Mint Condition with plastic sleeve

Label:

Atlantic – 2401012

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Version 2

Country:

UK

Released:

8 Nov 1971

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Blues Rock

'Plum' Atlantic pressing on red/white/plum label.

This is the 2nd (of 8) verified and known 'plum' label variants. Specific to this label variant are:

Variation label of the 1st pressing - Feather symbol on Side 2 has been corrected and is the right way up.
Catalogue number at 3 o'clock above circular Atlantic logo reads 'deluxe 2401012'
'Marketed by Polydor Records Limited' at 6 o'clock on labels.
The 'Under licence from Atlantic Recording Corpn., U.S.A.' text is printed above the white centre strip,
and omitting the music publisher, "Superhype Music Inc", credit.
also it has the distinctive 'Peter Grant' credit at the bottom label.

The music credits on this label variation state only "Kinney Music Ltd,"
"Led Zeppelin" printed in the plum area on bottom label just under the track titles in smaller lettering.

"Kinney Music Ltd."
"LED ZEPPELIN"
"Produced By Jimmy Page."
"Executive Producer Peter Grant."

"Porky" and "Pecko Duck" hand etched into Run-Out Groove.

Inner sleeve has lyrics to 'Stairway to Heaven' on one side and track titles and credits on the other. The first inner sleeves are dark gray with two foldback edges to the side.
Some copies have the inner with four credits lines, while some copies have the inner with five credits lines (see pics).

This release was commonly referred to as 'Led Zeppelin IV', to follow in sequence with their previous three releases, but no actual title appears on the release.

℗ 1971