Record Details

Artist:	Led Zeppelin
Title:	Led Zeppelin II
Format:	12"Promo
Label:	Atlantic
Cat No:	SD 8236
Released:	1969
Country:
Status	Have
Added To List	30th September 2017

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US 1st pressing (with the 1841 Broadway address on the labels), featuring Robert Ludwig's "hot" mastering on both sides. These were withdrawn early because the high bass levels caused low-grade cartridges to mistrack, leading people to return the album on the belief that it was defective. Another engineer was then hired to recut a much less "hot" version of the album, and that is the far more common version. On some copies the Sterling Sound credit, "SS", appears in both runouts following Ludwig's "RL", and on others the "SS" appears only in the Side Two runout. The "RL" will still appear in both runouts. This sub should only be used for copies with "RL" in both runouts, as only these are the true "RL" pressings which command hundreds of dollars (albeit in Near Mint condition). Later transitional pressings which featuring "RL" on only one side and another engineer's work on the other should receive their own subs. US 1st pressing (with the 1841 Broadway address on the labels), featuring Robert Ludwig's "hot" mastering on both sides. These were withdrawn early because the high bass levels caused low-grade cartridges to mistrack, leading people to return the album on the belief that it was defective. Another engineer was then hired to recut a much less "hot" version of the album, and that is the far more common version. On some copies the Sterling Sound credit, "SS", appears in both runouts following Ludwig's "RL", and on others the "SS" appears only in the Side Two runout. The "RL" will still appear in both runouts. This sub should only be used for copies with "RL" in both runouts, as only these are the true "RL" pressings which command hundreds of dollars (albeit in Near Mint condition). Later transitional pressings which featuring "RL" on only one side and another engineer's work on the other should receive their own subs. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): (ST-A-691671 PR) Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): (ST-A-691672 PR) Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant 1): ST-A-691671-C RL SS P LW W AT Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant 1): ST-A-691672-A P LW AT RL SS W Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant 2): ST-A-691671-A LWP W AT RL Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant 2): ST-A-691672-A LWP AT RL SS W

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