Lot 29IF-THREE-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-UNITED ARTISTS-NMINT/NMINT

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

DOORS-WAITING FOR THE SUN-1968-FIRST PRESS USA-ELEKTRA-EKS74024. Matrices A-CTH1/B-CTH. TERRE HAUTE PRESS.  A very rare American original of the cult album. Waiting for the Sun is the third studio album by American rock band The Doors, released in July 1968. The CD was recorded at Sunset Sound Studio (Los Angeles). It was originally planned that it would be based on the 25-minute composition "The Celebration of Lizard", but after listening to the recorded material, which only Morrison was satisfied with, this idea had to be abandoned. The album also did not include the title song, which was transferred to the album Morrison Hotel. While working on the album, Morrison often got drunk, which infuriated producer Paul Rothschild. Despite its roughness, as well as a barrage of criticism, the album reached the first line in the national hit parade. ...more

TONY CAREY(EX-RAINBOW) PLANET P-SAME Band-1983-First Press eu-HOLLAND-GEFFEN- GEF25367 Tony Carey is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, composer. He is best known as the keyboardist of the band "Rainbow". After "Rainbow" he performed as a solo artist and session musician. In 1983, the album Planet P was released and the songs "A fine, fine day", "First day of summer" and "Why me?" hit the chats on both sides of the Atlantic. After that, Carey found international success, both solo and in Planet P.  ...more

EAGLES-GREATEST HITS (1971-1975)-1976-FIRST PRESS USA-ASYLUM-7E1052 . PRC PRESS . A rare American original of the cult collection . The first compilation album by the American rock band the Eagles, released on February 17, 1976 by Asylum Records. The album contains a selection of songs from the first four Eagles albums released between the formation of the Eagles in 1971 and 1975. Their greatest hits (1971-1975) reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, where they remained for five weeks. "One of These Nights" and "The Best of My Love" topped the Billboard Hot 100. The album is notable for being the first album to receive platinum certification by the RIAA, which was introduced in 1976 to recognize albums sold a million copies in the United States. It peaked at number four on the Billboard year-end Albums chart in 1976 and spent a total of 239 weeks on the Billboard 200 as of August 2018. Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) was the best-selling album of the 20th century in the United States, and it remained so for several years until it was surpassed by Michael Jackson's thriller after the artist's death in 2009.. But he regained this title in August 2018. In 2017, the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Register of Records as "culturally, historically, or artistically significant." ...more

GENESIS-GENESIS-1983-THE FIRST UK-VIRGIN - GENLP1 PRESS. A rare British original of the cult album. Genesis is the twelfth studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released on October 3, 1983 by Charisma and Virgin Records in the UK and Atlantic Records in the USA and Canada.Genesis was the band's biggest commercial success at the time of release, becoming the band's third album in a row to reach number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. It also reached #9 on the US Billboard 200, where it has sold over 4 million copies. Five singles were released between 1983 and 1984; "Mama" was the lead single and remains Genesis' highest-charting single in the UK, peaking at number 4 on the charts. ...more