefold at the spine, though the split does not reach the other side of the spine.

Includes original Atlantic Records inner sleeve! FREE domestic 2 Day Priority Mail!!! Will pack securely and professionally.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: ASCAP

Pressing Plant ID (On labels): PR

Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): (ST-A-691671 PR)

Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): (ST-A-691672 PR)

Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant 1): ST-A-691671-C RL SS P LW W AT

Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant 2): ST-A-691672-A LWP AT RL SS W

Companies, etc.

Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation

Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation

Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Mastered At – Longwear Plating

Mastered At – Atlantic Studios

Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound

Pressed By – Presswell

Published By – Superhype Music, Inc.

Credits

Artwork – David Juniper

Engineer – Andrew Johns*, Chris Huston, Edwin H. Kramer*, George Chkiantz

Executive-Producer – Peter Grant

Lacquer Cut By – Bob Ludwig

Mastered By – Robert Ludwig*

Performer – Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant

Producer – Jimmy Page

Technician [Director Of Engineering] – Edwin H. Kramer*

Written-By – Jimmy Page, John Bonham (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B4), John Paul Jones (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B4), Robert Plant (tracks: A1 to B3, B5)

Notes

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.

This sub should only be used for copies with "RL" in both runouts, as only these are the true "RL" pressings which command hundreds of dollars (albeit in Near Mint condition). Later transitional pressings which featuring "RL" on only one side and another engineer's work on the other should receive their own subs.

"PR" in label matrix denotes a Presswell pressing.

"LW" in runouts indicates Longwear Plating metal parts.

"AT" in runouts indicates Atlantic Studios mastering

"W" in runouts indicates that blank lacquers came from the company Audiodisc.