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ROLLING STONES-OUT OF OUR HEADS-1965-ORIGINAL PRESS 1969 (STEREO) UK-DECCA-SKL4733 matrix ZAL6973-1W/ZAL6974-1W stamper 1UK/1BA. A rare early British edition of the cult album.Out of Our Heads is a studio album by the British rock band The Rolling Stones. It is the band's fourth album released in the US and the third in the UK. The versions of the album released in the US and in the UK differ in the covers and the list of songs. The American version of the album was released on July 30, 1965 by London Records, and the British version was released on September 24, 1965, by Decca Records. The album was originally released in the United States. The album cover shows a photo taken during the same photo shoot as the photos that appeared on the covers of the albums 12 X 5 and The Rolling Stones No. 2. The album was the result of six months of work by the band. It includes songs that later became hits, such as "The Last Time" and, which became world famous, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", previously released only on the band's live EP Got Live If You Want It!. The album became the first edition of the band to reach the top of the Billboard 200 chart, and subsequently received platinum status in the United States. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine included the album in the list of the 500 greatest albums of all time at number 114.  ...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

GETZ, STAN-REFLECTIONS-1964-THE FIRST PRESS-UK-VERVE-VLP9069. Matrix A-1N/B-1N is a rare British original of the cult jazz album. Reflections is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz, released on the Verve label in 1964.  The Allmusic review by Pemberton Roach stated: "A bold and brilliant attempt by the artist to find pure music, blurring the boundaries between jazz and pop music" Rating the album 4 stars. ...more

BEATLES-LET IT BE-1970-THE FIRST PRESS (BOX INCLUDED)  UK-APPLE-PCS7096 Matrices: YEX 773-2U; YEX 774-2U. Stamper A-1R/B-1GG (Dream)!  Let It Be is the latest studio album by The Beatles. Released in May 1970, most of the songs were recorded in January 1969, even before the recording of the Abbey Road album. Let It Be topped the album charts in both America and the UK, and the singles "Let It Be" and "The Long and Winding Road" also reached number one in the US. ...more

CLIFF RICHARD-SHADOWS-FINGER KEEPERS-1966-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-COLUMBIA-SCX6079.  A rare British original rock beat band. The soundtrack album Finders Keepers by Cliff Richard and The Shadows was released on Columbia Records (Columbia SCX 6079). It was their fourth film soundtrack and Richard's eighteenth album overall. The album reached number 6 in the UK album charts for 18 weeks in the top 40. ...more