Lot 64LENNON, JOHN & YOKO ONO-MILK AND HONEY-1984-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR--ARCHIVE

HUBBARD, FREDDIE-STRAIGHT LIFE 1971-FIRST PRESS USA-CTI-CTI6007. Master disk Van Gelder. Freddie Hubbard - American jazz musician, trumpeter, known since 1960-ies as a musician, playing in the styles of bebop, hard BOP and post-BOP. His unique style has influenced many jazz musicians and has opened up new prospects-BOP. In the 1970's Hubbard had achieved the greatest popularity, connected with a series of albums recorded in collaboration with Creed Taylor and his CTI Records Studio. Albums the beginning of the decade — "Red Clay", "First Light", "Straight Life" and "Sky Dive" — was well received by the audience and was among his best works. Straight Life is a jazz album under the influence of soul / funk, recorded in 1970 by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard . It was recorded 16 November 1970 and released between the albums Red Clay (1970) and First Light (1971). It is also the eighteenth album Hubbard. ...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

ROXETTE-JOYRIDE-1991-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-EMI - 7960481. Rare Swedish original. Joyride is the third Studio album Swedish pop rock Duo Roxette. Disc title Per Gessle took from an interview with Paul McCartney when he said that "the process of songwriting with John Lennon was similar to the Joyride." ...more

DURAN DURAN-ARENA-1984-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL-SWAV-123741984. Rare American original in the complete set ( booklet) . Arena - the first official live album by British new wave group Duran Duran. The album was released on 12 November 1984 and took 6th place in the UK Albums Chart and 4th on the Billboard 200. The album contains live recordings from concerts held in the framework of the Sing Blue Silver tour 1983-84 years taken for promotion of the third Studio album of the group — Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983). To promote the album, the group released two singles — "Wild Boys" (the only Studio recording on the album was produced by Nile Rodgers) and a live version of the song "Save a Prayer" (published in US only). ...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