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WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THAN 200 LISTED ITEMS Click here to see ALL our ROCK auctions Our PSYCH PROGRESSIVE auctions Our PUNK NEW WAVE auctions Our JAZZ auctions Our BLUE NOTE JAZZ auctions Our BLUES auctions Our CLASSICAL auctions Our COUNTRY auctions Our FUNK auctions Our LATIN auctions Our METAL auctionsOur REGGAE auctions Our SOUL auctions Our STILL SEALED ITEMS Our PROMO auctions Our ACETATE auctions Our TEST PRESSING auctions Our AUDIOPHILE auctions LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN I self-titled first album ORIGINAL BRITISH PRESSING - ULTRA-RARE TRUE FIRST PRESSING - ORIGINAL 1969 ATLANTIC RECORDS UK STEREO LP 588171 ORIGINAL U.K.
PRESSING ORIGINAL PLUM PURPLE AND RED ATLANTIC RECORDS UK LABEL TRUE FIRST PRESSING WITH PUBLISHING CREDITS ON THE LABEL TO SUPERHYPE PUBLISHING , WITH AN ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING SONICS AND ACOUSTIC DYNAMICS -- FAR SUPERIOR TO ABSOLUTELY ANY VERSION OR PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM IN EXISTENCE EXTRAORDINARILY RARE FIRST GENERATION COVER WITH THE ALBUM TITLE AND GROUP S NAME PRINTED IN TURQUOISE LETTERS LATER REPLACED BY ORANGE / YELLOW PRINT ALSO: THE FIRST GENERATION COVER WITH THE FAN CLUB DETAILS GIVEN IN THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE BACK CORNER LATER DELETED THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.K.
PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER EUROPEAN STYLE ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX OF THE RECORD MATRIX NUMBERS IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL: 588171 B //1 1S 588171 A //1 1 2 PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on.
This is NOT a recycled image from our previous auction.
What you see is what you ll get.
GUARANTEED 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/ For its extraordinary contribution to the modern music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, writers and general public, or for some other innate quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio AR man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow a/k/a Cousin Brucie , Tim Rice of Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita fame , Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton who wrote liner notes for Bob Dylan s first album , Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc.
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For more details, see: Critics Choice: Top-200 albums compiled by Paul Gambaccini, Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565 or click here for the complete album listing .
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This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade.
It is somewhere between VG and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT.
A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial and only moderately visually distracting nothing significant .For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections.
Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record comes in the original poly-lined Made in Great Britain stock inner sleeve.
a The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings.
Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic.
Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording b Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording COVER THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER : THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD VG .
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover: - Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams - The laminated cover has a few air bubbles and wrinkles in lamination this is a common problem with most laminated 50 s and 60 s covers - Cover has a visible wrinkle crease in the cardboard base on the front panel - Cover has a visible wrinkle crease in one of the corners.
- Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.
- Minor shelf wear noted on the seams nothing significant NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER POSTAGE SHIPPING: We offer THREE postage rates for both Domestic and International Mail: Media Mail, Priority Mail and Express Mail for domestic, and First Class, Priority International Mail, and Express International Mail for international orders.
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