LED ZEPPELIN IV 4 - PLUM/RED PORKY/PECKO DUCK 1st UK PRESS A//3 B//4 VERTIGO

Sold Date: November 10, 2019
Start Date: November 3, 2019
Final Price: £96.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 24
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LED ZEPPELIN - 

4   IV

ATLANTIC

1st UK Press 1971

2401012




First press matrices A//3 B//4 with the earliest stampers and "PORKY" and "PECKO DUCK" etched into the deadwax. This is the genuine FIRST PRESS with the correct A//3 B//4 matrices. 


Earliest mothers: A//3  1 2   2 1

B//4   1  1    1  3


'Following the staggering reunion triumph at the O2, which I was lucky enough to be at, with interest in Led Zeppelin greater than ever, with the site for the Ahmettribute.com tribute concert receiving an unbelievable 120 million hits, with 25 million people apparently registering for a Zeppelin ticket, its as good a time as any to invest in an original copy early press of this classic Zep album.'



"Four Symbols" spent an amazing 57 weeks in the UK charts. The green & orange label pressing's would far outsell the red and maroon colour early pressing's. The Plum label variants were only available for 12 of the 57 weeks, during which time Atlantic prepared to launch their new labels and the new catalogue numbers.

Label changes usually took place incrementally, with a necessary cross over period needed to bridge the change of the records and covers already in record shops, taking into account the most recent releases that were still selling.

The classic Plum label design was changed by Atlantic to a green & orange colour in March, 1972, when the second pressings of "4 Symbols" were made, with a new catalogue number, 'K 5008,' replacing the first issue's 'De Luxe 2401 012.'





Vinyl: VG+ to EX.  Great heavy first UK press vinyl . A beautiful heavy glossy vinyl.  A couple of wispy small hairlines which have barely any impact. I detected two very low level pops and that's it. Under a strong light only the very lightest wispy retraction paper traces can be seen. Any LP will have this as soon as they are taken out of its sleeve. These are totally invisible in normal light.  The last track "Stairway to Heaven" is of course most wonderful with tremendous depth never heard again on cd reissues, the track plays mint like all the rest of the album!!! I subjected the record to a detailed listen on my high end system and it did not disappoint. This sounded better than any re-issue like only a first press can. Lovely channel separation without any distortion and barely any static.




Gatefold sleeve:  VG+ to EX.  A great gatefold sleeve and the original matt one for this first UK press version. This has the Kinney catalogue over sticker to the rear which is really rare and transitional for this album. Light storage wear on the top and bottom edges. A thumb crease near the opening to the rear and no writing at all.  This is a very hard sleeve to find in such a great above average condition as it is matt and many owners did not look after their albums properly. Light wear on the corners. More from this wonderful collection will be listed in the near future. Needless to say, NO skips, NO jumps, barely any background noise etc.
There is also the lyric inner sleeve with the full text of Stairway to Heaven. It has made in Germany printed on it as some of the later ones did have. The paper used feels like the old blotting paper that some of us will remember.


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Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly!  PLEASE REMEMBER to contact me FIRST,  if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one!  I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem!  This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees  and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem.  Thanks again!!

 

 

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This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.

 

Though there are rarely ever any problems with my items, I always try my very best to describe everything exactly!  PLEASE REMEMBER to contact me FIRST,  if you have any problems at all, before you leave feedback and star ratings, so I get a chance to turn any negative experience into a positive one!  I can always happily sort anything out for you, if you let me know you have a problem!  This way no one has to leave Negative/Neutral feedback - and we both walk away happy! Similarly with the amount of stars, anything less than a full 5 * rating is effectively detrimental to a seller's rating as lower ratings will incur higher Final Value Fees  and lower priority in the bidlists eventually making it unattractive to list items on Ebay at all. I know of at least one major previous Ebay seller who has decided not to list via Ebay again. Please do NOT bid if you cannot give me at least 1 chance to sort everything out to your FULL satisfaction in the unlikely event of a problem.  Thanks again!!

 

 

This an excellent investment opportunity!!! Any questions please ask me and I will try to answer soon.