CUSTOMER UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2022
For the past 2 years GG_Supersounds has been listing records that in the main are in Mint or very close to it condition. We continue to track down and list the very best records that we are able to for our ever growing customer base For those that have been with us over that period of time will know that there are two business partners listing on the site. One from Horsham and the other from Bognor Regis From time to time this has been confusing for our customers as there often 2 invoices to pay where purchases are made from different locations by one customer To rectify this we have decided that the Horsham location will continue to list on GG_Supersounds, whilst the Bognor Regis location will now list on GG-Superstuff.
IT WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE TO BUY FROM BOTH LOCATIONS AND HAVE COMBINED SHIPPING, BUT THIS WILL BE RELIANT OF THE TWO OF US MEETING UP, AND WILL THEREFORE USUALLY TAKE MORE TIME, BUT IT IS DO-ABLE
Nothing Else Changes - Still the same superb selection of the best records will be available


For the protection of all concerned we only send signed for and tracked and signed

REGULAR VISITORS TO OUT SITE WILL BE AWARE THAT WE HAVE BEEN LISTING A COLLECTION OF MINT RECORDS, WHICH WE OBTAINED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.  THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE OFFEREING  THE SLEEVE IN MOST CASES ARE IN MINT CONDITION AND THE VINYL IN THE SAME INCREDIBLE STATE
IT IS JUST AN IMPOSSIBILTY (OR SO WE THOUGHT) TO FIND RECORDS OF THE CLASSIC ERA IN THIS SORT OF UNPLAYED / ONE PLAY CONDITION, WITH SLEEVES TO MATCH
I AM DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO NOW FINALLY LIST SOME OF THESE CLASSIC ALBUMS FROM THE 60'S / 70'S ALONG WITH THE COMPLETE RECORDING OF EACH RECORD, SO THAT WHEN WE SAY MINT, YOU ARE ABLE TO CONFIRM IT BY TAKING A LISTEN
 we will be listing some Led Zeppelin albums (One Per Day) which are in the same amazing condition as noted above So if you are looking for that Mint copy then this is where you will find it FULLY TEST PLAYED AND RECORDED SO YOU CAN HEAR IT BEFORE BIDDING Powered by eCommercePlayer.com Powered by eCommercePlayer.com

LED ZEPPELIN - PHYSICAL GRAFFITI

IN MAGNIFICENT UNPLAYED CONDITION

(Apart from today's test Play)

I have only played and recorded disc one which shows all I need to hear to know that this is an unplayed set

FIRST PRESS  - UK ISSUE

INCREDIBLE MINT SLEEVE AND INNERS

CATALOGUE:SWAN SONG SSK 89400 MATRIX: SSK89400 A1 / B5 / C1 / D1 

 

THE FIRST PRESS UK ISSUE IS EASY TO TELL FROM THE RE ISSUES IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

FIRSTLY THE SLEEVE HAS TO HAVE THE UK ADDRESS ON THE REAR SURFACE, WHICH WILL SAY ' Swan Song/484 Kings Road, London SW10' (MANY COPIES WERE PRESSED IN GERMANY AND ISSUED OVER HERE)

THE INNER SLEEVES ON THE FIRST PRESS HAVE A SATIN FEEL TO THE FRONT AND A ROUGH FEEL TO THE INSIDE, AS DOES THE OUTER SLEEVE

ON THE VINYL THE MATRIX NUMBERS HAVE TO BE 'STAMPED' ALL LATER PRESSES WERE ETCHED WITH THESE DETAILS

FINALLY THE LABELS ON THE FIRST ISSUES DID NOT HAVE THE WARNER LOGO AT 3 O'CLOCK

THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON A FIRST PRESS ALL HAVE A '1' AFTER THEIR LETTER, SO A1= SIDE A AND SO ON. ALL THIS IS TRUE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SIDE B WHICH  HAS THE MATRIX ENDING OF 'B5'

THEREFORE A NORMAL FIRST PRESS OF THIS ALBUM SET WILL HAVE A1 / B5 / C1 / D1 AS THE MATRIX NUMBERS.

