Lot 30LENNON, JOHN AND YOKO ONO/PLASTIC ONO BAND-SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-NMINT/NMINT

DEEP PURPLE-MADE IN JAPAN (2LP'S) - 1972-FIRST PRESS (CONTRACT) UK-PURPLE-TPSP351.-Matrices A-1U/B-1U/A-1U/B-1U PORKY/PESKIE. A rare CBS contract original, Made in Japan is a double live album by the English rock band Deep Purple, recorded during their first tour of Japan in August 1972. It was originally released in December 1972, and in the US in April 1973, and became a super commercial success. The album was an immediate commercial success, especially in the US, where it was followed by the top five hit "Smoke on the Water" and became a steady seller throughout the 1970s. A Rolling Stone reader poll in 2012 ranked Made in Japan as the sixth best live album of all time. ...more

JOHN LEE HOOKER-MR. LUCKY-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-SILVERTONE-ZL75087. A rare European original by one of the fathers of the blues. Mr. Lucky is a 1991 album by American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Lee Hooker . Produced by Ry Cooder, Roy Rogers, and Carlos Santana under executive production by Mike Kappus, the album featured musicians including Keith Richards , Blues Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Winter ; and three Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Van Morrison, Booker T. Jones, and Johnny Johnson . Released on Virgin Records, including on his Classic Records imprint label, Mr. Lucky reached No. 101 on the "Billboard 200". ...more

RAINBOW-STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES-1982-FIRST PRESS (EXPORT) UK-POLYDOR 2391542. The A/B STERLING matrix is a rare British 'export' original. Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow , released in 1982. ...more

THIN LIZZY-CHINATOWN-1980-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-6359030. A rare British original by British hard rockers.  Chinatown is the tenth studio album by the Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1980. He introduced guitarist Snowy White, who would also perform on the next album, and also toured with Thin Lizzy between 1980 and 1982; he replaced Gary Moore as the permanent guitarist. White has previously worked with Cliff Richard, Peter Green, and Pink Floyd. Eighteen-year-old Darren Wharton also played keyboards in Chinatown, and later that year he joined Thin Lizzy as a permanent member.  The album reached high positions in the charts, although according to critics it was weaker than Black rose, UK Albums Chart-7 place, Billboard 200 (USA) - 120 place.  ...more

SITKOVETSKY, ALEXANDER-ZELLO-1991-THE FIRST PRESS OF THE USSR-MELODIA-A6000765004. A rare original of the cult album. Alexander Vitalyevich Sitkovetsky (born April 5, 1955, Moscow) is a Soviet rock musician, guitarist, vocalist, and composer. Founder and leader of the groups "Leap Summer" and "Autograph". Recognized as one of the best Russian guitarists. In 1990, "Autograph" disbanded. Sitkovetsky moves to America. He begins to work on a solo career and releases his first (and first in the USSR) guitar instrumental album Zello, which became the "album of the year" (1992) in Russia, and earlier the video for the play "Camels" from this album, shot by Mikhail Khleborodov with Fyodor Bondarchuk in the title role, won the main prize of the annual video competition in Moscow in April 1991. In January of the same year, Alexander was officially recognized as one of the three best guitarists in the country, he also became the first Russian musician in history to sign a direct publishing contract with the American P. R. O. firm BMI, Inc. ...more