Lot 47BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS-NO SWEAT-1973-FIRST PRESS UK CBS-NMINT/NMINT

GABRIEL,PETER-FOUR-1982 - FIRST UK PRESS-CHARISMA PG4 . Rare British original. The fourth Studio album by British rock musician. Originally the CD was released without a title, as the three previous works of the musician. However, in the United States, it was published under the headings"Security", as American publisher label Geffen Records categorically insisted on the name, in connection with the resulting confusion on the market. ...more

MOODY BLUES-OCTAVE-1978-UK FIRST PRESS-DECCA-TXS129. Rare British original. Octave is the ninth album by the Moody Blues , released in 1978, and their first release after a substantial hiatus, and the success of the bestselling Seventh Sojourn in 1972. The album was the last for the group with keyboardist Mike Pinder, who left during the sessions of the album, and turned down the offer to tour with the band. Octave reached # 6 in the United Kingdom and was certified platinum in the United States, where the album reached # 13. The album produced the hit single " Steppin 'in a Slide Zone," which got to number 39 in the US, in addition to "Driftwood" ...more

WAKEMAN, RICK-SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII-1973-FIRST UK PRESS-A&M-AMLH64361. Of The Matrix A-1/B-1. Rare British original . The second Studio album by British keyboardist Rick Wakeman , released in January 1973 on A & M Records. It reached number 7 in the album chart in the UK and No. 30 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. It was certified gold by the recording industry Association of America in 1975 and sold in the United States more than 500,000 copies. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-BOOK OF TALIESYN-1968-ORIGINAL PRESS 1969 UK-HARVEST-SHVL751. Matrices A-1G/B-1G. Stamper 2GO/1GD (Very early!).  A rare original 1969 edition of the cult album. The Book of Taliesyn is the second studio album by the British band Deep Purple. It was released in the USA in October 1968 on the Tetragrammaton Records label, and in the UK in June 1969 on the Harvest label named after the "Book of Taliesin" — a Welsh manuscript of the first half of the XIV century, including the oldest Welsh poems, many of which are attributed to the poet Taliesin (VI century). The album cover was drawn by illustrator John Vernon Lord. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-BANANAS-2003-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-EMI-724359101812. Mega rare original cult album of this great band DEEP PURPLE. Bananas — the seventeenth Studio album by British rock band Deep Purple, released in 2003, and their first Studio album, recorded without Jon Lord on keyboards. David Jeffries from the site Allmusic.com gave the album four stars out of five. A critic noticed that the CD "has all the signs of frustration": it is missing the keyboard parts of Jon Lord, always give sound Deep Purple special color, and the title and cover too eccentric. However, he said, surprisingly, really amazing album: Lord successfully replaced don Airey, the songs perfectly listen to the vocals of Ian Gillan are still good and the sound quality doesn't cause complaints. Jeffries especially praised the songs "Picture of Innocence", "I Got Your Number", and "Doing It Tonight". ...more