Lot 16CUBY + BLIZZARDS-SIMPLE MAN-1971-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-PHILIPS-NMINT/NMINT

SSHOCKING BLUE-AT HOME-1969-FIRST HOLLAND-PINK ELEPHANT PRESS-888001. A very rare original of the legendary band's second album. At Home is the second album by the rock band Shocking Blue. It was released in 1969 on the Pink Elephant label. This album was the debut for Mariska Veres. This is the band's first recording with singer Mariska Veres. Robbie van Leeuwen acquired Veres in an attempt to emulate the shape of Jefferson's female airplane. Thanks to Veres ' remarkable vocal performance and stunning appearance, the band finally had an adequate frontwoman. The band's second album was a mix of influences from pop rock to psychedelic rock. There is also early evidence of their interest in Americana, with tracks such as " California Here I Come "and"Harley Davidson". Overall, he is best known for his hit single "Venus" - which reached number one on the US national charts. Never again did the band achieve such success in the United States ...more

AARDVARK-AARDVARK-1970-FIRST PRESS UK (PROMO) - DERAM NOVA-SDN17. Mega rare British original hard-prog-blues cult band. Aardvark ‎– (1970) The one-album English band took as their name a term denoting a representative of the tropical fauna-the African anteater. In the late 60s and early 70s, during the musical rock boom, a huge number of bands released one or two albums. Many of these groups often imitated already known artists, a number of groups tried to experiment with sound, but due to the lack of professionalism and talent, their music was of little interest to anyone... But still, many were not deservedly forgotten, as the material released by these teams was sometimes very interesting, and often did not concede or even surpass in quality, the then monsters from rock... One of these teams was the Aardvark group. On July 11, 1969, Aardvark, Blodwyn Pig and The Good Earth, along with THE Soft Machine, participated in Midnight Rave No. 3 at the Classic Theatre.  Prior to recording the only album produced by David Hitchcock, the band featured keyboardist Paddy Coulter, who was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Steve Milliner. Around the same time, Milliner helped create the album Barbed Wire Sandwich (1970 Nova) by Simon Kirke and Paul Kossoff's Black Cat Bones.The main burden in the band, which worked without a guitarist, fell on the shoulders of keyboardist Steve Milliner. His inventive playing with bassist Stan Aldous is one of the obvious advantages of the disc, which was released in March 1970 on the branch of Deram Records Nova. The combination of organ, bass guitar and percussion evokes the Aardvark band Egg and anticipates the future compositions of Emerson, Lake , Palmer - The Greencap. On the disc, Copper Sunset stands out with a great, wrong bass part and the epic blues thing Many Things To Do, as if it came here from the Cream storerooms, but the best is the old-fashioned Once Upon A Hill with spectacular celesta parts.Subsequently, vocalist Dave Skillin discovered another talent. He took up writing the lyrics, and from his pen came the lyrics of the album Alchemist - 1973 CBS band Home. The further fate of the musician is covered with the darkness of time. ...more

STING-MERCURY FALLING-1996-FIRST PRESS UK-AM-540 486-1. Mega rare original of one of the best works of STING. Mercury Falling is the fifth studio album by British rock musician Sting, released on 8 March 1996. It marked Sting's transition to adult-oriented music. So, the second single was released ballad - "You Still Touch Me", characteristic of this genre. The album begins and ends with the words "Mercury Falling" The success of the album was not long in coming, two Grammy Awards in 1997 - best pop album and best male performance. In the same year, it became multi-platinum. ...more

LAWS, HUBERT-IN THE BEGINNING-1974-FIRST PRESS USA-CTX-3+3. Master disk-Van Gelder. In the Beginning is a double album by flautist Hubert Laws, released on CTI and recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1974. The album was later re-released on CTI as two separate volumes under the title Then There Was Light. Critics praised the album stating: "In this double album, flautist Hubert Lawes is in all his glory. The music ranges from classical pieces to straight-forward jazz with hints of ' 70s funk included in the mix... this record is one of the most significant of Hubert Laws ' career."  The Penguin Encyclopedia of Jazz Recordings describes it as “the best album and a good, complete representation of flute playing."” ...more

GOLDEN EARRING-TOGETHER-1972-FIRST HOLLAND-POLYDOR PRESS-2925009. Matrices 1Y 1 670 111/ 2Y 1 670 112.A rare Gollan original of the cult group. Together is the eighth studio album in the discography of the Hague - based rock band Golden Earring. Together is arguably the band's heaviest album, with the possible exception of Eight Miles High. Even the semi-acoustic Jangalene is clearly strikingly different from the slow-paced blues in favor of heavy rhythmic rock. Following the release of Together Track Records, GE organized several major concerts in England in 1973, during which they tried out their quadraphonic sound system. The band performed at London's Rainbow Theatre, and also appeared on the BBC television programme OLd Grey Whistle Test. ...more