Lot 97JAMES, BOB-ONE-1974-FIRST PRESS USA-CTI-NMINT/NMINT

VAYA CON DIOS-SAME-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-ARIOLA-92094004 Rare original popular rock group. Vaya Con Dios is the debut album by Belgian Blues-rock band Vaya Con Dios released on Ariola Records in October 1988. The singles from the album were the songs "Just a Friend of Mine", "Puerto Rico", "Don't Cry for Louie" and "Johnny", the only song in French on the record. Vaya Con Dios was written with the cooperation of various artists, one of them — Burt Dekort, a former member of staff of the Mistress, worked to create "Puerto Rico". The singles "Puerto Rico", "Just a Friend of Mine", "Don't Cry for Louie" has brought fame to the group. After the success of the singles from the album Vaya Con Dios team opened the way to many hit-parades of Europe. The album got platinum status in Finland and gold in thirty countries around the world. ...more

CAMEL-SNOW GOOSE-1975-UK FIRST PRESS-DECCA-SKL-R5207. Matrix A-P2W/B-P3W. The Snow Goose is the third Studio album by prog rock band Camel, released in 1975. The album reached position 22 in the UK charts. To date, the album The Snow Goose the most famous of all works of the group and is actually her trademark. ...more

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH-VELVET DARKNESS-1976-FIRST UK PRESS-CTI 6068. Rare British original cult album on collectible label. Velvet Darkness is the first Studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 1976 through producer Creed Taylor's CTI Records . The tracks for the album were initially recorded by engineer Rudy van Gelder at his Studio in Van Gelder in new Jersey. According to Holdsworth, this was done during a rehearsal session, after which the records were released by CTI without his or the other members of the group consent. None of the participating musicians had never received royalties for his work. Therefore, Holdsworth believed the album the unauthorized release and not part of his discography. But the album is interesting with a stunning entry and immediately became a coveted specimen in the collections of music lovers. ...more

ELTON JOHN-SLEEPING WITH THE PAST-1989-FIRST UK PRESS-HAPPENSTANCE-EJLP4. Rare original British master of pop-rock music.Sleeping with the Past is the 22nd Studio album by English singer songwriter Elton John, released 29 April 1989. It was his most selling album in Denmark (where it was recorded) and was dedicated to his writing partner Bernie Taupin . The album shows his first solo number-one single, "Sacrifice", in his home country of great Britain, which helped the album also hit number one there, his first since 1974's greatest hits Elton John . It also became his first platinum album in the UK since 1983. In the US it was certified gold in October 1989, and was certified platinum in April 1990 by the RIAA. ...more

ROUSSOS,DEMIS-FIRE AND ICE-1971-FRANCE FIRST PRESS-PHILIPS-6332032. Matrix A-1/B-1. Demis Roussos - Fire And Ice (1971) First album of Roussos dramatically different from all of his subsequent discs. It's very progressive and very emotional music, more in the spirit of Aphrodite's Child, than the actual fact of Roussos, whom we all know well. And Demis is singing here not tiropita and sterile, like we used to. Very unusual work, though, and fits perfectly into the canvas of art and the folk-rock of the early 70's. ...more