Product Description
Super Rare Actual 1969 First New Zealand Pressing Of The Second Led Zeppelin LP! Great Condition For A Record That Is Over 51 Years Old! Original Green & Silver (Clean) Labels With ‘Vol. II’ As Album Title & Three Catalogue Numbers: SAL-933615 / SMX-33187 / SD-8236. “Whole Lotta Love” Is Typed As “Whole Lot Of Love”, “Livin’ Lovin’ Maid (She’s Just A Woman)” Is Mis-Spelt As “Livin’ / Lovin’ Wreck (She’s A Woman)” On Side 2 Label. Laminated Lighter Coloured Inner Opening Flipback Gatefold Cover (Inner Gatefold Is Black & White). One For The True Led Zeppelin Collectors!
MADE IN NEW ZEALAND BY FESTIVAL RECORDS (N.Z.) LIMITED
Label + Dead Wax Details: 588-198-A. #2 / 588-198-B. #2 (Etched)
Condition – Vinyl: VERY GOOD PLUS! Looks VG / Plays VG+ Some light surface marks, but plays through well ~ sounds EXCELLENT!
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD! Most wear is around spine (tears at top & bottom, flaking). Medium ring wear on back, spots of foxing inside gatefold, due to age.
Side 1:
Whole Lotta Love
What Is And What Should Never Be
The Lemon Song
Thank You
Side 2:
Heartbreaker
Livin’ Lovin’ Maid (She’s Just A Woman)
Ramble On
Moby Dick
Bring It On Home
AMG –
Led Zeppelin II provided the blueprint for all the heavy rock bands that followed it... Led Zeppelin II provided the blueprint for all the heavy rock bands that followed it. Recorded quickly during Led Zeppelin's first American tours, Led Zeppelin II provided the blueprint for all the heavy rock bands that followed it. Since the group could only enter the studio for brief amounts of time, most of the songs that compose II are reworked blues and rock & roll standards that the band was performing on-stage at the time. Not only did the short amount of time result in a lack of original material, it made the sound more direct. Jimmy Page still provided layers of guitar overdubs, but the overall sound of the album is heavy and hard, brutal and direct. "Whole Lotta Love," "The Lemon Song," and "Bring It on Home" are all based on classic blues songs -- only, the riffs are simpler and louder and each song has an extended section for instrumental solos. Of the remaining six songs, two sport light acoustic touches ("Thank You," "Ramble On"), but the other four are straight-ahead heavy rock that follows the formula of the revamped blues songs. While Led Zeppelin II doesn't have the eclecticism of the group's debut, it's arguably more influential.
Geoff –
It must have totally blown some minds when it hit the streets over 48 years ago -- and still does today! This is the powerfully good second album from the mighty Zeppelin. It must have totally blown some minds when it hit the streets over 48 years ago -- and still does today! "Whole Lotta Love" in particular is a psychedelic hard rockin' piece of amazing music -- and the rest of the songs ain't too shabby either... There's the hippy anthem "Ramble On", the spectacular blues number "What is and What Should Never Be", Page's showcase "Heartbreaker" and even a drum solo, in the form of Bonzo's "Moby Dick". John Paul Jones plays some lovely organ on the ballad "Thank You" and Robert Plant shines throughout. All in all, 'Led Zeppelin II' is one hell of a good album that deserves all the praise and sales it has garnered over the years.