Lot 65GENESIS -WE CAN'T DANCE-1991-FIRST PRESS UK-VIRGIN-NMINT/NMINT

CHARLES, RAY-JUST BETWEEN US-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-CBS4611831. A rare record of the late period in the jazz-blues style. Just Between Us is an album by American singer Ray Charles, released by Columbia Records in 1988. The songs included in it represent all the styles that Charles performed before the early 1990s, which combined R/B, soul, country, blues, and pop. The album was recorded with such giants as B. B. KING, GLADYS KNIGHT, MILT JACKSON, LOU RAWLS, QUINCY JONES. ...more

BLACK SABBATH-PARANOID-1970-ORIGINAL PRESS 1971 UK-VERTIGO-6360011. Matrices A-2/B-2. A very rare second pressing on a small SWIRL. Paranoid is the second studio album by the British rock band Black Sabbath, recorded at London's Regent Sound Studios by producer Roger Baingiep and released in 1970. On 10 October 1970, the album reached the top of the UK Albums Chart, displacing Simon and Garfunkle's Bridge Over Troubled Water from the top spot; in the US, it peaked at number 12. ...more

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-GLORIFIED MAGNIFIED-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-PHILIPS-6308125. Matrix A-1/B-1 is a very rare British original of the cult album. Glorified Magnified is the 2nd studio album by English prog rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Recorded in the summer of 1972 in London at the studio "Maximum". It was released on September 29, 1972, via Philips Records in the United Kingdom and Polydor Records in the United States. For the first time, the band's corporate logo appears on the cover, which will now be shown in a reduced form or color version on all Manfred Mann's Earth Band albums. "Glorified Magnified" was released a little more than six months after the debut album of the band "Manfred Mann's Earth Band". In general, he continued the line outlined by the first album-compositions in the style of heavy progressive rock of the early 1970s with elements of blues and folk, dominated by electric guitar and keyboards. According to music critic Bruce Eder, this is a" hard rock "album of its era, which, due to the mixture of rock, synthesizer and chorus, sometimes achieves the sound characteristic of "King Crimson" of the mid-1970s. Most of the songs are written by the band members, but there are a few cover versions of songs by other musicians, including a treatment of the popular song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" by Bob Dylan from the 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. ...more

BLACK SABBATH-BLACK SABBATH-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-VO6/847903VTY. Of The Matrix A-1/B-1. The mega rare original of the first album is one of the icons in rock music. Black Sabbath is the debut album by the rock band Black Sabbath, released in the United Kingdom on February 13, 1970. On March 7, 1970, the album rose to #8 on the UK Albums Chart and to #23 on the Billboard 200. Recorded in just three days (8 hours of studio work) and costing the band only 1,200 pounds, Black Sabbath's debut album is now considered a heavy metal classic. In the list of IGN Music (Top 25 Metal Albums), it is at the 13th place (the band's second album, Paranoid, is second here, behind Master of Puppets (Metallica)).  ...more

GENTLE GIANT-ACQUIRING THE TASTE-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-6360 041. Mega rare British original in top condition. Acquiring the Taste is the second studio album by the British rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1971 by Vertigo Records. It was a departure from the blues and soul styles found on their self-titled debut. It was more experimental, more dissonant, and with more diverse instrumentation. In the sleeve text, the band made this famous statement:Our goal is to expand the boundaries of modern popular music, at the risk of being very unpopular. We wrote down each essay with one thought in mind-that it should be unique, adventurous and exciting. It took all of our combined musical and technical knowledge. From the outset we have abandoned all preconceived thoughts about the blatant commercialism. Instead, we hope to give you something much more substantial and fulfilling. All you have to do is sit back and get a taste. The album cover has some subtext in that it is made to look like a tongue licking the anus. However, when it's fully open, it's actually a tongue licking a peach. In 2005, it was included in Pitchfork's list of "the worst record covers of all time". ...more