Lot 55SMOKIE-BRIGHT LIGHTS & BACK ALLEYS-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-RAK-NMINT/NMINT

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

LED ZEPPELIN-CODA-1982-FIRST PRESS UK-SWAN SONG-A0051(790051-1) Very rare British original LED ZEPPELIN. Circulation of the last album in Britain was extremely small, as the ATLANTIC label began to close its factories throughout Albion. Since 1983, ATLANTIC for Europe and England began printing releases only in Germany.   Coda is the ninth and final Studio album[12] by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 19 November 1982 by Swan Song, two years after the band ceased to exist as a result of the death of drummer John Bonham. The album is a collection of tracks recorded at various times between 1970 and 1978, with additional parts by page, who initiated the album's release. The album was received very well by the public and critics, and this is evident from the charts of 1982-UK Albums Chart-4th place, US Billboard 200 Albums Chart-6, Australian Albums Chart -9, Canada top 100 Albums-3.  ...more

ROLLING STONES-STONE AGE-1971-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) GERMANY-DECCA-SLK16702. A rare German promo original. Stone Age is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released on the Decca label in 1971. It reached number four in the UK charts. RS were surprised by the release of the album and stated: "We didn't know that this record would be released. In our opinion, it is below the standard that we are trying to keep up with, both in the choice of content and in the design of the cover." These 12 songs, dating from the mid-1960s, were chosen because they never appeared on British studio albums, some of them were originally released only on singles, and some up to that point were released only on American studio albums. ...more

CAMEL-MIRAGE-1974-THE FIRST PRESS OF the UK-DERAM-SML1107 Matrix A-P2W/B-P2W. A rare British original of the cult prog group. Mirage is the second studio album by the English progressive rock band Camel, released on March 1, 1974. It includes songs such as "The White Rider", "Lady Fantasy" and "Supertwister", which include a demonstration of Andrew Latimer's flute. The album was ranked No. 51 in the Top 100 prog Albums of All Time by readers of Prog magazine in 2014. Prog Sphere considered Mirage to be the band's best album, writing that it is a prog classic that everyone who is a fan of progressive rock should own. ...more

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