Led Zeppelin II on vinyl

"When I was employed, I was able to indulge myself with White Hot Stampers from Better Records.  I checked their site, multiple times a day, every day.  When I saw that they posted an RL / SS pressing with their highest sonic grade, on both sides, I purchased it.

That was in August of 2015.  The price was $799.99 (a steal by today's pricing, if you can find one)."

$799 today is about $1100. Thanks to all this RL hype, a decent copy will now be $1500? Stamper guy has sharpened his writing skills since 2015. Now he can REALLY sell the sizzle for that steak!

OP...I  would go for a Classic records or a 70s/80s German copy and be done with it. Any of the clean US pressings... the few that are clean are $$$ 

@thebrokenrecord 

The whole thing is recorded well, although "Whole Lotta" certainly stands out, which it ought to.

I can't speak for other pressings or other stereos.  On my RL / SS stamper, all of the songs (except the first two on side one) sound like very good recordings.

Whereas, the first two songs on side one do not sound like recordings.