Lot 39MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA-BIRDS OF FIRE-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-MNINT/NMINT

AC/DC-LET THERE BE ROCK-1977--ORIGINAL PRESS 1981 NEW ZEALAND-ALBERT PRODUCTIONS-APLP022 A very rare second New Zealand press of the iconic Australian band. Let There Be Rock is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC. The Australian version of the CD was released in March 1977 on the Albert Productions label, and the international version was released in June 1977 on the Atlantic Records label. The Australian release of the album was coolly received by critics and barely entered the Australian Top 20, in the UK -17 place. The album reached the highest level of sales in the United States and was awarded double platinum status by the RIAA for a circulation of more than 2 million copies, in December 1997. ...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

AC/DC-THE RAZORS EDGE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY -ATCO-7567-91413-1/WX364. The album includes the songs "Thunderstruck" and "Moneytalks", one of the most famous tracks of AC/DC. A huge commercial success the group returned to popularity in the late 70's-early 80-ies. The album is at # 2 on the Billboard 200 in the US and in 4th place in the UK. "The Razor's Edge" was certified five-time platinum album (which has sold 5 million copies), and in 2003, remastered, was included in a series of "AC/DC Remasters". ...more

CCS-THE BEST BAND IN THE LAND-1973-first press uk-rak-SRAK504 Matrix A-1/B-1 . A rare British original of the A. Korner blues project. This is the third and last studio album of the Collective Consciousness Society. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London from January to May 1973 and released in September of the same year. In Australia, the album was called "The Band Played Boogie". The album includes, in particular, covers of songs by The Kinks and Cream, and it is equally divided by original compositions. The style continues the style of their two previous albums, with heavy rock and blues songs arranged on jazz instruments. The single "The Band Played the Boogie" reached the 36th place in the official UK charts. Neither the album nor the single reached the US charts. ...more

FITZGERALD, ELLA AND ARMSTRONG, LOUIS-ELLA AND LOUIS-1956-THE FIRST PRESS USA-VERVE-MGV-4003.A rare American original of the cult album. .Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet, released in October 1956. Having previously collaborated in the late 1940s on the Decca label, it was the first of three albums that Fitzgerald and Armstrong were to record together for Inspirational recordings, later followed in 1957 by It's Ella and Louis Again, and in 1959 by "Porgy and Bess". In 2000, it was ranked 636th on Colin Larkin's list of the 1000 best albums of all time. ...more