Lot 20GOLDEN EARRING-SAME-1970-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-POLYDOR-NMINT/NMINT

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-VITAL LIVE-1978-FIRST UK PRESS-CHARISMA-CVLD101. Of the matrix A-1/B-1/C-1/D-1 Masterdisc -ALLEN. Rare British original double concert of cult prog group. Vital: Van der Graaf Live is the first live album by the English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator . It was recorded 16 January 1978 at the Marquee in London and was released in July, a month after the group disbanded in 1978. The album is known for its radical recycling old material. Although Van der Graaf Generator has always been active on stage, on tours 1977 and 1978 was noted for its ferocity. ...more

SWEET-LEVEL HEADED-1978-FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR-POLD5001. Very rare original British cult album. Level Headed-Sweet's sixth album . A different version was released on Polydor in Europe and Capitol in the US, Canada and Japan. The album "Love Is Like Oxygen", the latest single from the group that ranked in the top 40, it reached number 8 in the US and 9th in the UK. The only version of "Love Is Like Oxygen" is substantially shorter than the album version. The second single, "California Nights", was released as the album but only reached #76 in the United States. This was the last album with the classic lineup of Sweet, as Brian Connolly left about a year after the album's release to start a solo career. The remaining trio of Steve priest, Andy Scott and Mick Tucker continued the work and released three albums before breaking up in 1981. ...more

KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1975-HOLLAND-ISLAND-88166XAT. In the Court of the Crimson King is the debut Studio album by the British band King Crimson, released in 1969. The album ranked fifth in the list of Top 25 best albums of progressive rock version Progarchives.com. This drive has had a big and unusually strong influence on the development of psychedelic rock, progressive rock and heavy metal. The album was recorded with exceptional musicality, the poetics of texts. While some rock groups (e.g., Pink Floyd) were prone to writing long songs, while others tried to hold in a rock song freedom jazz forms (Frank Zappa), in the Court of the Crimson King group used a bizarre poetry blakowski nightmares, visions, and premonitions. The group is always attributed to so-called genre of "intelligent heavy metal", and their very first album, created this genre, and also advanced music idea forward on several fronts. The album opens with the song "21st Century Schizoid Man", which is characterized by the use of heavily distorted vocals, deliberately monotonous, mechanical rhythm and piercingly loud saxophone and guitar. The rhythm is specified as the first song, suddenly gives way to a soft melodic calm "I Talk to the Wind". Air psychedelic piece "Moonchild" is completed with free form improvisation. In "Epitaph" and the title "The Court of The Crimson King" " the group used in the orchestration of the Mellotron. ...more

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - TARCUS-1971-FIRST UK PRESS-ISLAND - ILPS-9155. Matrix A-1U/B-1U. Stamper 1TG/1GGM. Tarkus is the second Studio album by British rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971. Tarkus - fiction cyborg, the half Armadillo, half-tank depicted on the album cover. On the inner spread of the album contains a sequence of images of the struggle of Tarkus with other mechanical creatures, ending with the victory of the Manticore. The drive took 9-th place in the American Billboard 200 chart . ...more

CELENTANO, ADRIANO-I MIEI AMERICANI VOL.2-1986-FIRST PRESS ITALY-CLAN-CLN20545. Rare Italian original. The disc consists of the world famous American hits by popular artists (with the exception of the songs "Michelle" by the British rock group The Beatles, and the song "Susanna" by the Dutch band the Art Company). All songs of this album translated into Italian, and modified arrangements. Translation of the lyrics as close to the original. In total, the album includes eleven songs. The album was a bestseller for two years and is very important in the career of Adriano. The album's success was so great that two years later, Celentano has released the second CD with the same title — I miei americani 2, also presents world hits. ...more