Sold Date: January 6, 2022
Start Date: January 5, 2022
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LED ZEPPELIN II ROBERT LUDWIG SD-82361969 RL SS LH HOT MIX RARE~ VG++

Led Zeppelin II SD-8236 original 1969 RL SS LH Robert Ludwig & Lee Hulko 1st press hot mix!

Atlantic 1841 Broadway address on labels and inside gatefold

CTH code at lower edge of labels 1969 original lp vinyl gatefold, with color printed ad inner.

Rare Robert Ludwig and lee Hulko 1st hot mix pressing  "RL" on one side. "SS LH" on the other

The actual disk is in VG++ condition. Physically it shines see the photos. It sounds great very quiet. Not much vinyl noise. Very little pop and clicks. Side 1 is RL SS and Side 2 is LH SS

matrix

SIDE 1: 0T ST-A-691671-1A RL SS

SIDE 2: 0T ST-A-69172-D I SS LH 

Only the first few hundred thousand had this light brown non glossy color which makes it stick out from the crowd. The1841 Broadway address at the bottom of the label shows that it is a first pressing as opposed to the later more common Rockefeller Plaza address. The sound quality of this Mix has a much louder volume and generally more bass and tones you don’t hear on the later versions. According to Robert Ludwig… All the versions from sterling are the same hot mix. The subtle variances between them are all simply from the slight differences in making a hand-made analog lacquer disc, at least one of which was sent to all the pressing plants at the time. The CTH plant got a lacquer that was half RL and half LH (Lee Hulko, his partner) but was of the SAME MIX AND MASTER, based on RL's notes. THEY ARE ALLTHE SAME, aside from subtle variances and should be valued the SAME no matter who's initials are in the dead wax. They are all the same master from STERLING SOUND!