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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

JULIE LONDON - ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT-1966-FIRST PRESS UK-LIBERTY-LBY1300.  A very rare British original of the iconic album. All Through the Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter is an LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records. She was accompanied by the Bud Schenk quintet with star musicians. ...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

BEATLES-SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-1967-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-PARLOPHONE-PMC7027-A1/B1 First Mono Press , June 1, 1967.  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth album by the British rock band The Beatles. Many critics refer to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is among the most influential rock albums of all time. In particular, it was named the best album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine (2003). According to a vote conducted by the BBC radio station among its listeners for the fiftieth anniversary of the British charts in 2006, the album ranks first in popularity in the UK. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ranks ninth in the list of albums-the world's leading sales with a result of more than 30 million copies.The album was recorded over a 129-day period beginning on December 6, 1966, and released on June 1, 1967 in the United Kingdom (the album went on sale in the United States on June 2 of that year). The album won 4 Grammy Awards in the following categories: 1. Album of the Year, 2. Best Contemporary Performance by a Band, 3. Best Album Sound Design, 4. Best Album Cover. ...more

PRESLEY, ELVIS-HAREM HOLIDAY-1966-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-RCA-RD-7767. A rare British original of the king of rock and roll. Harum Scarum is a studio album by Elvis Presley, which was the soundtrack to the film of the same name with his participation ("Vacation in the Harem", released in 1965). The album went on sale on November 3, 1965. In the United States, it peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Top LP's album chart. ...more