1969
Red & Plum
PYE CONTRACT PRESSING with MISPRINT of "THANKYOU" & "LEMON SONG" credit.

When this album was released in 1969 the Polydor pressing plant couldn't keep up with demand and had to reach across the pond to the US of A to keep up with demand...Contracting PYE to press these glorious slabs of vinyl whilst the furiously continued on to meet demand in the UK.
These rather rare pressings are easily identified by the etched matrix numbers, which simply end in 'A' and 'B' rather than their British counterparts ending with A5/B5 for example. PYE also made an error in the side B matrix-having had to then scratch out the 3rd digit (number 9)of the matrix and replace it with the number 8 just above the crossed out digit.
Not many of these were produced and even fewer exist today.

For further evidence of this rare 1st pressing is the misprinted title for track 4 on side A being "THANKYOU", rather than the correct "THANK YOU" as you will see on later copies, from both the PYE and Polydor pressing plants (as they both made this error).

So-that explains it's pressing rarity...and now for the condition of this one up for sale:
Catalogue Number: 588198 (no space)
QUALITY Red & Plum label

Matrix Numbers:
ETCHED
Side 1: 588198 A
Side 2: 588198 B
With 'I' etched into the Mother area of side 1 and and 'J' in side 2.
THE EARLIEST YOU CAN HOPE TO FIND!

The Vinyl:
HEAVYWEIGHT 158g
 VG.
I have just given here a gentle ultrasonic clean, followed by a vacuum clean and wow-the audio popped right out!...Have a listen to the clip provided of the first track on side 1.
Being one of my favourite albums of all time-it really wasn't a chore to listen to her through at HIGH volume!!
The stereo split on Ramble On is lovely and clear and always makes me smile.
This quality, heavyweight slab of vinyl has been taken to a few parties (quite rightly so!!), providing some light marks to the vinyl and some light and occasional background noise-more evident on the quieter Thank You track, right at the end...But I certainly didn't find them offensive at all-it just reminded me I am listening to a ground breaking album in glorious all oiriginal analogue format....I was still able to pick out the highs and lows which are cut out of the CD format...So much more depth to the album on vinyl...I noticed some brief pops but they soon disappeared, with a longer, soft pop through half of The Lemon Song.
Side 2 kicks off with clarity and power and continues throughout-with an audio  grading of an easy VG+...Continuing throughout as this side is visually and audibly better than side 1...Not detracting at all from the side 1 audio-which still thumps out :)
Once the tracks really get going this occasional background noise does exactly what it should: fade into the background..with the superb bass taking over.
NO JUMPS, SKIPS OR STICKS ON MY FOCUS ONE DECK.
(Fitted with SME head and a LYNN BASIK LV V arm-on quite a light setting)
!!!!AS ZEPPELIN WANTED YOU TO HEAR THEM-with some original pops and crackle-but not too many!!!!


The Labels:
EX!
 ORIGINAL RED & PLUM labels. Just light wear to the these labels...Please see the images...WOULD FRAME INCREDIBLY WELL!
LEMON SONG credit.
She also carries the mistake for the last track on side 1: "THANKYOU"....without the space betweent the two words....The earliest example you can find.
"COPYRIGHT CONTROL" to BOTH SIDES, rather than the later Warner Bros.
MADE IN Gt. BRITAIN
These rare PYE pressings have a second ring around the central hole.
Gorgeously deep in colour-a SUPERB example.

TRACK LISTING:
    Side One:
    Whole Lotta Love
    What is and What Should Never Be
LEMON SONG
    THANKYOU (no space)
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    Side Two:
    Heartbreaker
    Livin' Lovin' Maid (She's Just a Woman)
    Ramble On
    Moby Dick
    Bring it on Home

PRODUCED BY JIMMY PAGE

The Cover:
VG.
 Original 1st printing LIGHT 'CHOCOLATE' coloured GATEFOLD cover (the pictures show it to be darker-but it really is the 1st printing run with the much lighter milk-chocolate brown)with some storage and handling wear to her-Please see the pictures provided...Rubbing to the edges but with minimal ring wear to the back of the gatefold-as was common with these 1st pressings.
STRONG SPINE.
NO WRITING.
States "Lemon Song"as well as "Livin' Lovin' MAID" on the sleeve track listing.
NO SPLITS OR TEARS.
Some rubbing to the corners as well as some rubbing to the edges and spine-but nothing bad at all. There is a small patch of lifting to the back panel, a small amount of nibbling to the bottom left corner to the back panel too. With two small patches of lifting to the inside right panel-Please see the detaled images attached as these aren't bad at all.
"Printed and made by EJ Day & Co, London W11"
"UPTIGHTAN' OUTASIGHT is the Official Atlantic Appreciation Society at 17-19 Stratford Place W11"
THE VERY 1ST PRINTING CREDITS HERE
*ALL ORIGINAL*

The Inner:
EX+.
Again-an ALL ORIGINAL inner with the text "PLASTIC BAGS CAN BE DANGEROUS"
 Double-windowed poly-lined inner sleeve in superb  -certainly did her job in looking after the vinyl.
Superb shape, just some very light discolouration from age-but don't we all?!;)

SO...
ALL IN ALL SHE WOULD PUT A VERY LARGE SMILE ON ANY ROCK FANS FACE!!!
THE VERY COLLECTABLE PYE PRESSING RED & PLUM LABELS WITH "THANKYOU" AND "LEMON SONG" TRACK TITLES.
-ALL HOUSED IN THE VERY 1ST LIGHT CHOCOLATE GATEFOLD SLEEVE!!....
STILL SOUNDS FULL OF EDGE EVEN WITH THE OCCASIONAL LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE.
NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE ONE OF THESE RARE COPIES.

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