Lot 34LEE, ALVIN (EX-TEN YEARS AFTER) -FREE FALL-1980-FIRST PRESS UK-AVATAR-NMINT/NMINT

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

HENDRIX, JIMI-WAR HEROES-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-2302020. A very rare British original . War Heroes is a posthumous studio album by American guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jimi Hendrix, released on October 1, 1972.  War Heroes is the third studio album released after the guitarist's death. The album was engineered and produced by Eddie Kramer and John Jansen. Recorded in the period from 1967 to 1970. The album mainly features psychedelic music mixed with blues and hard rock. These songs were later included on the album First Rays of the New Rising Sun. ...more

BLUE OYSTER CULT - ON YOUR FEET OR ON YOUR KNEES (2LP'S) -1975-FIRST PRESS CANADA-CBS-PG33371. The Canadian original of the American hard blues band. On Your Feet or on your Knees is the first live album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on February 27, 1975 by Columbia Records. The album features three songs from each of the band's first three studio albums, two cover versions ("I ain't Got You", albeit with altered lyrics, and "Born to Be Wild"), and one ("Buck's Boogie") original instrumental, which remains a staple of the band's live shows to this day. The 12 songs include performances at The Academy of Music in New York, the Paramount Theatre in Portland, The Paramount Theatre in Seattle, The Show Palace in Phoenix, the Long Beach Arena, The P. N. E. Coliseum in Vancouver, and The Capitol Theatre in New Jersey, although it is unclear which songs came from which venues and on which dates. The cover lettering, designed by Gerard Huerta, also used on the 2012 box set, was one of the first heavy metal logos. The album peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the band's highest-selling album in the United States ...more

METAL CORROSION-RUSSIAN VODKA-1993-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-MOROZ-MR2025. A rare original of Russian metal artists. Russian Vodka is the second studio album by the rock band Corrosion of Metal. The original version of the album was created in 1989, but the official version was recorded in 1993 at Polymax Studios and released the same year by Moroz Records ...more

ABBA-SUPER TROUPER-1980 - THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS322. A rare Swedish original of the cult album. Super Trouper is the seventh studio album by Swedish band ABBA, released in 1980. It became the band's sixth album to top the UK charts, as well as the top selling album in the UK in 1980. In Europe, the album took places from 1 to 5 in all countries of the continent, instantly became multi-platinum. ...more