Lot 51YES-MAGNIFICATION (2 LP'S) -2001-FIRST PRESS 2013 UK/EU-EAGLE-NMINT/NMINT

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

MERCURY, FREDDIE/CABALLE, MONTSERRAT BARCELONA 1988-FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR-POLH44. Barcelona is the second Studio album by Freddie Mercury, released 10 October 1988. Recorded with Opera singer Montserrat Caballe. The second and last lifetime solo album Freddie Mercury. The disc is recorded in 1987-1988, the Studio Mountain Studios. The idea of Freddie Mercury with the involvement of the Symphony orchestra was not implemented because of lack of time, and in the end the album was partially arranged synths and drum machine. The song "Barcelona", which gave the name to the album, became the anthem of the city hosting the Summer Olympics in 1992 in Spain. ...more

OFFSPRING-IXNAY ON THE HOMBRE-1997-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-EPITAPH-648713. Mega rare original the cult hard rock band of the 90s. Ixnay on the Hombre is the fourth album by American punk rock band the Offspring, was released on 4 February 1997. After the major success of the album Smash, the band returned to the Studio in 1996 to record their next album, which was titled Ixnay on Hombre. The name combines pig Latin ("Ixnay" version of the word "nix") and the word "Hombre" (which translated from Spanish means people). Ixnay on the Hombre was released on February 4, 1997 and is the first album The Offspring distributed by Columbia Records. Their former label Epitaph Records released it in Europe due to disagreements between the band and label founder Brett Gurewitz. The group was able to release his album under the label of Columbia for the US and other international releases, but had to finish the album in Europe through Epitaph. The Offspring continued to release albums in Columbia until early 2013, it was announced that they fulfilled their contract with the label. The album peaked at number 9 in the Billboard 200 ...more

LENNON, JOHN-MIND GAMES-1973-FIRST PRESS USA-APPLE - SW-3414. Rare American original in archival condition. It was the first record Lennona made without the help of Phil Spector. The album reached # 13 in UK and # 9 in the US, where it has been certified gold. The album was recorded when Lennon was struggling with immigration to the United States at the beginning of his 18-month separation from Yoko Ono . ...more

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO-THE TRIO-1974-FIRST UK PRESS-PABLO-2310701. Rare original cult album. Trio is a live album by Oscar Peterson, Joe pass and Niels-Henning Oersted Pedersen, who was released in 1974. The album received a Grammy award for best jazz group in 1975. In his Allmusic review, critic Scott Yanov praised the game a pass and Pedersen, but wrote: "the reason to acquire this set is for the remarkable Oscar Peterson. The pianist brilliantly investigates several jazz styles...Peterson really flourished during his years with the label Pablo Norman Granz, and it was one of his best records of that period. ...more