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LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN II SECOND ALBUM 1969 ATLANTIC RECORDS STEREO LP SD-19127
GENUINE U.S. PRESSING
STILL SEALED LP BELIEVED TO BE THE EARLY PRESSING CIRCA 1974/75 .
BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON RED ORANGE AND GREEN ATLANTIC RECORDS LABEL WITH WEA LOGO ALONG THE LABEL S EDGE
TWO BREATHE AIR HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP
THIS IS NOT AN IMPORT, RECORD CLUB RELEASE OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD AMERICAN STYLE
COVER HAS A NIFTY STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE WRAP.
THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
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When this album was released in November 1969, it marked literally - the beginning of the new era and the new sound: Heavy Metal. And, while Heavy Metal existed as a genre even before Led Zeppelin II Blue Cheer, Vanilla Fudge, Steppenwolf it was heavily beholden to psychedelia and bore a heavy burden of debt to the previous era s exaggerations and idiosyncracies.
Not so with Led Zeppelin II. From the opening blast of Whola Lotta Love to the final fade of Bring it on Home , the listener knows that he is not in Kansas anymore. This is a whole new, uncharted territory. In fact, the album makes a clean break even with the band s first album: on their first album, one can easily hear remnants of British psychedelia Black Mountain Top , progressive rock Your time is gonna come urban electric blues You shook me How many more times I can t quit you , folk music Babe, I m gonna leave you and other styles the band members were into at a time. However, you won t find such excursions on Led Zeppelin II: the album is a monolithic slab of primo metal: an all-out, in-your-face assault from start to finish. Even the ballads exude the spirit of burning Metal.
For its extraordinary contribution to the contemporary music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, songwriters and general public, or for some other inherent quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, show business professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, the legendary BBC Radio A R 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 , Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton, Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc. . For more details, see: Critics Choice: Top-200 albums , Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565 or click here for the complete album listing
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CONDITION:
RECORD
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a THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records click here PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID .
b The record is believed to come in its original stock inner sleeve.
c The record is apparently pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy dynaflex type , vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl either.
d Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
COVER
COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Minor yellowish water stain noted on the spine visible on both sides less than 2 square inch in size
- Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.
- Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine BARELY VISIBLE
- Cover has one corner slightly worn / dinged nothing significant
