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.
Vinyl in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Matte gatefold cover is in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Record labels ' new - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
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EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER-BRAIN SALAD SURGERY-1973-UK FIRST PRESS-MANTICORE-K53501. Matrix A-6/B-3. Mega rare British original, complete configuration ( the poster and Flexi disc).Brain Salad Surgery — album English rock group Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1973, is considered by most fans of the group the best. This is the first album recorded private label — Manticore Records. ...more
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WINGS-GREATEST-1978-FIRST UK PRESS-MPL - PCTC256. Matrix A-3/B-1. Rare British original in top condition with poster. The album contains a large number of tracks from singles of the early period. ...more
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SCORPIONS-ANIMAL MAGNETISM-1980-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-HARVEST - 1C 064-45933. "Animal Magnetism"- the 7th album . Recorded from December 1979 to February 1980 in the Studio, "Dierks Studios" (Cologne, Germany).The album cover was created by storm with Thorgerson of the design firm Hipgnosis, who had designed the cover for Pink Floyd. Storm suggested the idea of the cover from which the group was delighted. ...more
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BUTTERFIELD,PAUL-PUT IT IN YOUR EAR 1975-FIRST UK PRESS-BEARSVILLE-K55509. Of the matrix A-1/B-1 ALLEN. Rare British original Blues master. The main merit of this musician is that he was one of the first "white man" invaded a black Blues, setting new rules in this genre and thus, significantly expanding the audience of admirers of this style.This is the last album before a long break, the next album will be recorded only in 1986. ...more
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