Lot 71DEEP PURPLE-BURN-1974-FIRST PRESS (TEST) GERMANY-purple rec-nmint/nmint

NAZARETH-PLAY 'N' THE GAME-1976-FIRST PRESS USA-A/M-SP-4610.A rare American original. The CD cover states: "This album is entirely dedicated to Bill Fehilly, whose faith and spirit are still with us." Bill Fehilly is the band's manager, who died shortly before in a plane crash. The musicians admitted that without his help, Nazareth would never have crossed the borders of England — not to mention other countries.  ...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

AC/DC-YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG (MAXI 12" 3-TRACK'S) - 1986-FIRST PRESS UK-ATLANTIC-A9377T. Rare British original, You Shook Me All Night Long is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, originally released as part of the album Back in Black. In August 1980, it was released as a single. In 1986, the song was included in the album Who Made Who, which is the soundtrack to the Stephen King film "Maximum Acceleration", and was later re-released as a single. ...more

OSCAR PETERSON TRIO-ELOQUENCE (LIVE AT THE TIVOLI GARDENS, COPENHAGEN) - 1965-FIRST PRESS UK-MERCURY-SLML-4014. A rare original of the cult album.Eloquence is a live album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, released in 1965. Eloquence was the last album of the Oscar Peterson trio with drummer Ed Thigpen. Writing for AllMusic, critic Scott Yanow wrote: "The music heard during this "live from Copenhagen" concert is excellent... Peterson is in particularly strong form in "Misty", "Django", the songs "Autumn Leaves" and "Moaning" ...more

JETHRO TULL-A PASSION PLAY-1973-The first press UK-CHRYSALIS-CHR1040 matrix A-4U/B-4U. 1PP/2PA stamper. A rare British original of the cult album.  A Passion Play is the sixth studio album by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released in July 1973 in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Following the same style as the band's previous album Thick as a Brick (1972), A Passion Play is a concept album consisting of individual songs arranged into a single continuous piece of music (which was divided into two parts across the two sides of the original vinyl release). The album was a commercial success, becoming Jethro Tull's second number-one album in the United States. Today, the album is often considered a favorite among Jethro Tull fans, and has been listed by contemporary critics as one of the greatest progressive rock albums of all time. ...more