led zeppelin 4 first pressing
Should you buy? I have been told these are the original 1st after the Turquoise. Some people say the george pecko are the best pressings. ITTOD 200g - Another beauty! I grew up listening to Led Zeppelin on my dads record player and loved this post. Copies bearing the inscription Executive Producer Peter Grant, which was omitted on later pressings, are worth around 150 in mint condition. Something went wrong. I put it in my sell pile along with the other Japan LZs. It is the only one that allows me to hear all the guitar parts on Black Dog clearly. Value? It wasnt released until late 1969. We oversaw every aspect of record manufacture. This is in contrast to the general rule of record collecting that if you buy an early pressing from the country of origin of the artist, you are most likely to be nearer the source tapes, and therefore the sound ought to be better. I have an album still in the shrink wrap that has a ZOSO sticker on the back that says Atlantic Recording Corporation, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019 and also SD 19129 under the Atlantic logo. But a bear to track "When The Levee Breaks" on a less than optimally set up system. But received wisdom, I have discovered, is not always correct. Todays equipment can handle these pressings and I can attest to the fact that they sound amazing. BY ATLANTIC By fluke purchased a Led Zep I with the blue writing, red plum label, superhype credit in mint (jacket and disc) condition at a record swap. The label is smaller in diameter (3&7/8 inches wide; original is 4 inches wide), the bottom half of it is more pink colored (original is closer to plum), and the trail-off area is about twice as wide as on the original. You can find them on Ebay occasionally. I grew up listening to Led Zeppelin on my dads record player and loved this post. Led Zeppelin First Pressing Vinyl Records. Just playing Side 1 of PG now (-1 matrix) Is the Australian version of Houses of the Holy with the misprint/ reverse cover really all that rare? Cost is usually $10 to $15 in the used bins. Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Chris Schoen, Mar 15, 2011. The jacket is identical to the 1969 original, but it has no lamination and no spine text. Although it isnt actually a mispressing (just a mislabeling), I agree. The evidence of the potential superiority of audio of the first USA pressings over the first UK pressings is right on the UK red/plum coloured Atlantic labels. Singles from Untitled. The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV, was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records. It was produced by guitarist Jimmy Page and recorded between December 1970 and February 1971, mostly in the country house Headley Grange. Ill take care of it for you. Ive been looking on eBay etc. I've got one LP that is thin/bass shy, while the other is solid. Now I will tell you my thoughts after listening to many instances. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. Im not convinced having Perry Como on one side would increase the value of a Led Zep record. Jelco SA750D tonearm: The SA-750D is Jelco's top-of-the-range tonearm. and listen to Zep, like everything else these days on my iTunes. And I discovered some very interesting things. So thats a pretty limited early eighties pressing! Early bird shopping at Amoeba this morning and I just scored a 'Pecko Duck'(or Porky Pecko) pressing of Led Zeppelin IV for $20! This wasnt because I have some sort of maverick vision or second sight as a record investor. Anyone else know? Even the best copies are not going to sound like the best of their first three LPs. Output coupling caps are the costly, advanced types proprietary to Audio Research. Tascam Uh7000 Digital Recorder: The UH-7000 is a professional-grade mic preamp/audio interface that extensively pursues low noise and high sound quality. I dont have more info, discox does not have any info on Led Zepp. Strider 5 or 4 line credits? 11. "IV" is unequivocally the creative apex of Led Zeppelin's musical output, the culmination of their distinctively folksy, hippie stomp style of hard rock. I have 2, One printed 1969, with orange writing in the left upper corner that says led zeppelin.. Label on album is green on top, red on bottom sd-8216.. 1st UK pressing on 'plum' label which is red/white/plum. Regarding Asas Aug 29th comments on finding a very knowledgeable & reputable source for pricing or buying: Printed pricing/buying guides were pretty much rendered obsolete with the advent of auction websites like Ebay. The last time I saw over 500 pounds 3 years ago. Ive got an original Zeppelin 3 12" and love the thing to death. When I first started building up my record collection again, my local record shop, Leigh Records, had a 40 UK plum labelled copy of Led Zep III and a US pressing for 7.50 in the same condition. The earlier the better, but it won't make a lot of difference. The notion that US pressings of III sound better than a UK Plum original is simply not true. But it is even more rare. Still a first pressing, but without the Living Loving Wreck mis-print is a 60 copy in mint condition which lists The Lemon Song, crediting the writers as Plant and Page on the label. WebThe Holy Grail of Led Zeppelin IV vinyl recordings: The "porky" pressing refers to the original pressing first High-Resolution vinyl rip of Led Zeppelin IV. Led Zep III is a terrific