Lot 67STING-MERCURY FALLING-1996-FIRST PRESS UK-A&M-NMINT/NMINT

AC/DC-BOX 16 LP-2003-FIRST PRESS USA-EPIC-90643. A very rare box of legendary AC / DC that was released only in the United States in a limited edition. The box contains the first 16 records of the discography. Barcode (Text, '74 Jailbreak): 6 9699-80200-1 6Barcode (Text, High Voltage): 6 9699-80201-1 5Barcode (Text, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap): 6 9699-80202-1 4Barcode (Text, Let There Be Rock): 6 9699-80203-1 3Barcode (Text, Powerage): 6 9699-80204-1 2Barcode (Text, If You Want Blood You've Got It): 6 9699-80205-1 1Barcode (Text, Highway To Hell): 6 9699-80206-1 0Barcode (Text, Back In Black): 6 9699-80207-1 9Barcode (Text, For Those About To Rock We Salute You): 6 9699-80208-1 8Barcode (Text, Flick Of The Switch): 6 9699-80209-1 7Barcode (Text, Fly On The Wall): 6 9699-80210-1 3Barcode (Text, Who Made Who): 6 9699-80211-1 2Barcode (Text, Blow Up Your Video): 6 9699-80212-1 1Barcode (Text, The Razors Edge): 6 9699-80213-1 0Barcode (Text, Live - 2 LP Collectors Edition): 8 2796-90553-1 1 ...more

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

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

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

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