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MOODY BLUES-KEYS OF THE KINGDOM-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU - HOLLAND-THRESHOLD-849558-1. Very rare original cult band. Keys of the Kingdom - the fourteenth album by the rock group Moody Blues , released in 1991. It was recorded and mixed at four London studios: Olympic Studios , RG Jones Studios, Mayfair Studios and The Hit Factory. This was the last Moody Blues album before their extravagant concert at Red Rocks and a series of tours with Symphony orchestras. ...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

STING-DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES-1985-FIRST UK PRESS-A&M DREAM1 room. Rare British original debut solo album from legendary British rock musician. The track "RUSSIANS" got all the charts, and STING became a celebrity. ...more

DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH-1972-A STORY ENDED-FIRST UK PRESS-BRONZE-ILPS-9196. Matrix A-1U/B-1U . Stamper 1GR/1T. Rare British original jazz-rock-progressive group. Richard Malden Hextall-Smith (26 September 1934-17 Dec 2004) English jazz and Blues saxophonist., played the most influential English Blues rock and jazz fusion groups of the 1960s and 1970s years. John Mayall and been so diligent , Colosseum. The album was attended by a dozen of famous prog musicians. The album received very high marks progressive music critics. ...more

WAKEMAN, RICK-RHAPSODIES-1979-FIRST UK PRESS-A&M - AMLX68508. Matrix A-3/B-3/C-3/D-4. Rare British original cult keyboardist of progressive music. "Rhapsodies" (Rhapsody) - the 8th album by Rick Wakeman (double), includes Rhapsody works as the Rick and some other authors. Recorded this album in 1978 and early 1979 in a home Studio Wakeman "La Grange Studios", as well as in Switzerland, in the Studio, "Mountain Studios" (Montreux). Produced by Tony Visconti (previously worked with David Bowie, Marc bolana group "sparks"), he played acoustic guitar. The release took place in may 1979 on the label of A&M. Critics praised this album's different, but relatively low compared to previous albums. Sam Wakeman said that he did not plan to create something outstanding, he just tired from the countless tours with the band "Yes" and decided to relax, doing exactly the music which he at that moment was like. Immediately after the release, he terminated the contract with A&M, and the following album was released on Charisma Records. ...more