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SEARCHERS-THIS IS US-1964-FIRST PRESS USA-KAPP-KL-1409. A rare American original (Hollywood press), an iconic beat band. It's the Searchers is the third studio album by the English rock band The Searchers. The album of the group's famous singles "needles and pins" and "don't leave my love", as well as cover versions of some famous tracks, originally recorded by Betty Everett ("It's in her kiss"), Carl Perkins ("Glad it's over"), Don Gibson ("sea of grief"), the sinkers ("I count the tears") or Tommy Tucker ("Hi-Heels sneakers"). It was also the last Searchers album featuring singer Tony Jackson. The album reached number 4 on the UK Albums Chart.  ...more

SLADE-ROGUES GALLERY-1984-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-RCA-PL70604 Rare original of the cult album.The twelfth studio album by the British rock band Slade. It was released by RCA on March 29, 1985 and reached number 60 in the UK charts. ...more

JIMMY GIUFFRE-WESTERN SUITE-1960-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-1330. A rare original of the cult album. Western Suite is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre, released on the Atlantic label in 1960.. Allmusic rated the album 4 stars  ...more

JETHRO TULL-MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CHR1082 Matrix A-1U/B-1U Stamper 1GR/2RM. A rare British original of the cult prog band. Minstrel in the Gallery is the eighth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in September 1975. The album shows the band as returning to a mix of electric and acoustic compositions, thus closer to their early 70s albums such as Benefit (1970), Aqualung(1971) and Thick as a Brick (1972). The album was the first Jethro Tull album recorded outside the UK, in Monte Carlo, Monaco. This was Jethro Tull's last album with bassist Jeffrey Hammond, who left the band after the album's tour ended in late 1975 and was replaced by former Carmen bassist John Glascock. AllMusic has a favorable review stating that the album is "the most artistically successful and carefully crafted album since Thick as a Brick". ...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