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Is this Normal? Zeppelin IV LP sounds horrible

I picked up a copy of Zeppelin IV, one of my favorites. I decided to get an LP copy. I am sad to say that this pressing is honestly one of the worse recordings I have ever heard! Zeppelin stuff is never that "clean" but this is a damn shame. The record is "Near Mint" to "Mint" condition, and I am being conservative. I am curious if anyone has had experience with this pressing, and if someone could direct me to a more "ear friendly" pressing of this timeless classic. { And Yes, I already own the CD }.

Here are the details:
*Altantic.
*green, white stripe, and red label
*KSD-19129
*1971
*DIST WEA Canada
*Published by Superhype Music Inc ASCAP
*ST-A-712286
*the inscription on side B says
11/29/79 KSD19129 B#5 XD
*the inscription on side A says
KSD19129 A#4

So lets hear it, vinyl experts.
dfelkai
rwwear
2,851 posts
 
Canadian vinyl is usually bad. An exception is "Famous Blue Raincoat"
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theo
2,665 posts
 
Get the Classic Records version. I am wearing mine out.
dfelkai OP
89 posts
 
Come on now, I don't think you can generalize. WEA distributes the Vinyl, that means nothing about the pressing. For example my Jimmy Hendrix Axis: Bold as love is also a Canadian distribution, WEA. Though, it is a Reprise 6281 Original plate, and kicks some serious @ss. I am new to this and I can be wrong, and if I am please correct me, but from a strictly logical standpoint: original disk = original disk no matter where it is distributed and who it is distributed by.

The classic is not available, sadly. I really like the magic on this album I am determined to hunt down a good copy.

I suppose that the lesson is: don't buy vinyl without an audition, if possible. Some records that are, seemingly, in mint condition may sound horrible, and some records that look beaten up sound great. It also seems as though there is a tremendous amount of variation between different pressings; much more of a dramatic difference then I first anticipated.
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phasecorrect
2,013 posts
 
U think iv sounds bad try 1 its a hot muddy mess classics reissues are nice but bass shy mothership comp sounds great 4 lp set
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
IV was not mastered well to begin with and I agree the Classic version is the best I've heard so far, which still leaves much to be desired.

It's a matter of the music meaning more than the sonics.
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