Sold Date: August 5, 2018
Start Date: August 4, 2018
Final Price: £300.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 7
Seller Feedback: 2334
Buyer Feedback: 71

SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE IS AS GOOD AS I,VE EVER SEEN ONE.THIS SLEEVE OFTEN SUFFERS BADLY AND IS NORMALLY BADLY WORN BUT NOT THIS ONE. THE SPINE IS AMAZING AND HAS BARELY NO WEAR AT ALL. THE BOTTOM EDGE IS SLIGHTLY WORN AND HAS A SLIGHT SEEM SPLIT BUT IS NOTHING MAJOR. GRADED AS EXCELLENT


INNER SLEEVE. THE FRAGILE INNER IS VERY GOOD AND IS CERTAINLY BETTER THAN MOST ONE SMALL SEEM SPLIT TO ONE SIDE OF ABOUT 1" AND THE BOTTOM EDGE HAS OLD SELLOTAPE RESIDUE DUE TO A SEEM SPLIT OF ABOUT 2"
VINYL. THIS IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION ALTHOUGH THERE IS A NUMBER OF SMALL MARKS WHEN HELD TO A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE IS BY NO MEANS ANY UGLY BAD SCRATCHES.MOSTLY THE FEW HAIR LINES ARE PROBABLY CAUSED BY THE ROUGH THIS PAPER INNER SLEEVE THE PLAYBACK IS AMAZING WITH JUST THE ODD LIGHT CRACKLE EASILY GRADED AS EXCELLENT POSSIBLY BETTER


RECORD LABEL. EXCELLENT THE SUPER RARE INVERTED FEATHER LABEL ON SIDE 2 WITH PETER GRANT LABELS IS THE FIRST EVER PRESSING AND IS VERY RARE. THERE IS A THUMB PRINT ON SIDE 1 WHICH IS SLIGHTLY VISIBLE




MATRIX. A3/B3 EARLIEST EVER SEE BELOW ON DISCOGS. I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED THE MATRIX NUMBERS PECKO AND PORKY ETCHINGS ON RUN OFF AREA



 
PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL PICTURES BELOW AND DISCOGS INFO ON THIS ALBUM. 
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EU POSTAGE COSTS £12 REST OF THE WORLD £14 PLEASE BARE IN MIND THAT I HAVE TO BUY ALL PACKAGING AND DO NOT MAKE ANY MONEY OUT OF POSTAGES IN FACT I ACTUALLY MAKE A LOSS.  PAYMENTS TO BE MADE WITHIN 3 DAYS ALSO I WILL NOT SEND ANY OTHER WAY THAN SIGNED FOR AS TOO MANY RECORDS ARE CLAIMED NOT TO HAVE ARRIVED
Tracklist A14:55A23:40A35:38A47:55B14:39B24:49B33:36B47:08 Companies, etc. Published By –  Marketed By –  Credits Executive-Producer –  Illustration [Inside Illustration 'The Hermit'] – * Mastered By – * (tracks: A),  (tracks: B) Photography By –  Producer –  Notes 1st UK pressing on 'plum' label which is red/white/plum. Feather symbol on side 2 is inverted.
This label layout identify the first pressing.
It is part of the first production batch of the UK red/plum Atlantic label for this title.
Same for labels versions 2, 3 and 4.

No mention of Superhype Music Inc.

Executive Producer credit for Peter Grant (which was removed in various ways from all subsequent pressings - see below).

Heavyweight unlaminated gatefold sleeve, printed and made in England. 

Inner sleeve has lyrics to 'Stairway to Heaven' on one side and track titles and credits on the other. The first inner sleeves are dark gray with two foldback edges to the side. Interestingly, whilst Jimmy Page succeeded in having the Peter Grant credit removed from the labels, they were never removed from the inner sleeves.

There are currently 8 verified and known 'plum' label variants. 

This release was commonly referred to as 'Led Zeppelin IV', to follow in sequence with their previous three releases, but no actual title appears on the release. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (A-side, stamped): A//3 Matrix / Runout (B-side, stamped): B//3 Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, hand-etched): Pecko Duck Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, hand-etched): Porky