Lot 17FREDDIE, KING-CANNONBALL-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-AM-NMINT/NMINT

PORCUPINE TREE-LIGHTBULB SUN (2LP) - 2000-FIRST PRESS 2008 UK/EU-TONEFLOAT-TF56. A very rare original of the cult album.  Lightbulb Sun is the sixth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in May 2000 on CD only , and then in 2008 on vinyl. This album, along with their previous album Stupid Dream, is considered a more commercial, poppy sound, as opposed to the abstract instrumental sound of their previous albums or the heavier metal sound in their subsequent 2000s albums. The album is split into two parts between "Rest Will Flow" and "Hatesong". The album's reception was mostly positive. Classic Rock magazine described the album as "an album of amazing songs and amazing musicality... "Breathtaking." from Allmusic praised the album's quality and its more commercial direction, and called the tracks "feel So low" and "the rest of the flow" with two of Wilson's best tunes of all time."Many reviewers felt that the album sounds similar to the work of Pink Floyd. The album was also praised for being more accessible than most modern progressive rock. In October 2011, it was awarded the gold Certificate of the Association of Independent Music Companies (IMPALA), which testified to sales of over 75,000 copies throughout Europe. ...more

MC5-BACK IN USA-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-ATLANTIC-2400016. Matrices A-1/B-1. Mega rare original of the cult album. Back in the USA is the debut studio album (and second album overall after the 1969 live album Kick Out the Jams) by American rock band MC5. In 2012, Back in the USA was ranked 446th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The following year, NME placed the album at number 490 on its own similar list.  ...more

MAGGIE, BELL (EX-STONE THE CROWS) - SUICIDE SAL-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-2383313. A very rare original blues vocalist from STONE THE CROWS. Stone the Crows disbanded in 1973, following the accidental death of Leslie Harvey from electrocution on May 2, 1972. Harvey was an integral part of the band and its music. Peter Grant became Bell's manager after the split, and along with Mark London, offered to help Bell record a solo album. Grant directed the release of her first solo album, Queen of the Night (1974), which was recorded in New York City. with producer Jerry Wexler. The swan song for Bell came when she signed with the then-newly formed Swan Song Records in 1974, along with Bad Company and Pretty Things, Jimmy Page contributed to her second album Suicide Sal (1975).  ...more

BEE GEES-SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-1979-FIRST PRESS-UK-RSO-RSBG001. A rare British original of the iconic album. Spirits Having Flown is the fifteenth studio album by the British trio Bee Gees. Recorded in March-November 1978 (at the same time, the band members were filming the film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Orchestra"). It was released in February 1979 and sold a total of 30 million copies. Topping the charts in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as in Australia, it became one of the most successful albums in the Bee Gees ' discography, a kind of quintessence of their work. ...more

KEEF HARTLEY BAND-THE BATTLE OF NORTH WEST SIX-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-DERAM-SML-1054. A very rare British original in archival condition. The Battle of North West Six is the second album by Keefe Hartley. At the time, Hartley's six-piece band was appearing with an expanded brass section as Keefe Hartley's Big Band, and a number of songs on the album include this expanded line-up. His professional music career began when he replaced Ringo Starr in the band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, a popular Liverpool band at the time. He subsequently played and recorded with The Artwoods, and became a member of the John Mayall Bluesbreakers. After that, he formed his own band "The Keef Hartley (Big) Band", whose style included elements of jazz, blues, rock and roll. The band performed at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and released 4 popular albums including Halfbreed and The Battle of North West Six. The band featured guitarist Miller Anderson and bassist Gary Thane (Uriah Heep). ...more