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LED ZEPPELIN Physical Graffiti 1975 UK 1st PRESS B4 UNPLAYED MINT
LED ZEPPELIN
Physical Graffiti

UK SWAN SONG (SSK 89400) FIRST PRESSING (February 1975)
SUPERB COPY
LOOKS LIKE IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE SWAN SONG LABELS
MATRIX: SSK 89400 A1 / SSK 89400 B4 / SSK 89400 C1 / SSK 89400 D1
THE TWO RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL BOX SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO PICTURE INNER SLEEVES AND GATEFOLD ‘SLIP’ INSERT

Led Zeppelin returned from a nearly two-year hiatus in 1975 with Physical Graffiti, a sprawling, ambitious double album.
Zeppelin treat many of the songs on Physical Graffiti as forays into individual styles, only occasionally synthesising sounds, notably on the tense, Eastern-influenced "Kashmir."
With John Paul Jones' galloping keyboard, "Trampled Underfoot" ranks as their funkiest metallic grind, while "Houses of the Holy" is as effervescent as pre-Beatles pop and "Down by the Seaside" is the closest they've come to country. Even the heavier blues -- the 11-minute "In My Time of Dying," the tightly wound "Custard Pie," and the monstrous epic "The Rover" -- are subtly shaded, even if they're thunderously loud.
Most of these heavy rockers are isolated on the first album, with the second half of Physical Graffiti sounding a little like a scrap heap of experiments, jams, acoustic workouts, and neo-covers.
This may not be as consistent as the first platter, but its quirks are entirely welcome, not just because they encompass the mean, decadent "Sick Again," but the heartbreaking "Ten Years Gone" and the utterly charming acoustic rock & roll of "Boogie With Stu" and "Black Country Woman."
Yes, some of this could be labeled as filler, but like any great double album, its appeal lies in its great sprawl, since it captures elements of the band's personality rarely showcased elsewhere -- and even at its worst, Physical Graffiti towers above its hard rock peers of the mid-'70s.

Side One: Custard Pie / Rover / In My Time Of Dying
Side Two: Houses Of The Holy / Trampled Underfoot / Kashmir
Side Three: In The Light / Bron-y-Aur Stomp / Down By The Seaside / Ten Years Gone
Side Four: Night Flight / Wanton Song / Boogie With Stu / Black Country Woman / Sick Again

LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of factory-fresh labels.
No spindle traces or any signs either record has ever been played
VINYLS Visual: NEAR MINT (MINT)
All four surfaces shine like-new with nothing but some light hairlines all of which are harmless
VINYLS Audio: NEAR MINT (MINT)
The audio on this sprawling masterpiece is strong and dense with a rich and finely detailed sound and my play-check at volume found practically nothing to fault.
Just one pop noted at the beginning of "In My Time Of Dying" but only this one 'pop', otherwise, flawless
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT (MINT)
Just about as good as they come, like new with no marks or wear.
All edges are crisp and sharp and all red spine text is clear and bold
INNER SLEEVES: MINT
Both inners are clean and unmarked and unsplit
INNER SLIP: MINT
Again, like new

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00  (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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