A very clean and very rare UK first pressing of Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut album, with the earliest cover with turquoise lettering and grey stripe across the bottom.  Adding to the collectability are uncorrected matrixes and Superhype/Jewel publishing credits.

The earliest pressings of Led Zeppelin’s 1969 debut were mistakenly printed with turquoise lettering on the front cover, instead of the familiar orange type.  These were quickly replaced with the intended color scheme, with the grey line also removed, the disc’s matrix numbers corrected, and the publishing credits changed.  Original pressings have become highly sought after, and this is a superb example.

The very lightly played disc and labels grade Near Mint, while the audio is Mint to Near Mint throughout, other than a light and unobtrusive tick for 18 seconds during ‘Babe I’m Gonna Leave You’.  The matrix numbers are 588171 A//1 and 588171 B//1.

The fully laminated sleeve grades VG++, with lamination lifting along the spine on the front and back, and lamination creasing on the top right corner, right side of the zeppelin and tower, and bottom left corner of the back cover.

With the original Atlantic lined innersleeve reading ‘British Patent No.  800513 & 973939.

A scarce and highly sought after album.