Lot 40LED ZEPPELIN-PRESENCE-1976-FIRST PRESS USA-SWAN SONG-NMINT/NMINT

STEVIE WONDER-SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE (2LP+SINGLE) - 1976-FIRST PRESS UK-MOTOWN-TMSP-6002. A rare British original of the cult album. The eighteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder. It was released on September 28, 1976, by Tamla Records, a division of Motown. The double album was regarded by music journalists as the culmination of the" classic period "of Wonder's recording. By 1974, Wonder was one of the most successful figures in popular music; Wonder's previous albums" The Talking Book"," Innervations "and the first finale of" Self-Realization " were critical successes. The album was released as a double with a bonus EP of four songs. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart, becoming only the third album to reach this level, and the first American artist of that time. Both the lead single "I Wish "and the follow-up single" Sir Duke " reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Songs in the Key of Life spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the album with the most weeks at number one during the year. It was the second best-selling album of 1977 in the United States. In 2005, the album was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America  ...more

INCREDIBLE HOG-SAME-1973-FIRST PRESS FRANCE-COLUMBIA-2C064-94876. A rare French original of the cult album. The only album of the trio from London. Its history usually begins in 1970, although the trio began performing under the name “Incredible Hog” (a paraphrased title of the comic book series “Incredible Hulk”) only since January 1972. It ceased to exist at the end of 1973. The band consisted of Ken Gordon (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Jim Holmes (bass guitar), Tony Awin (drums). It is known that Ken and Jim have been friends since school years. At first, they performed in a team called "Speed Auction". Having formed "Incredible Hog“, they then created a club in London” The Pig Sty", which gathered not only their fans, but also fans of heavy rock and blues in general. The band is distinguished by a certain unusual hard rock melody. Ken's guitar playing style clearly resembled the unforgettable Rory Gallagher, and in general the band was compared with the early "Deep Purple“, then with”Groundhogs". English-speaking fans of” Incredible Hog " note as the advantages of the group not only the melody and high technique of performance, but also the lyrics of the songs, which, in their opinion, are quite intelligent and meaningful… According to some reports, the band was recreated and took part in the spring of 2011 at the Roadburn rock festival.  ...more

GENESIS-WE CAN't DANCE (2LP)-1991-FIRST UK PRESS-VIRGIN- GENLP3. Rare original British band.We Can't Dance is the fourteenth Studio album English rock band Genesis , released 28 October 1991 Atlantic Records in the US and 11 November 1991 on Virgin Records in the UK. We Can't Dance was a worldwide commercial success for the group. He became the fifth album is no 1 in the UK and reached number 4 in the US, where it sold over 4 million copies. Between 1991 and 1993, six tracks from the album were released as singles, including "No Son of Mine" and " I Can't Dance ". The latter received a Grammy award nomination for "Best pop performance" by a Duo or group with vocals in 1993. ...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

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