Lot 30BLOSSOM TOES-WE ARE EVER SO CLEAN-1967-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-MARMALADE-NMINT/NMINT

HAWKINS, COLEMAN-THE HAWK SWING-1962-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-EROS-ERL-50044. A rare British original of the iconic album. The Hawk Swings is an album by saxophonist Coleman Hawkins recorded in 1960 and released on the Crown label in the US and EROS in the UK. AllMusic states, " The album is a perfect example of Coleman's swinging, mainstream jazz style and shows just how vital the swing-era style remained in the modern jazz era." ...more

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST-BABY JAMES HARVEST-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-SHSP4023. Matrix A-1/B-1, a rare British original of the cult prog band. Baby James Harvest is the fourth album in the discography of the British rock band Barclay James Harvest, the last on Harvest Records. It was released on November 10, 1972. The album is anchored in the high positions of the charts. And at this high position, the band moves on to POLYDOR, building on their success with each subsequent album. The album turned out to be complex , mature and very advanced conceptual, due to the diversity of musical genres.  ...more

RUSH-A FAREWELL TO KINGS-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-MERCURY-9100042. Matrix A-1/B-1. A rare British original of the cult prog-hard rock band.  A Farewell to Kings is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1977.A Farewell to Kings was recorded in June 1977 at Rockfield Studios, Wales, United Kingdom. The CD was the first Rush album to be certified Gold, and later Platinum.  ...more

BEATLES-SAME (WHITE ALBUM) - MONO-1968-FIRST PRESS-UK-APPLE-PCS7068 Matrix numbers: A-1/B-1/C-1/D-1. Version with the added text “An E. M. I. Recording".  The number on the cover is N 80922. The Beatles (also known as The White Album) is the tenth studio album by The Beatles and the band's only double release. The album, released in 1968, is better known as the "White Album" because of its white cover, which contains nothing but the band's name (the early editions also feature a serial number), and which was designed by artist Richard Hamilton as an antithesis to the mottled image of its predecessor. The White Album was the first album The Beatles recorded and released after the death of the band's manager, Brian Epstein. It was originally planned to be called A Doll's House ("Doll's House"), but due to the release of a longplay by the band Family with a similar name, Music in a Doll's House ("Music in a doll's House"), it was decided to rename it . The album reached number 1 in the UK and US charts and is now considered one of the greatest albums of all time and a masterpiece of rock music. So, it was placed at the 10th position in the "Music of the Millennium" poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM, as well as at the 17th place in the similar list of Q magazine. It also reached number 7 in the same publication's "100 Best British Albums of All Time" poll. White Album was ranked the 11th Best Album of All Time by VH1, and was also included in Time Magazine's "100 Best Albums" list. In addition, the record is ranked 10th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All time, 1st in the L. A. Weekly's "20 Greatest Double Albums", the same place in the NME's "30 Must-Listen Double Albums" list, and the top spot in The Daily Telegraph's "10 Greatest Double Albums in History". According to the RIAA, the White Album is the band's best-selling album in the United States and ranks as the 10th best-selling album in history. ...more

STING-NOTHING LIKE THE SUN (2LP) - 1987-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-AM-393912-1. ... A rare original of a cult album.  Nothing Like the Sun is the second studio album by British rock musician Sting, released on 13 October 1987. The title for the album was inspired by a line from William Shakespeare's 130th sonnet "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun " The album won Best British Album at the Brit Awards, in 1988. ...more