Description LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN IIISOUGHT AFTER 1st PRESS WITH PETER GRANT CREDITSORIGINAL RED AND PLUM ATLANTIC PRESS IN NEAR MINT PLAYTHROUGH CONDITIONBARELY PLAYED WITH A NEAR MINT SLEEVE CATALOGUE:ATLANTIC 2401002MATRIX: 2401002 A-5 1 2 4 2401002 B-5 1 1 8ETCHED MATRIX NUMBERS'SO MOTE IT BE & DO WHAT THOU WILT' IN THE DEAD WAXSUPERB FULLY WORKING E.J.DAY SLEEVECATALOGUE NUMBER DOES HAVE A DASH IN THE MIDDLEPRESS THE BUTTONS BELOW TO HEAR THE WHOLE ALBUM (ONE PER SIDE) IT WILL TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO FULLY LOADPowered by eCommercePlayer.comPowered by eCommercePlayer.comTHE RECORDS THE LABELSTHE RED AND PLUM LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. BOTH BASE COLOURS ARE RICH AND VIBRANT, AND THE WHITE BAND IS STILL WHITE AND NOT SOILED AT ALL. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS UNRUBBED AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE. FINALLY THERE ARE BETWEEN 4-5 SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING HOW LITTLE THE VINYL HAS BEEN PLAYED. THE VINYLTHE HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE, AND IN DAYLIGHT LOOKS TOTALLY FLAWLESS . EVEN WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION, THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAN THREE ULTRA FINE HANDLING LINES ON SIDE A AND A SMALL NON SOUNDING DULL PATCH ON TRACK 1, SIDE BA REALLY GLEAMING STUNNING COPYPLAYING THE RECORDWE DO BELIEVE THAT A RARE LP SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE HEARD BY BIDDERS AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN. THE BUTTONS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE WILL ALLOW YOU TO HEAR THE ACTUAL RECORD YOUR ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ONTHIS IS A SERVICE WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER OUR CUSTOMERSTHIS RED AND PLUM ZEP 3 PLAYS SUPERBLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID IT HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE. THERE IS CERTAINLY NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER, MEANING THAT THE LITTLE PLAY IT HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUSTHE CLARITY OF THIS STEREO REPRODUCTION IS MAGNIFICENT, AND EVERY NOTE IS HEARD EXACTLY AS IT WAS INTENDEDTHERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE OR LOUD CLICKS THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGHTHERE IS NO VINYL NOISE AND NOT EVEN ANY MORE THAN THE VERY RANDOM SPECK OF BARELY AUDIBLE STATIC, AND THE LINKING GROOVES ARE SILENTI DIDN'T HEAR ANY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGHA STUNNING ZEPPELIN THREE AND I AM HAPPY TO GRADE THIS NEAR MINTTAKE A LISTEN AND YOU BE THE JUDGE THOUGH THE SLEEVE THE ICONIC ZEP III SLEEVE IN SUPERB ORIGINAL CONDITION, WITH A PROPERLY WORKING 'WHEEL' THIS ORIGINAL ISSUE E.J.DAY AND CO LAMINATED SLEEVE ALWAYS SEEMS TO SUFFER FROM SEVERE YELLOWING TO THE WHITE SURFACE , PARTICULARLY AROUND THE PERIMETER EDGE. HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE, THAT ONLY HAS VERY VERY LIGHT AGEING TO THE VERY EDGES THE FRONT SURFACE IS BLEMISH FREE!! IT IS TOTALLY FLAT AND THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES ANYWHERE. THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINENONE ALONG THE TOP OR BOTTOM EDGES AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR, AND THERE IS NO LIFT, PEEL OR FLAKE ANYWHERE. THE WHEEL WORKS TO PERFECTION!!! THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE 100% FREE FROM ANY SHELF WEAR WHATSOEVER. ALL OF THE BLACK SURFACE IS THERE WHICH INCUDES THE CORNER TIPS THE SPINE IS IN MINT CONDITION AS WELL. FIRSTLY ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS PERFECTLY INTACT, NO PEEL OR FLAKE. IT IS TOTALLY FLAT WITHOUT ANY THUMB TO FINGER SQUASHING AT ANY POINT, AN FINALLY ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND IT'S ALSO WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THERE IS NO WEAR EITHER TO THE TOP OR BOTTOM TIPS OF THIS SUPERB SPINE THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL RAZOR SHARP, SHOWING JUST HOW LITTLE THIS RECORD HAS BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE COVER, THE REAR SURFACE LIKE THE FRONT HAS NO CREASES OR PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE EDGES.IT IS EVERY BIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT, AGAIN A DELIGHTFUL WHITE SURFACE WITH JUST THAT LIGHT SHADOW CLOSE TO THE EDGES. IT IS HERE THAT THIS SLEEVE ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF HAVING 'STRETCH LINES' TO THE LAMINATE. THIS ONE HAS ABSOLUTELY NONETHERE ARE A FEW INDENT LINES JUST TO THE LEFT OF JIMMY PAGE'S HEAD AND TWO TO THE RIGHT OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A PRISTINE PAIR OF INNER PANELS. ALL OF THE COLOURS ARE THERE AND THERE ARE NO MARKS OR STAINS ANYWHERE.GLEAMING LAMINATE THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED, WITH THE FLIPBACKS AND POLY LINED INTERIOR. IT IS THE CORRECT ONE FOR THIS LP AND HAS THE 0970 (SEP1970) IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.IT IS UNSPLIT AND ONLY HAS A COUPLE OF LIGHT CREASESTHE SLEEVE GRADES NEAR MINT !!! WITH EASE