Led Zep Reissue on vinyl


Anyone listen yet? I haven't committed to getting them yet and am curious to hear any impressions and opinions. Thanks
moryoga
Act, no not yet. The releases are in batches, the first, released at the beginning of June 2014, was the first three albums in various formats and combination packages with optional extras, bonus tracks, etc.
Page had announced all this over a year ago, if memory serves, promising that all the Zep albums would be re-released as remasters during 2014. Not sure what the next milestone date is for the next wave. Obviously IV will draw a pretty big audience. I saw somewhere that Zep is now 'charting,' at least in the UK for the first time, probably, in decades.
I'm wondering if anybody here has found any manufacturing defects in their vinyl? Overall I've found quite a few defects in NEW VINYL that I have purchased.

My Led Zep 1 came with a major defect; as I removed the disk from it's sleeve, I saw what looked to be a hair hanging from the record. I went to pull it off the disk and found it was excess edge vinyl, so I pulled and off came a piece of vinyl from the edge to the lead-in groove. So it looks like someone took a little bite out of my record.

I've encountered records with rough edges before, but this is a new one for me.
Mine also has a surface scratch on one side. I noticed this when initially unwrapping it. It doesn't affect play, so it's not a huge deal.... I will just have to lower my price when I get around to selling it.
Not being able to return new vinyl seems to be the industry standard now. When Music Direct asked me if my record will play and I said yes (even with a piece of the vinyl broken off), they said then it is not defective.

Even though it's missing the edge, if I can get the needle onto the first groove and play music, it is non-exchangeable. Pisses me off since I'm a collector.

I know the record labels are making it hard on venders to return a record, but after all the hype about high quality remastering and cutting at a world-class record plant, there's no excuse for defects that can't be returned.

Even before its first play, my mint state record has dropped to F if I decided to sell it.... Just venting.