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ROLLING STONES-STEEL WHEELS-1989-FIRST PRESS UK-ROLLING STONES -CBS 465752-1. Steel Wheels is the 19th British (and 21st American) studio album by the British rock band The Rolling Stones. Released on August 29, 1989, it was the last album of new material that the band recorded for Columbia Records.After the relative disappointment of their previous two albums, Steel Wheels became a hit, reaching multi-platinum status in the US, top 5 status in numerous markets around the world, and spawning two hit singles: "Mixed Feelings", which reached No. 1 in Canada and No. 5 in the US and "Hammer and Anvil", the band's past top 40 hits in the US. ...more

ROLLING STONES-ROLLING STONES-1964-FIRST PRESS 1970 (CLUB PROMO) GERMANY-DECCA-S17005. A rare German promo original. club release of the first album with a large poster 96 cm x 65 cm The Rolling Stones is the debut studio album by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released by Decca Records in the UK on April 16, 1964. The American edition of the LP, with a slightly different track list, was released on London Records on May 30, 1964 with the subtitle England's Newest Hit Makers, which later became its official title. Upon its release, the Rolling Stones became one of the biggest sellers of 1964 in the UK, remaining at No. 1 for twelve weeks. The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was ranked number 418 on Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 albums.. ...more

SMOKIE-BRIGHT LIGHTS AND BACK ALLEYS-1977-THE FIRST PRESS UK-RAK-SRAK530. Matrices A-1/B-1 . The 1GA/2GH stamper is a rare British original. Bright Lights and Back Alleys is the fourth studio album by Smokie, released on September 29, 1977 in Europe and October 7 in the United Kingdom. In the charts of 1977, it was in the top ten in all European countries and became gold in Germany and silver in Britain. ...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

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