Lot 59QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-ORIGINAL PRESS 1997 UK-EMI-NMINT/NMINT

ARKTIS-ARKTIS TAPES-1975-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-BON BON-BBR7502. Mega rare short-run original of one of the key prog albums of the 70s. Arktis - Arktis Tapes 1975. The second album of the band from Bonn. Unfortunately, the first album did not find a "buyer", and in 1974, with the assistance of Konrad Planck, Arktis recorded a second demo album, released in may 1975 with a circulation of 500 copies-again for promotion purposes. The music here is somewhat restrained, but no less attractive and covering. In this music, you can feel not only a craving for art-rock (prolonged instrumental pieces), but also the sprouts of guitar technique, characteristic of what in the next decade was called "heavy metal". One critic wrote a scathing note: If such an album had been released in 1969 or 1970, they would have been at the top with Black Sabbath and LED ZEPPELIN , and now the time is gone. "Tapes" suffered the fate of the first Arktis album, and Blahut disbanded the band.  ...more

JETHRO TULL-TOO OLD TO ROCK N ROLL -1976-FIRST UK PRESS-CHRYSALIS-CHR1111. 1ST matrix A1/B2 EG. Too Old to Rock ’n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! is the ninth Studio album by British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1976. The band's first album, which is the bass guitarist John Glascock[en] (1951-1979). The only full-length release Jethro Tull 1970-ies, has not received the status of gold album neither in Britain nor in the United States. ...more

SHOCKING BLUE-BEST-1973-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-METRONOME-200124. A very rare riginal compilation of hits for the entire period of the Dutch super group, released with an alternative cover in Germany.  ...more

BUCKINGHAM NICKS-SAME-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-2391093. Of The Matrix A-1/B-1. Mega rare British original of the cult prog album. Since the album has never been released on CD, the record is always in the passion of searching for collectors. Buckingham Nicks is the only Studio album by American rock Duo Buckingham Nicks. Produced by Keith Olsen, the album was released in September 1973 by Polydor Records. Buckingham Nicks is known as an early commercial collaboration between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, who later joined Fleetwood Mac. Allmusic rated the album 4 stars , and ranked it 28j on the us Billboard Midline LPs chart. ...more

PINK FLOYD-WISH YOU WERE HERE-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-number SHVL814-a-1/B-3 .Mega rare British original with the first matrices in the complete set. The album was ranked 209th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the five hundred greatest albums of all time. Richard Wright and David Gilmour named Wish You Were Here their favorite album recorded as part of Pink Floyd. The album went gold in the UK in its first week of release.  By may 1997 the album had already gone platinum six times ...more