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was plagued with printing inconsistencies, which is what makes this such a coveted collector’s item. The first label listed “The Lemon Song,” which got Zeppelin in trouble for copyright infringement. In later editions, this song was renamed “Killing Floor” and credited to Howling Wolf. There’s also an error on the original label that incorrectly names song 2 as “Living Loving Wreck.”

The original label listed copyright credit on the pressing label as “Copyright control.” The reissued version listed Warner Bros/Jewel Music and also includes a production credit for Jimmy Page. In its original printing with the sleeve, Led Zeppelin II often sells for $1,500 or more at auctions.

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This album, like many reissues, is a much darker color than the original printing. This is because the printers layer the new artwork and text credits over the old. For this album, the version with the altered distribution credits is much darker. If the back cover lists Polydor Records and has the brighter green cover, it’s the valuable version.

The original label listed copyright credit on the pressing label as “Copyright control.” The reissued version listed Warner Bros/Jewel Music and also includes a production credit for Jimmy Page. In its original printing with the sleeve, Led Zeppelin II often sells for $1,500 or more at auctions.

Did you know?

This album, like many reissues, is a much darker color than the original printing. This is because the printers layer the new artwork and text credits over the old. For this album, the version with the altered distribution credits is much darker. If the back cover lists Polydor Records and has the brighter green cover, it’s the valuable version.

Led Zeppelin Volume One Year: 2005
Price: $2,250+
Main Track: 180g test pressing of “Stairway to Heaven”
Label: Classic Records
Length: n/a
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Volume One is a that is now out of print. It was printed in a limited edition in 2005 under the Classic Records label. It includes four single-sided LPs, 12”, 45 RPM, all test pressings. They are all QUIEX SV-P 200g vinyl pressings of the albums, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III, and Untitled (“Led Zeppelin IV”).

Only a limited number of these were produced, which is why they sell for $2,250 or more on eBay.

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These LPs were pressed on the QUIEX SV-P series from the original masters. This allowed the new editions to use a tube-amplified, all-analog mastering process. This makes these new pressings as authentic as possible to the originals. Page himself oversaw the production of this boxed set.

Houses of the Holy Year: 1973
Price: $2,500
Main Track: “The Song Remains the Same”
Label: Atlantic
Length: 40:57
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We know the Led Zeppelin are rock royalty. Here’s the album where they’re milking the image, restored to their earlier triumphs and ready to create new genres. opens with “The Song Remains the Same,” a fascinating suite of acoustic elements, chord suspension, and processional-inspired countermelodies.

The valuable original sleeve has no markings on the back, front, inside sleeve, or spine. The 1st pressing is missing a “W” after the copyright on the top label, which subsequent issues have.

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Atlantic Records was concerned about Page’s abstract labeling style (which for him meant no labels) and put a strip on the record that said, “Led Zeppelin” and “Houses of the Holy.” This “obi” style of marking is more common with Japanese records. Page explicitly forbid this. They did it anyway.

Led Zeppelin I Year: 1969
Price: $3,000+
Main Track: “Good Times Bad Times”
Label: Atlantic
Length: 44:56
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Most people know the as the one with the orange color that featured the four band members looking at the camera. Before switching to this version, however, the very first cover released depicted the Hindenburg disaster with the band name in blue in the top left corner. This is why this version has been dubbed “the turquoise version” by collectors.

This coveted version of Led Zeppelin I often sells for $3,000+ on eBay.

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You could find this rare album without the sleeve as well, which shows more subtle variations on the center label. The 1st pressing label was credited to Superhype Music whereas the reissue with the less valuable cover has had the text credit corrected to read “Warner Bros.”

This album was never issued. Only three with this cover are known to exist, rescued from the Atlantic Production Department before being destroyed with the rest. In 2009, one of these albums was valued at $8,850 by the book, The Tight but Loose Files.

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At one point, all three promotional albums were acquired by a single collector of Led Zeppelin items named Rick Barrett. The first two were sold to a buyer in Texas and Japan in 2000, each for $5,000. The last one, a numbered hardcover, was valued at an even higher price.