Lot 53MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-ANGEL STATION-1979-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-BRONZE-NMINT/NMINT

SPOOKY TOOTH-THE LAST PUFF-1970-FIRST UK PRESS-ISLAND - ILPS9117 Matrix A//1/B//1 Stamper 1 1/1 2(the Dream!) .Very rare original British cult band. The Last Puff album by the British rock group Spooky Tooth, released in 1970. For the first time in its history, the group was billed as"Spooky Tooth featuring Mike Harrison". The album was released after the departure of lead singer and main songwriter Gary Wright . Wright left the band in early 1970, after the release Ceremony in December 1969."Something To Say" was co-written by Joe Cocker and later appear on his album 1972 Joe Cocker . The Grease band members Henry McCullough, Chris Stainton and Alan Spenner joined the original members of Spooky Tooth Harrison, Grosvenor and Kelly to finalize the album. The band Grease has reached international fame a year earlier, supporting Joe Cocker at Woodstock. the album was produced jointly by Stantom and Chris Blackwell. The album is highly acclaimed by Allmusic - 5 stars, 46 spot on the Billboard 200. ...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

TRAFFIC-LAST EXIT-1969-FIRST UK PRESS-ISLAND-ILPS-9097. Matrix ILPS+9097+A ,ILPS+9097+B (a Dream!) Mega rare British original of the third cult album. Last Exit is the third Studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in may 1969. This is a collection of stuff collected by the record label Island Records after the initial breakup of the group. The first half of the album consists of Studio recordings, while the second half was recorded live at the Fillmore Auditorium . The album was ranked 19th place in the American Billboard 200 chart. ...more

MONTROSE-MONTROSE-1973-FIRST UK PRESS-WARNER-K42276. Of The Matrix A-1/B-1. Rare British original Blues-rock band.Montrose is the debut album by American hard rock band Montrose released in 1973 on Warner Bros. The producer of the film was made by Ted Templeman . The album marks the recording debut of vocalist Sammy Hagar, who would later achieve international success as a solo artist and member of the group Van Halen . ...more

DEEP PURPLE-COME TASTE THE BAND-1975-First UK press - PURPLE REC. - TPSA7515 of the matrix A-1U/B-1U. Rare British original cult album. Come Taste the Band is the tenth Studio album Deep Purple, released in October 1975. The first and only album (not counting live), recorded in the composition of Mark IV. Reviewer of Classic Rock magazine, making a review of the anniversary reissue of Come Taste the Band 2010, noted the amazing work of Kevin Shirley on the second drive and stated that the album (received at the time of the cold reception), passed the test of time and is one of the best in the Deep Purple catalogue. ...more