Lot 95ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-OUT OF THE BLUE-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-JET-NMINT/NMINT

JETHRO TULL-BROADSWORD AND THE BEAST-1982-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CDL1380. The Broadsword and the Beast is the 14th studio album by the rock band Jethro Tull, released on April 10, 1982. The album is a cross between the dominant synthesizer sound of the 1980s and the folk-influenced style that Jethro Tull used in the previous decade. Thus, the band's characteristic acoustic instruments are complemented by electronic soundscapes provided by the new keyboardist Peter-John Vettese. The electronic aspects of this album will be further explored by the band in their next release, In Secret. In the notes to the remastered version of the album, Ian Anderson expresses the opinion that Broadsword contains some of the best music of Jethro Tull. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-COME TASTE THE BAND-1975-First UK Press-PURPLE REC. - TPSA7515 matrix A-1U/B-1U. A rare British original of the cult album. Come Taste the Band is the tenth studio album by Deep Purple, released in October 1975. The first and only album (not counting live ones) recorded as part of Mark IV. A reviewer of Classic Rock magazine, reviewing the anniversary reissue of Come Taste the Band in 2010, noted the amazing work of Kevin Shirley on the second disc and stated that the album (which received a cold reception at the time of release) has passed the test of time and is one of the best in the Deep Purple catalog. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-BURN-1974-FIRST PRESS (TEST) GERMANY-PURPLE-1C062-94837. A very rare German TEST of the original of the cult album. Burn is the eighth Studio album by the British band Deep Purple and the first recorded by the Mark 3 line — up, released in February 1974 on EMI/Purple (in the UK) and Warner Bros. in the USA. ...more

BEATLES-MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (2X45-EP) - 1967-THE FIRST PRESS(STEREO) UK-PARLOPHONE-SMMT-1 matrix A1/B2/C1/D1 stamper 1GD/4MP/1RH/3AD. Magical Mystery Tour is an album by the English rock band the Beatles, released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and LP in the United States. It includes the soundtrack to the TV movie of the same name in 1967. The EP was released in the UK on December 8, 1967 on the Parlophone label, while the Capitol Records release in the US took place on November 27 and included five more songs that were originally released as singles in the same year. In 1976, Parlophone released an eleven-track album in the UK. Despite widespread criticism in the media of the film "Magic Mystical Tour", the soundtrack was a critical and commercial success. In the UK, it topped the EPs chart compiled by the Record Retailer label, and took 2nd place in the magazine's singles chart (later in the UK Singles chart) after "Hello, Goodbye". The album topped the Billboard Best Records list for eight weeks and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category" Album of the Year "in 1969. With the international standardization of The Beatles ' catalog in 1987, Magical Mystery Tour became the only album released by Capitol that replaced the band's intended format and became part of their main catalog. ...more

TROWER, ROBIN (EX-PROCOL HARUM) - BRIDGE OF SIGHS-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CHR-1057. Matrices A-2U/B-2U. A rare British original of the cult album of the legendary guitarist PROCOL HARUM. The second solo album by English guitarist and songwriter Robin Thrower. Released in 1974, it was his second album after leaving Procol Harum, and it became a commercial breakthrough for Thrower. Such songs as" Bridge of Sighs"," Too Rolling Stoned"," Day of the Eagle "and" Little Bit of Sympathy " became the main ones at live concerts. It reached number 7 in the United States during its stay on the chart for 31 weeks. It was certified gold on September 10, 1974. ...more