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LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN I self-titled first album ORIGINAL 1968 ATLANTIC RECORDS STEREO LP PROMO TEST PRESSING COLOSSALLY RARE ORIGINAL 1968 TEST PRESSING PROBABLY THE LAST COPY THAT WILL EVER BE OFFERED ON EBAY I certainly can t find another for sale anywhere in the world.
ORIGINAL U.S.
PRESSING - Played and presented by Atlantic Records to the Alison Steele show in New York Atlantic produced a few of these test pressing promotional records and sent them to the prominent stations and presenters during Led Zeppelins touring in US for airing prior to the release of this seminal album and subsequently received advance orders .
The story goes that one such promo was sent to Alison Steele a kind of John Peel in USA the day before it was due to be played.
The sound guy took the record home and didn t bring it back and another this record was produced in a rush for the show.
The vinyl is not inflexible - which backs up this story.
It is however a story .
The record is however genuine.
All inspections are welcome.
This is probably unique to the world The record remained in Alisons collection and i purchased it in 2003 in response to an advert in a magazine.
I am not a dealer.
The record sleeve has Alisons first name signature on it PLAIN, WHITE ATLANTIC TEST PRESSING LABEL WITH TYPEWRITTEN TRACK LISTING THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S.
PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
CLEAN, LABELS VINYL PRESSING MATRIX STAMP IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX OF THE RECORD: SIDE 1: ST-A-681461-A er AT RG W SIDE 2: ST-A-681462-A er AT RG W Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on.
This is NOT a recycled image from a previous auction.
What you see is what you ll get.
I proudly present one of the RAREST and MOST IMPORTANT Rock artefacts.
This is an unheard-of TEST PRESSING of this classic Led Zeppelin DEBUT album easily one of the top-10 greatest and most influential Rock albums ever made.
When the album was recorded in December 1968 released in January 1969 , it marked literally - the beginning of the new era and the new sound: Heavy Metal While many test pressings often have alternate or demo- versions of known, later released songs, and while it is possible that this particular test pressing contains demo or alternate versions of some of the tracks, please don t take our word that it does: we were unable to determine that there is much of a difference between this test pressing and the officially released version: it seems to us that the sound on this test pressing is a little brighter and cleaner than the original, somewhat muddy, Atlantic pressing, but this may have been caused by the first stamper generation used to make this pressing.
A careful Led Zep aficionado may be able to detect slight differences and subtle variations in the mix we were unable to locate.
Please note that this album like all test pressings comes in a plain white, generic cardboard cover which is a little worn the photo has a border - this has been removed and was takes in place for the purposes of framing .
The inner sleeve says - To rush to Music Dir Alicin Steele - this isn t in the greatest condition - but never the less makes this piece a talking point and a piece of musical history .
Led Zeppelin had a fully formed, distinctive sound from the outset, as their eponymous debut illustrates.
Taking the heavy, distorted electric blues of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Cream to an extreme, Zeppelin created a majestic, powerful brand of guitar rock constructed around simple, memorable riffs and lumbering rhythms.
But the key to the group s attack was subtlety: it wasn t just an onslaught of guitar noise, it was shaded and textured, filled with alternating dynamics and tempos.
As Led Zeppelin proves, the group was capable of such multi-layered music from the start.
Although the extended psychedelic blues of Dazed and Confused, You Shook Me, and I Can t Quit You Baby often gather the most attention, the remainder of the album is a better indication of what would come later.
Babe I m Gonna Leave You shifts from folky verses to pummeling choruses Good Times Bad Times and How Many More Times have groovy, bluesy shuffles Your Time Is Gonna Come is an anthemic hard rocker Black Mountain Side is pure English folk and Communication Breakdown is a frenzied rocker with a nearly punkish attack.
Although the album isn t as varied as some of their later efforts, it nevertheless marked a significant turning point in the evolution of hard rock and heavy metal.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/ This is a RESERVE Auction and i will accept offers - those bidding should have an angle on the value of this rare piece of history.
I can send other images if required and i am available on the phone.
I have offered to some dealers.
I think the is genuinely unique.
Will deliver within reason to UKOn 11-Jul-14 at 09:45:41 BST, seller added the following information: Record has been professionally cleaned and appraised at VG Looks great and sounds amazing - very very few crackles - surface scratches do not affect playing Time is running out for this piece of history
