Lot 58COCKER, JOE- JAMAICA SAY YOU WILL-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-FLY-NMINT/NMINT

LOVE SCULPTURE-BLUES HELPING-1968-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE-PCS7059. A very rare British original of the cult band. Their debut album Blues Helping included the songs "Summertime" and "Wang Dang Doodle". They are best known for their new 1968 hit on the UK singles chart, a high-speed cover version of Aram Khachaturian's classic piece "Dance with a Saber", released on the Parlophone label (R 5744), which reached number 5 on the UK Singles chart in December 1968. The recording was inspired by Keith Emerson's classic permutations. "Sabre Dance" became a hit after the broadcast of British DJ John Peel, who was so impressed that he played it twice in the same program.. In December 1968, the British music magazine NME reported that Love Sculpture had signed a recording contract in the US with London Records guaranteeing 250,000 pounds. The band also received an invitation to perform "Sabre Dance" live on the German television program Beat-Club on Radio Bremen, which was broadcast in Germany at the time.  ...more

BEATLES-ABBEY ROAD-1969-THE FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE- PCS7089 Matrix A2/B1. stamper 1RA/8HL . A very rare British original of the cult album. Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Work on Abbey Road took place from February to August 1969 and became the last joint project of all four members of the ensemble (the last numbered album of the group Let It Be, released in 1970, was mostly recorded in January 1969). The record was produced by George Martin, who had worked with the band since 1962. Abbey Road sales totaled four million copies in the first two months. In the UK, the album debuted at the top of the national chart, where it remained for 11 weeks, after which it was supplanted by The Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed for one week. Then he returned to the 1st place again (in the Christmas week) and stayed there for another six weeks (17 weeks in total), until he was displaced by the second Led Zeppelin record - Led Zeppelin II. Abbey Road spent a total of 81 weeks on the UK Albums chart. There was a similar situation abroad. The record occupied the top spot of the Billboard Top LP chart for 11 weeks, becoming the best-selling album of 1969 according to the National Association of Recording Companies, as well as one of the record holders of the Japanese chart, appearing in its Top 100 for 298 weeks throughout the 1970s. ...more

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH MAN-NIGHTINGALES AND BOMBERS-1975-THE FIRST UK PRESS-BRONZE- ILPS 9337. The A-2U/B-2U matrices, the 1RD/1RL Stamper are a very rare British original - the pinnacle of the band's creativity. Nightingales AND Bombers is the sixth studio album by British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on August 22, 1975 on the Bronze Records label. The CD rose to #120 on the Billboard 200 of all rock albums.      ...more

PRETTY THINGS-SILK TORPEDO-1974-FIRST PRESS-UK-SWAN SONG-SSK59400. A rare original of the cult band of Great Britain. Silk Torpedo is the seventh album by the English rock band Pretty Things. This is their second album without Wally Waller, the band's rhythm guitarist/bassist since 1967. The album is more like glam rock, which contrasts with their early R/B and psychedelic years. The album was the first to be released in the UK on the Swan Song Records label. ...more

MICHAEL, GEORGE-FAITH-1987-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-EPIC-EPC4600001. A rare European original. Faith is the debut solo studio album by British musician George Michael, released in October 1987. The CD is recognized as one of the greatest in the history of pop music, and has won several awards, including the Grammy Award for Best Album of the Year. The album was an instant success in the US, selling more than a million copies in its debut week — the largest number of discs sold per week ever by a British pop artist. To date, more than 25 million records have been sold worldwide. Six singles were released from the album, which largely helped it dominate the charts in 1988.  ...more