Lot 32GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-PHOENIX-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-CAPITOL-NMINT/NMINT

WAITS, TOM-BLUE VALENTINE-1978-THE ORIGINAL PRESS 1983  OF GERMANY-ASYLUM-AS53088 is a rare German original of the sixth album from the master of tavern blues. Blue Valentine is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released on September 5, 1978 on the Asylum Records label. It was recorded over six sessions from July to August 1978 with producer Bones Howe. Rickie Lee Jones is pictured with Waits on the back cover. ...more

RAINBOW-DOWN TO EARTH-1979-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-POLD5023. Matrices A-5/B-5. A rare British limited edition original of the cult album. Down to Earth is the fourth studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow. This is their last album with drummer Cozy Powell and the only album with vocalist Graham Bonnet. Released in 1979, it contains Rainbow's first hit single "Since You've Been Gone", marking the more commercial direction of the band's sound. In 2005, Down to Earth was ranked 431st in the list of the 500 greatest rock and metal albums of all time by Rock Hard Magazine  ...more

MCCARTNEY, PAUL-GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET-1984-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE - EL2602781.A rare British original.  Give My Regards to Broad Street is the fifth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, as well as an album of soundtracks for his 1984 film of the same name. The album reached the 1st place in the UK chart. The lead single "No More Lonely Nights "was nominated for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. It was also supposed to be his last album released under the Columbia Records label, which was his American label for more than five years..  ...more

FERRY, BRYAN-BOYS AND GIRLS-1985-FIRST UK PRESS-EG - EGLP62 Rare British original is one of the masterpieces of the music of the 80s. the album was the first Ferry solo album in seven years and the first since he dissolved his group Roxy Music in 1983. It was certified platinum in the British record industry. It is also the most successful solo album ferry in the United States to be certified Gold for sales of over half a million copies. ...more

WAITS, TOM-SWORDFISHTROMBONE-1983-THE FIRST PRESS OF GERMANY-ISLAND-205774 A rare German original of the eighth album from the master of tavern blues. Swordfishtrombones is the eighth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in 1983 on Island Records. It was the first album that Waits released himself. Stylistically different from his previous albums, Swordfishtrombones moves away from traditional piano songwriting towards unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract and experimental rock approach. The cover is a photo of Michael A. Russavin, in which Waits is depicted with actors Angelo Rossitto and Lee Colima. The album reached number 164 on the Billboard Pop Albums and 200 Albums charts. It was ranked 2nd among the "Albums of the Year" for 1983 by NME In 1989, Spin named Swordfishtrombones the second greatest album of all time. In 2006, Company Q placed the album at number 36 on their list of "The 40 Best Albums of the 80s." Pitchfork listed Swordfishtrombones as the 11th best album of the 1980s. Slant Magazine listed the album ranked 26th on its list of "the best albums of the 1980s". In 2000, it was ranked number 374 in Colin Larkin's Top 1000 Albums of All Time ...more