Lot 81DEPECHE MODE-BLACK CELEBRATION-1986-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-MUTE-NMINT-NMINT

HARD STUFF-BOLEX DEMENTIA-1973-THE FIRST UK-PURPLE -TPSA7507 matrix A-2U/B-3U PRESS. Stamper 1G/1R (Dream!!!!!) The second album of the hard prog British band consisting of great musicians JOHN CANN, JOHN GUSTAFSON, PAUL HAMMOND.  It is the second and final album by the 1970s British rock band HARD STUFF. During the recording of the album, two band members (John Cann and Paul Hammond) were injured in a serious car accident in Belgium. Cann was sitting in the front passenger seat of their car. Ford Zodiac and suffered a back injury and broken ribs, while Hammond, who was sleeping in the back seat, broke both legs. Kahn spent a week in the hospital in Ostend, and Hammond spent two months.[1] The band managed to finish recording the album, but Cann later stated: "When I listen to it, it sounds a little sketchy and not the way we intended, but still it has its good moments." Hard Stuff disbanded shortly after the release of the album, and the members went their separate ways. After refusing to join ATOMIC ROOSTER, Cann briefly joined THIN LIZZY recording a solo album, Gustafson joined ROXY MUSIC and later the IAN GILLAN BAND,  ...more

DEEP PURPLE-FIREBALL-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST- SHVL793 Matrix A-2U/B-3U . A rare original of the cult album. Fireball is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple. Recorded between September 1970 and June 1971, released in September 1971 on Harvest Records. The album was recorded at De Lane Lea Studios (like its predecessor). Compared to Deep Purple in Rock, this album was recorded in a more experimental style. Allmusic named it one of the band's four most important albums, along with Machine Head, In Rock and Burn. Ian Gillan, unlike the rest of the band, considers this album a classic of Deep Purple. Nevertheless, he noticed that the inclusion of "Anyone's Daughter" (in the country style and with humorous lyrics) on the album was fun, but a mistake ("A good bit of fun, but a mistake"). Jon Lord singled out several tracks of the album, such as "No No No" and "Fools", and especially noted Pace's playing in the title track. The track "Strange Kind of Woman", released as a single in February 1971 and rose to number eight in the UK charts. 20,000 copies were sold in the first week. The album was highly appreciated by the public and critics, becoming multi-gold on both sides of the Atlantic. ...more

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-SAME-1968-FIRST PRESS USA- FANTASY-8382 A very rare American original of the cult album. Creedence Clearwater Revival is the debut studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released on May 28, 1968. The album was first certified gold by the RIAA on December 16, 1970, and then went platinum twenty years later on December 13, 1990 ...more

CARAVAN-CUNNING STUNTS-1975-THE FIRST PRESS UK-DECCA-SKL-R-5210 . Matrices A-P2W/B-P2W, a rare British original of the cult prog band. The sixth studio album by the progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1975. It was their first album with bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Mike Wedgwood. The album's title is a spoonerism for "Stunning Cunts", which is characteristic of their bold use of language. The three previous Caravan albums with titles that are also sexual word games, If I Could Do It Again, I Would Do It Again With You (1970), In the Land of Gray and Pink (1971) and For Girls Who Plump at Night (1973). ...more

JAMES BROWN-HELL-1974-FIRST PRESS USA-POLYDOR-PD-29-001. Monarch press. A very rare original of the cult album, considered an icon of the funk-soul style."Soul Brother number One", "Godfather of the Soul", "The Hardest Working Man in show Business", "Mr. Dynamite" are mighty titles, but no one can doubt that James Brown earned them more than any other performer. It was he who made the transition from rhythm blues and gosrel to soul and funk.  ...more