Lot 18CLAPTON, ERIC-E.C. WAS HERE-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-RSO-NMINT/NMINT

CAPTAIN BEYOND-SAME-1972-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPRICORN-CP0105. Very rare American original cult album. Captain Beyond is the debut album by Captain Beyond, was released in 1972 , which was attended by former members of Iron Butterfly , Deep Purple , Johnny Winter and Rick Derringer . Album cover for the U.S. release included 3-D artwork (using lenticular printing). Captain Beyond is unique among guitar hard rock albums because it contains a wide variety of influences, including Latin and jazz, often with various time signatures and a wide range of dynamics within the same song. Most of the album consists of three a medley of tightly spaced interconnected songs. The first begins with "mad dance backwards (on a sea of air) "and ends with"myopic void". The second begins with "Thousand days of yesterday (Intro) "and ends with"thousand days of yesterday (time since come and leave)". The third begins with the song "I Can't Feel Nothin' (Part 1) " and closes the album. The songs flow directly into each other without any delay between samples, which is characteristic of other more progressive groups of the era such as the Moody Blues and Jethro Tull . ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-IV-1971-ORIGINAL 1976 UK PRESS-ATLANTIC - K50008. Rare early British edition of the iconic album. Led Zeppelin IV is the fourth Studio album by the British rock group Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 label Atlantic Records. Sales of Led Zeppelin IV represent more than 37 million copies, making it not only the most commercially successful album in the band's history, but also one of the best selling albums in the world. In particular, Led Zeppelin IV is the most commercially successful hard rock plate of all time, and it released the song "Stairway to Heaven" is still the most played piece of music, any genre on American radio and one of the most famous songs in music history.Led Zeppelin IV regularly features in various lists of "best albums ever". So, in 2003 the American magazine Rolling Stone put him on 66-th place in its ranking of "the 500 greatest albums of all time". In turn, the British newspaper New Musical Express said it on 106-th row the same vote. In addition, Led Zeppelin IV takes 1st place in the rankings of Classic Rock magazine's "100 greatest British rock albums" "100 greatest rock albums ever", and also 4th position in the list of "200 greatest albums of version of Hall of fame rock n 'roll", compiled with the participation of the Association of the music business of the United States . In 1999 the record was included in the Hall of fame award "the Grammy" became the first album of the group, awarded this privilege. ...more

DDT-BLACK DOG PETERSBURG-1994-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-DDT. Mega rare cult album, one of the fundamentals of Russian rock groups. "Black dog Petersburg" is a concert album of group "DDT" taken on 12 December 1992 and released in 1994. The album includes eight songs not included in other albums. "Black Dog Petersburg — our first thematic, conceptual program. When we did, and then I realized that as musicians, we must rise to a new, different level. We set ourselves tasks that have never been solved. Everything was new, unusual. And it turned out. With all the negatives, but she did it!"... "There's the first such large topics were touched upon. Topics that generally hurts the art: "to be or not to be?" The bronze horseman, Boris Godunov was a little... there have Been appeals to Mandelstam, Brodsky, Shostakovich, a Symphony, albeit small. Already started working on shaped music. It was a milestone for us." — Yuri Shevchuk, Mikhail Chernov believes the program is "Black dog Petersburg" the pinnacle of the group's growth and the beginning of her fall: "In my personal opinion, this "DDT" and over. ...more

AC/DC-DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP-1976-1977 ORIGINAL PRESS AUSTRALIA ALBERT PRODUCTIONS room APLP020. Very rare second press of iconic Australian group. The album blew the music market in Australia finishing in 4th place ,and in the US Billboard 200 - the 3rd place. ...more

CLAPTON, ERIC-NO REASON TO CRY-1976-ORIGINAL PRESS 1983 UK-RSO-SPELP2. .Rare early British edition of the iconic album. The album was recorded by canadian-American group The Band and Bob Dylan. ...more