record all round. They are very common in Canada, and presumably elsewhere. New reissues tend to be digital remastered so your buying essentially an oversized cd. Why people pay 5 times more for the version with the blue writing rather than white writing is beyond me because the discs are from exactly the same master. affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network, and Thanks for your advice, I will look into that option! Hi Jim not a stupid question at all. I was told by some experts that the only way to get a Rega for less than $400 was to find a used one. Jewel music underneath Warner Bros on a second line. Got a photo or two you can post? Sorry, they are Zep II, Zep III, and Houses of the Holy. all my albums are from 1969 to early 80s, all of Zep, Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Floyd, etc and Id like to sell the lot, anywhere in the UK that might buy the entire collection ? This edition is very rare and expensive. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Well have to wait and see. Then again, their albums were recorded & mixed so perfectly that even a mediocre vinyl pressing should sound excellent. Im more interested in the extra tracks and outtakes Page has promised for Led Zep III and onwards. Thanks. The Holy Grail of Nice article. I do believe they are boots. Oh, and I probably shouldn't have assumed everyone would know George "Pecko Duck" Peckhamhere's some info: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Peckham. The same is true IMHO of Dark side of the Moon, where the much desired blue triangle first pressing commonly has a pressing fault at the very start of side 2 and sometimes also on side 1, after that it sounds fantastic; but so does the A3/B3 second (or third) pressing which has no pressing faults and amazingly sells for only a tenth of the price. The first known live performance for each song from Led Zeppelin IV. Arts with 3. Heh, thats a fair point. PS, I saw Led Zeppelin in 1969 at Leeds Uni, I will never forget the dynamics, the 1000 watt slave amps stacked 10 high and only 2000 people in the hall. As for the value, its hard to say. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Led Zeppelin - IV 4 INDIA 1st PRESSING PLUM UNIQUE SLEEVE Rare Matrix VERY RARE at the best online I got a pecko duck porky one two but on the cover it stamp please credit photograph by paul p marsh I looked all over and cant find any cover with that stamp do any of you have any idea. amazing music , when im down or bored or Thinking about something i would love to write a review in my website if time permits, I love it, music on this means just so much to me. the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. and Germany and are most likely pirates, as there would be no need to produce a DJ or promo copy of any Led Zeppelin album at this point in their career (its not like nobody knows them and they need promoting). the Amazon Associates Program via amazon.com. WebLed Zeppelin IV clear vinyl w/ hype stickers Brazil pressing I think $100.00 0 bids $4.00 shipping 3d 3h Led Zeppelin I self titled s/t LP Atlantic 1977 Specialty Dazed and Confused VG $29.95 Free shipping HOLY GRAILS - Sealed Led Zeppelin Collection I, III & IV Etc ORIG Receipt & Bag $9,999.00 Free shipping 21 watching Led Zeppelin I 1969 SD 8216 Look for an RL in the runout groove (Robert Ludwig). I bought a copy of led zeppelin vol 2 that is a Russian press with the album cover in Russian and the label in russian, I bought it at a fair over 25 years ago and paid 30.00 for it Than a later Edition, the vocals further. If you're very lucky, you might be able to find a CLASSIC 200 or 180g pressing for that much money. Apparently all other international pressings have no inscriptions at all, with the sole exception being the Lebanese pressing. Its hellishly tricky until you realise Page uses an alternative tuning (its an open-G tuning, the same one that Keith Richards uses to play Rocks Off or Start Me Up -and pretty much all of his songs) and then you just learn a few basic chord shapes and Bobs your uncle (or should that be Jimmys your uncle?) 1 * [LP] by Honeydrippers (The) (Vinyl, Atlantic USA), Garth Brooks in Pieces 2019 Legacy Limited Edition Pearl Records Vinyl LP, Jimi Hendrix Mannish Boy Trash Man Factory 2018 RSD 7" Vinyl #ed 713. Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by hattrick15, Oct 19, 2021. The quality of the original vinyl is also very good: As Led Zeps manager Peter Grant revealed in a 1989 interview in Raw magazine: We first got the idea for Swan Song after Atlantic f- up the pressings for Led Zeppelin II. Now that you mention it, the first 2 tracks seem to lack low bass, (apart from a bass drum hit just before the fade out of Custard Pie). One idea for a value might be to list it on Ebay but include an astronomical Reserve Price (so that youll be sure nobody meets it), and see what kind of bidding activity and price it goes up to. But this does not necessarily mean the UK pressings are inferior audio. FWIW I think getting a clean US Monarch pressed Peckham would be the easiest way. WebLed Zeppelin IV LP Vinyl Record 1971 first pressing See original listing Condition: Used Ended: May 24, 2022 , 3:20PM Winning bid: US $8.00 [ 1 bid ] Shipping: $5.00 Economy Or a clean UK original but good luck with that i.e. Well thank you high praise indeed its always good to find things that arent easily