 

 

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE SWAN SONG LABELS ARE IN PRISTINE CONDITION. THE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT AND REMAIN UNRUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND THE SPINDLE HOLE UNWORN. I AM UNABLE TO SEE ANY SPIDER LINES AROUND THE HOLE, BUT THEN AGAIN ON THIS UNPLAYED SET I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SEE ANY EITHER. MY TEST PLAY I CAN ASURE YOU HAS NOT CREATED ONE EITHER

THE VINYL

MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF DISCS, THAT HAVE LOST NONE OF THEIR ORIGINAL LUSTRE. THEY GLEAM LIKE NEW DISCS BECAUSE IN EFFECT THEY ARE. NO MARKS OF ANY DESCRIPTION ON ANY PART OF THE PLAYING SURFACE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SEE WHATSOEVER OTHER THAN ONE BARELY VISIBLE (UNDER SPOTLIGHT) SMALL PAPER SCUFF ON DISC 2

PLAYING THE RECORD

THE TEMPTATION NOT TO PLAY THIS WAS INCREDIBLE, BUT I JUST HAD TO PROVE JUST HOW SUPERB THIS VINYL IS, AND AS YOU LISTEN TO IT YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THAT YOU WERE LISTENING TO A CD BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF ANY BACKGOUND WHATSOEVER

THE SET PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH DISCS, WITH THE STEREO REPRODUCTION JUST CRISP AND CLEAN WITH EVERY NOTE BEING HEARD EXACTLY HOW IT WAS INTENDED. 

THERE IS NO DISTORTION WHATSOEVER, AND NO BACKGROUND CRACKLING OR CLICKS. 

NO BACKGROUND STATIC AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS OR ANYTHING AT ALL APART DURING THE FIRST 20 SECONDS OF THE PENULTIMATE TRACK ON SIDE 4 WHERE THERE ARE A FEW BARELY AUDIBLE LITTLE POPS, OTHER THAN THIS MINISCULE ISSUE ALL YOU GET IS  THE SUBLIME REPRODUCTION OF THIS ALBUM

 

DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE A COMPLETE LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF BUT FOR ME THIS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE FIND

I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GRADE THIS SET MINT  

 

THE SLEEVE

 

A VERY HARD SLEEVE TO FIND IN UNDAMAGED CONDITION, DUE TO THE MANY DIE CUT HOLES WHICH ARE EASILY DAMAGED, BUT THIS SLEEVE IS AS MINT AS YOU COULD EVER WISH TO FIND. WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS CLASSIC ALBUM WITH A SLEEVE THAT HAS ALSO DEFIED THE TEST OF TIME

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND ALL OF THE COLOURS HAVE BEEN RETAINED WITHOUT RUBBING.

 THE DIE CUT WINDOWS ARE ALL INTACT AND LOOK GREAT. 

THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES AND AMZINGLY NONE OF THE SMALL LINES THAT GATHER NEAR THE SPINE, AND IN THIS CASE WE HAVE TWO SPINES, AND THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NONE ON EITHER SIDE.

 IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE, BUT JUST THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THIS SLEEVE IN YOUR HANDS AND INSTANTANEOUSLY YOU JUST KNOW IT'S A VERY SPECIAL SLEEVE

THE LEFT SPINE HAS ALL OF THE RED TYPEFACE PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. ITS FLAT AND CLEAN AND IS IN PRISTINE UNRUBBED CONDITION. BOTH TIP ENDS REMAIN UNBLEMISHED

THE RIGHT SPINE IS ALSO IN THE SAME IMMACULATE CONDITION

THE TOP OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR. IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THE INNER SLEEVES HAVE JUST NOT BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE COVER, LET ALONE THE RECORDS THEMSELVES

THE BOTTOM EDGE IS THE VULNERABLE EDGE AND IS ALWAYS FOUND WITH SHELF WEAR, BUT THIS COPY HAS NONE WAHTSOEVER

THE REAR SURFACE AGAIN HAS ALL OF THE DARK BROWN COLOUR INTACT, AND AGAIN IS UNCREASED , AND NO DAMAGE OR WEAR TO ANY OF THE WINDOWS

LIKE THE FRONT THERE ARE NO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST ANY OF THE EDGES

THE WHITE WINDOWED INNER CARD IS IMMACULATE. I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS THAT THERE ARE TWO DESIGNS. IT APPEARS THAT THE EARLIEST ISSUES HAD A SINGLE FOLD LINE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE WHEREAS THE LATER ISSUES WERE DOUBLE FOLKDED TO FORM A SPINE. THIS ONE DEFINITELY HAS A SINGLE FOLD .

THIS ONE HAS A LIGHT TRACE OF AGEING TO ONE EDGE

THEY WERE CHANGED BECAUSE THE INNER SLEEVES SAT INSIDE BETTER IF THERE WAS A SPINE TO NESTLE INTO

BOTH ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVES ARE IN MINT CONDITION

I HAVE TO GRADE THIS ALBUM COVER AND ALL OF ITS CONTENTS MINT

THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM

 

YOU ARE NEVER EVER GOING TO FIND A COPY OF THIS ALBUM IN THIS CONDITION AGAIN, SO IF YOU WANT THE BEST EVER EXAMPLE OF THIS PRECIOUS ALBUM....HERE IT IS!!!!

 

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY