Lot 50MCCARTNEY, PAUL-GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET-1984-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE-NMINT/NMINT

SHADOWS-SHADOWS-1961-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-COLUMBIA-33SX1374.  A rare British original rock beat band. The Shadows is a 1961 rock album by the British band The Shadows, which reached number one in the UK charts and was recorded at Abbey Road Studios (Studio 2) between 26 October 1960 and 21 June 1961. It was recorded on fully analog equipment in real time, with each track recorded one track per day without any overdubs or edits on a 2-track recording machine. The album had a strong influence on rock music and many famous musicians. For example, Brian May (QUEEN) considers this album the most favorite.. ...more

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST-EVERYONE IS EVERYBODY ELSE-1974-FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR-2383-286.Rare original cult British prog group. Everyone Is Everybody Else is a 1974 album by British rock band Barclay James Harvest. It was released in the UK on 14 June 1974 and was their first album for the Polydor label after they parted ways with EMI. The album spun through radio Caroline, which has published ratings of the album at number 13 in the top 100. ...more

CHARLES, RAY/ CLEO LAINE-PORGY AND BESS-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-LONDON-D31D2 Rare British original of the legend of the jazz scene. Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, whose libretto was written by author Dubose Hayward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from the play "Porgy" by Dorothy Hayward and Dubose Hayward, which is itself an adaptation of the 1925 novel of the same name by Dubose Hayward. Porgy and Bess was first performed in Boston on September 30, 1935, before moving to Broadway in New York.[1] It featured a cast of classically trained African-American singers—a bold artistic choice at the time. After an initially unpopular public reception, the 1976 production of the Houston Grand Opera brought her new popularity, and she is now one of the most famous and frequently performed operas. In 1976, Ray Charles and Cleo Lane recorded an album of excerpts for RCA Victor, in which the two of them performed several roles. The album was arranged and conducted by Frank De Vol. It featured Joe Sample's organ, Harry Edison's trumpet, and guitar work by Joe Pass and Lee Ritenour. It was based on jazz with full orchestration, but the orchestrations used were not Gershwin's. ...more

PRESLEY, ELVIS - KISSIN ' COUSINS-1964-THE FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-RCA-RD-7615. A rare British original of the King of rock and roll. Elvis Presley - Kissin ' Cousins is a studio album by Elvis Presley, which was the soundtrack to the film of the same name with his participation ("Kissing Cousins", released in 1964). The album went on sale on April 2, 1964. In the United States, it rose to number 6 on the Billboard Top LP's album chart (American magazine "Billboard"). According to sales in the United States, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on March 27, 1992 ...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