Lot 31CARAVAN-CARAVAN-1969-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-VERVE FORECAST-NMINT/NMINT

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO-THE TRIO-1974-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-PABLO-2310701. Rare original cult album. Trio is a live album by Oscar Peterson, Joe pass and Niels-Henning Oersted Pedersen, who was released in 1974. The album received a Grammy award for best jazz group in 1975. In his Allmusic review, critic Scott Yanov praised the game a pass and Pedersen, but wrote: "the reason to acquire this set is for the remarkable Oscar Peterson. The pianist brilliantly investigates several jazz styles...Peterson really flourished during his years with the label Pablo Norman Granz, and it was one of his best records of that period. ...more

FITZGERALD, ELLA-JEROME KERN SONG BOOK-1964-FIRST PRESS UK-VERVE-VLP9080.A rare British original of the cult album. .Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book is a 1963 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The album is dedicated to the songs of the composer Jerome Kern. This was the second series of collections of Fitzgerald songs organized by Riddle; their previous joint project was her book of George and Ira Gershwin songs in 1959. Fitzgerald and Riddle also recorded two albums of standards in 1962: "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson" and "Ella Swings Softly with Nelson". It was the seventh and penultimate album in a series of Fitzgerald songs written by musical theater composers; it was preceded by the 1961 album "Ella Fitzgerald sings a Book of Songs by Harold Arlen", and then "Ella Fitzgerald sings a book of songs by Johnny Mercer" in 1964. Awarded four and a half stars by Down Beat magazine in 1963. ...more

JOHNSON, BRIAN (EX-GEORDIE)- STRANGE MAN-1982-FIRST PRESS USA-MCA-MCA-5351. Rare original frontman of GEORDIE and AC/DC. Brian Johnson - rock musician and poet, has gained popularity in the 1970-ies as a member of the British rock Quartet Geordie; most known for his participation in the rock band "AC/DC", the vocalist where he served from 1980 to 2016. Songs on the album actually come true Geordie and was originally released between 1973 and 1976 years. MCA has assembled this collection after Brian Johnson replaced Bon Scott in AC/DC ...more

FITZGERALD, ELLA-THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK-1956-FIRST PRESS UK-HIS MASTER'S VOICE-CLP1083.A rare British original of the cult album. .Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, dedicated to the songs of Cole Porter. It was Fitzgerald's first album for the newly formed Verve Records (and the first album released by the label). Fitzgerald's time on the Verve label allowed her to release her most famous recordings at the peak of her vocal abilities. This album marked the beginning of a series of Fitzgerald songs, each of the eight albums in the series focuses on a different composer's canon, known as the Great American Songbook. The album was recorded on February 7-9 and March 27, 1956 in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Fitzgerald's manager and producer of many of her albums, Norman Granz, visited Cole Porter at the Waldorf-Astoria and played him the entire album. Afterwards, Porter simply remarked: "God, what a wonderful diction this girl has." ...more

BLUE CHEER - BLUE CHEER-1970-THE FIRST PRESS UK-PHILIPS-6336001. A very rare British original of the cult prog-blues-psycho band. Blue Cheer is the fourth album by the American rock band Blue Cheer. It was recorded at Wally Hader's studio in San Francisco and released in December 1969 by Philips Records. Gary Lee Yoder contributed to the songwriting for the opening and closing tracks, and later joined the band as a guitarist on their next album, The Original Human Being. The album turned out to be very high-quality and critics placed it in the top 20 albums of the year along with the famous grandees of the rock scene of the 70th year.  ...more