look-up-able on the internet (yes, that is a word) and therefore a bit different. Shinjitsu Audio 588 subscribers Subscribe 12K views 2 months ago High-Resolution vinyl rip of Led Zeppelin II. Thanks. I have a copy of Led Zeppelin IV with matrix numbers that match Side A, Variant 1 and Side B, Variant 2 as listed here: Led Zeppelin Untitled (1971, Are you saying it has an Atco-style label? To mark the records 47 th anniversary, here are 35 things you might not know about it: 1. Disk label = reversed, same groupings but with 1 = Heartbreaker, etc and 2 = Whole Lotta Love, etc. - Green/Orange Atlantic Label SD 7208. I still have it. The matrix number on side 1 is LZ A and on side 2 it is LZ B. Unfortunately the majority of US copies vocal is removed into the background. Send it to me instead. Worth anything? Vinyl looks like1971 would u no if it is worth anything. Is it valuable at all? I agree that the UK Physical Graffiti sounds nice. Hi Tracey, I cant find any reference to a 1971 official release on pink vinyl, (I looked on Discogs briefly), so it could be a pirated copy, although difficult to say without further information or pictures. I found one for twenty-five quid a little while ago, but it jumped, so I didnt buy it. after seeing this post, i went to my local record store (an independent, hole in the wall kind of place) and they had 3 of these Pecko IV's. I believe its a first press, A0051, the etching on the run off has been scratched out and xxxx hen scratched in again !!! Just as example of first US pressing, made by Monarch, here below the dead wax info you need to check: ATLANTIC / ATCO vinyl labels and deadwax - what do the codes mean? The funny thing about the Led Zep IIs that jumped all over the place theyre now considered the must have version. The pressing company was named Alfa, and most covers were printed in Prisma, both of which are located in Hafnarfjrur, Iceland. The UK Plums of III and IV beat the US pressings. So my strategy would be either to find an old, battered copy of Led Zep 1 that you could swap the bags around with (and then sell the record for what you paid for it), or better still, find an album sold by Atlantic around the same time as Led Zep 1 that also had the same bag (which is likely to be cheaper than a new copy of Led Zep 1) and swap them around that way. Cheers. What turntable did you buy? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. High-Resolution vinyl rip of Led Zeppelin IV. View basket for details. Gold-plated boron cantilever. I didnt know it at the time, but my US pressing was pretty early and has excellent sound probably better than an equivalent UK version. I also bought, on that same day, an original Shades Of Deep Purple (which I only discovered many years later, was the rare mono version), several Iron Butterfly albums and a few others (there may have been some Monkees albums amongst them but Ill deny it if anyone asks). Side 1 of my copy has a pressing fault which causes the needle to mistrack in a few places on the first 2 tracks causing some distortion. I think a clean 80s copy will be good for most people sadly my copy of Led Zep II is poor and quite crackly, so I have a good reason to invest in the new ones as and when they come out. *rubs hands greedily*. Knowing that I had something quite obscure I returned the album to its sleeve and have never played it again. Your blog gave me the drive to go through my collection of pristine vinyl with the view of selling them. (Did you know the first UK stampers for Led Zep I (-1) both sides, were used for the turquoise and the first orange letter covers, but side 2 was re-cut as it was considered too hot (evidenced on Communication Breakdown)? You can buy the book by clicking this link to the online store, Follow Every Record Tells A Story on Twitter and Facebook. Vector-Aligned cartridge for outstanding channel separation, very low distortion, and superb tracking. These can be bought for substantially less, albeit on lightweight eighties vinyl. But for Rock/ Pop stuff these vats are only cleaned out every six months. More listening required! I mean that version 1 is the same to version 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7? View cart for details. This is because the global nature of Ebay allows basically a worldwide audience to see and bid on an item, and also allows for the value to change on an almost instant basis (as outside market forces affect values, or two collectors engage in a bidding war over the item). Hey guys, I love vinyl and Zeppelin so I want to build on my vinyl collection with some great albums. Agree; Ebay. Regulation of the power supply is also a vacuum tube, using three 6H30 triodes. this can result in this site earning a commission. Feather symbol on side 2 is inverted. Another thing you should know about buying Led Zep vinyl is that their first couple of albums are very, very expensive. After The Crash is a Robert Plant live bootleg from his April 11, 1988 show at the Hammersmith Odeon; maybe worth $15 or $20. Any idea of current values and the best places to sell? Affiliate programs and Inexplicably, the very best pressing of Led Zeppelin IV that I haveand I have owned perhaps 9 copies And the one have have kept since I got it And the one I will take to the old-folks home with me And then have played at my memorial is from the Record Club of America. 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