Sold Date: December 13, 2020
Start Date: December 6, 2020
Final Price: £21.80 (GBP)
Bid Count: 1
Seller Feedback: 150
Buyer Feedback: 0

LED ZEPPELIN-PHYSICAL GRAFFITI RARE UK 1st PRESS x2LP 1975 Die Cut Sleeve VGC+. Condition is "Used". Dispatched with Royal Mail Signed For 2nd Class.

Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Vinyl

A Very Good Plus record will show some signs that it was played and otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. Defects should be more of a cosmetic nature, not affecting the actual playback as a whole. Record surfaces may show some signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or very light scratches that don't affect one's listening experiences. Slight warps that do not affect the sound are "OK". The label may have some ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable. Spindle marks may be present. Picture sleeves and inner sleeves will have some slight wear, slightly turned-up corners, or a slight seam split. An LP cover may have slight signs of wear, and may be marred by a cut-out hole, indentation, or cut corner. 
Overall the sleeve and 3 Inners are in very good plus condition wuth no splits or tears.
I have cleaned and play-tested both sides of the record and in general across the 4 sides of the vinyl it plays really well and still sounds great!!

The only issue I found in the whole 80 minutes of music came inside the very first minute of the first song on the album, Custard Pie. There is a little snap and crackle, which is not too bad, but then there is a slight jump on the track. Please copy and paste the video link below into YouTube of a demo play of the song.

Custard Pie Demo Play Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTn7fDKgo04

But, as I say the rest of the album is fine and that's why I have graded VG+.

PLEASE ALSO SEE PHOTOS AS PART OF DESCRIPTION

I am a massive Led Zep fan and have owned all their albums over the years, and I think this has to be my favourite one of them all. Across 4 sides of vinyl and 80 minutes of music there is not one one dud and many stone-cold classic Zep tracks. Kashmir, being the motherload of a Zep song. The album is a masterpiece I think, and sadly they never quite reached these dizzy heights again.

But, I'm selling a lot of my vinyl and CD collection, because the kids are getting bigger and the house is getting smaller! Basically, it was either the kids or the records, sadly the coin came down tails...Thanks for looking!

ONLINE REVIEW
By 1975 no one was bigger or heavier than . America was punch drunk after the quadruple whammy of their first four albums, each supported by tours that went from scene-stealing support slots to stadium-filling three-hour marathons, almost overnight. Even the slightly below average (ie: one or two sub-par tracks) Houses Of The Holy (1973) hadn’t dented their reputation one jot. The world, and its attendant pleasures, was theirs for the taking. At this point most modern bands would take 5 years off and forget each others' names. What did Robert, Jimmy, John Paul and Bonzo do? Produced a double album that some still hold to be their best of all time.

Admittedly, a fair amount of Physical Graffiti was composed of offcuts and work-in-progress from their previous two albums (cf “Houses Of The Holy”) though these were offcuts startling quality. But what really shines out is the sheer genre-defying eclecticism of it all. Far more than just a crowd-pummelling hard rock act with the world’s beefiest rhythm section, these boys were able to do everything from folk (''Bron Y Aur'') and blues ("In My Time Of Dying") to country rock ("Down By The Seaside") and barrelhouse rock 'n' roll ("Boogie With Stu"). In fact Graffiti serves pretty much as a primer of the band’s entire oeuvre.

And amongst these flights of dexterity we get some of the band’s best-loved numbers of all-time. "Trampled Underfoot", driven by Jones’ stomping Fender Rhodes pulls off the remarkable trick of being both heavy AND funky as hell. "Custard Pie" and "The Rover" are monster axe workouts, and of course "Kashmir" is still a juggernaut of incredible power: a blend of east and west inspired by Page and Plant’s mystical wanderings and underpinned by Bonham’s legendary rumble, famously captured in all its ambient glory in the huge hallway of Headley Grange Manor. And it all came wrapped in one of those fabulously intricate die-cut sleeves that make all people of a certain age long for a return to the glory days of vinyl.

Nick Kent’s review in the NME casually mentioned that by this point Zep could seemingly turn this stuff out in their sleep. He was right. Six years of touring and recording had honed them into an unstoppable force, but tragedy lay in wait around the corner in the form of death, drug abuse and changing tastes. But Physical Graffiti remains a towering monument to the glory of Zeppelin in their high-flying heyday.