Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. Label: This Version 4 as Version 3, but with difference of the corrected stamped matrix number and again with Superhype mis-credit on label side one as Version 2). The catalouge number will start with the letter 'k' and the label colour will be orange and green to identify. The 2nd pressing has orange sleeve lettering without grey stripe at bottom on front cover and without Superhype credits with instead Warner Bros/7 Arts. NOTES: 2nd press with orange lettering with no superhype credits, grey stripe along the bottom of sleeve, second 8 scratched out on stamped matrix number.

This issue has the earlier uncorrected stamped matrix number, slightly later issues have the second 8 scratched out. However, whichever copy you look for, finding Led Zep II in great condition is harder work than listening to Depeche Mode’s third album. My first car was a 1962 Mercury Comet, bought it from a neighbor whose husband had passed away (it had been his daily driver).One of the things that immediately distinguishes Led Zeppelin from the Yardbirds pertains to the fact that the former’s first album is incredibly well recorded. The English rock band Led Zeppelin was active from 1968 to 1980, during which time they recorded eight studio albums. Shortly after, the band signed a six-album contract with Atlantic Records and went on to sell roughly a gazillion or so records in the 1970s. The UK pressing would be reasonable but I think you would get the best sonics for your money if you can get an old Japanese pressing of LZI. Vinyl in VERY GOOD condition, MINIMAL superficial surface marks and minor background noise in places.

In both situations, the record may command just slightly more in the marketplace, as an oddity, but not that much more. I know they aren’t that common, but value will depend upon its condition and what somebody is willing to pay you for it on a given day. Side one shakes you upside the behind like few LPs had done at the time and alone ensures the work’s classic status. I have 2 LZ1 Orange lettered covers one with the silver line at the bottom,the other without but has 1cm gap between the top and the LZ writing and less picture at the bottom, both are 588171 both labels have 1,2,4 Warner Bros. Thinking about the ones that got away in the record bins—the turquoise-lettered pressing of Led Zeppelin I or the black-and-gold-label edition of Please Please Me.Label: The Version 6 has Orange sleeve lettering with Grey stripe at bottom on front cover and without Superhype credits with instead Warner Bros/7 Arts. The deciding factor was apparently Ringo Starr, of Beatles fame, who encouraged using the name Led Zeppelin. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. Describe accurately, become familiar with the Goldmine method of record grading (you can Google it).

The paperback book, Every Record Tells A Story: A Vinyl Handbook is out now, packed full of vinyl-related advice and the stories behind great records. The story goes that Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, while trying to get John Bonham and John Paul Jones to join their band (then dubbed the "New Yardbirds" after Page's Yardbirds broke up) were trying to come up with a new band name. U. 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 (it’s not like nobody knows them and they need promoting). Other than Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin albums, no LP issued in the late 1960s seemed quite so rebellious, so loud, and so utterly wild. The origin story for the name Led Zeppelin has never been confirmed, but like all great myths of rock 'n' roll history, it's worth believing.early 80s maybe, one immediate difference would be the lettering is a mustard color, where on the originals it is more of an orange.