Lot 72ABBA-ALBUM-1977-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR-NMINT/NMINT

FOGERTY, TOM (EX-CCR) - TOM FOGERTY-1972-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-FANTASY-9407. A rare promo original of the first solo album by CREEDENCE member CLEARWATER REVIVAL. Thomas Richard Fogerty (November 9, 1941-September 6, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. After the album CCR-Pendulum, he left the band and began a solo career, releasing an album on Fantasy that reached No. 78 on the Billboard 200 chart. ...more

CUBY + BLIZZARDS-APPLEKNOCKERS FLOPHOUSE-1969-THE FIRST UK PRESS-PHILIPS SBL7918. Mega rare British original blues monsters. In the spring of 1969, CUBY and THE BLIZZARDS toured the Netherlands with FLEETWOOD MAC, and in August went on a tour of the UK, where she also managed to perform at the prestigious Marquee Club. But, despite the very successful tour and the increasing popularity of the band, it soon had serious problems with the composition. Van Eyck left for TRACE, and Dick Beckman moved to LIVIN ' BLUES, and in addition to everything, Herman Brood had problems with the law – he was arrested in The Hague for drug possession, and he also had to leave the band. Masks and Gelling completed the line-up with natives of the BLUES DIMENSION group Herman Deinum, Hans Lafaille, Helmig Van Der Vegt. The album “Appleknockers Flophouse”was recorded in this line-up. Musically, the album was noticeably different from the previous ones. The record turned out to be more rock and hard, and Gelling's guitar solos, as always turned out to be on top, are more convex and pronounced.  ...more

SAXON-SAXON-1979-THE FIRST PRESS GERMANY-CARRERA-2934110. A rare original of the cult British band. Saxon is the debut studio album by the English heavy metal band Saxon, released in 1979. Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five and in his mixed review described it as "the silence before the storm" in terms of the band's subsequent success and the growing New Wave of British heavy metal. ...more

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SWEET-FANNY ADAMS-1974-THE FIRST PRESS OF THE UK-RCA-LPL1 5068 Matrix A-1/B-1. A very rare original of one of the best albums in hard glam rock. Sweet Fanny Adams is Sweet's second album, their first of two released in 1974, as well as their first album simply as Sweet. This album was a turning point and a change in the sound of the band. It had more of a hard rock sound than their previous pop albums. Sweet Fanny Adams reached number 27 on the UK Albums chart in the year of its release by RCA Records in 1974 and number 2 on the West German Albums chart. It was not released in the United States, but five of her tracks appeared on the American version of the album Desolation Boulevard, released in July 1975. ...more