Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III

Finally found a decent playing copy of this famed red label LZ III. Come across them quite a bit at record shows here in Canada but always in bad shape. This is very spacious sounding, dynamic, revealing, a lot of air on the high end but everything still sounding in the right place and very sweet and 3D-like. Tangerine and That’s the Way are incredible sounding. Wish there was just a little bit more bass overall but just nudging it up on my stereo really helped flesh it out at least on my setup. Some might find this a bit sibilant at times, especially hihat/cymbals, some vocal moments. I have the Classic Records pressing which is very good, one of the best records I have, but there’s more spaciousness and detail in this one, though it doesn’t have the thump and silky smoothness of the Classic. Hard to find a decent clean one for sure but worth hunting for to hear the detail and soundstage. For what it’s worth I also have the 2015 and I’m appreciating it more and more for its good balance between all these EQ characteristics of the different pressings I have even if it’s a little more compressed.

Sounds great!!!!words word words and even more words ….and then some more

I don't have an older version to compare this to, but I think this pressing sounds pretty great overall. Specifically, the b side sounds great. I'd be curious about other pressings, though. This does still have that very remastered sound, older pressings could have more a little more life

In reference to variant 1. A jaw dropping improvement over my earlier Cinram.

Picked this up used not realizing, nor recognizing, it's evil nature... sounds fantastic.

Have a copy for sale - also have other Chinese knock off of Japanese CD mini sleeves with the inserts (no obi's tho) - me if interested.

I have a copy of this release, record is in condition NM/NM – 27,50 $.
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Found this record this year from someone who sold all his records. It's not in the best condition, a few skips at the beginning of immigrant song. But man, this sounds so good. And just the spanish language all over it is incredibly cool. What a find, it seems i've been quite lucky knowing how much it's sought after. I've got number 3637! Such a unique find here in the Netherlands.

It's good but not perfect. The main issue I can hear compared to my other pressings is how muddy it is. I wouldn't mind the bass prominence as much if the high-end was detailed enough to compensate but to me it really isn't. The acoustic lead songs sound especially unimpressive. But if you didn't have anything else to compare it to I'm sure you'd find it good, cause it's definitely not terrible. It's also pretty dead quiet. It's disappointing cause I can 100% sing the praises of the Alsdorf/Strawberry pressing of Zeppelin 1, but this isn't even comparable to me.

This appears to be almost the same pressing as the 1st US, which is also a Presswell. Sounds really good with nice separation of all the instruments and Plant’s voice is right in the center. Bonham’s drums shake the room in Gallows Pole.