I was excited to see 3 LP's show up today....
LZ - House of the Holy
LZ - Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix - Cry of Love
House of the Holy is an absolutely terrible pressing, tested on two turntables and different set ups. Amazon and online confirm, all the pressings are bad. Luckily Amazon is super easy to deal with, they are sending another (even though I told her it would be bad) and sent a prepaid shipping label to return this one or both, when the time comes.
After reading this I went back, in fact I'm listening to Houses of the Holy right now, to make sure my exuberance for this album is not unfounded. Honestly, mine is flawless. This re-issue that Page re-mastered is so multilayered, with all kinds of things going on in the background that I don't remember ever hearing. I assume that what you are hearing on your album is not subtle but very obvious. What is it that you are hearing, or not hearing?
I purchased this album from Amoeba Records in Hollywood. I tell you it was more than $20 or so that you mentioned Amazon.ca was selling it for. To sweeten the deal the cashier gave me a Houses of the Holy TT mat, stickers, buttons, postcard. I gave it all to my son except the mat. The mat is sitting on top of the deerskin mat that resides on my Technics TT.