Lot 36LENNON, JOHN-IMAGINE-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-NMINT/NMINT

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA (2LP) - OUT OF THE BLUE-1977-THE FIRST UK-JET - UAS100 PRESS. A rare British original of one of the most commercially successful albums of the band (the number of sales worldwide was about 10 million). ...more

MCCARTNEY, PAUL-FLAMING PIE-1997-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE- 724385650017. A very rare British original of the cult album. Flaming Pie is the tenth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released in 1997. This is McCartney's first studio album, after his previous studio album Off the Ground, released in 1993; these four years McCartney was mainly busy working on The Beatles Anthology project. In the album's liner notes, McCartney wrote: "(The Anthology) reminded me of the standards we held to during The Beatles' time; the standards of how we worked on songs. So the creation of this album followed a course "refreshed" by these memories of the past." Since February 1995, McCartney has collaborated with Jeff Lynn, the lead vocalist and guitarist of the Electric Light Orchestra, a passionate fan of The Beatles. The album Flaming Pie is the last to be recorded by Paul's wife Linda McCartney, who died of breast cancer in 1998. Flaming Pie debuted in the UK Albums chart at number 2 in May 1997 — the best initial chart position since the album Flowers in the Dirt eight years earlier. In the US, the reaction was also very positive. The album debuted on the chart at the 2nd place (the best place of McCartney's albums in the US chart since the album Tug of War); in the first week, 121 thousand copies of the album were sold.  Both in the UK and in the USA, the album was recognized as the "best debutant on the chart", and also certified as "gold". In other countries, the reaction to the album was slightly worse than on Off the Ground, but in Greece, the album reached number 1 on the chart and was certified gold in Norway. According to the Nielsen SoundScan marketing research system, the album sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide until June 2007. ...more

BOWIE, DAVID (TIN MACHINE)-TIN MACHINE -1989-FIRST PRESS EU-GERMANY-EMI-064-791990-1 .  A rare German original of the cult album ..Tin Machine is the debut studio album by Tin Machine, originally released by the EMI label in 1989. The band was David Bowie's latest venture, inspired by sessions with guitarist Reeves Gabrels. The band also included: Hunt Sales (drums) and Tony Sales (bass guitar), the "fifth member" of the band was Kevin Armstrong (eng. Kevin Armstrong) who played rhythm guitar. At the time of its original release, the album "Tin Machine" had achieved some success, receiving generally positive reviews and reached #3 in the UK charts. ...more

BEATLES-HEY JUDE-1970-(EXPORT) ORIGINAL PRESS 1971 - UK-APPLE-CPCS106. Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 981-1; Side 2: YEX 982-1. Stamper 3AR/3AG Second edition for export, printed from 1971 to 1973. Hey Jude or The Beatles Again is a compilation album by The Beatles, released in 1970 in the USA. The collection includes singles previously unreleased on albums; the "B" sides of singles; as well as the songs "I Should Have Known Better" and "Can't Buy Me Love", previously released in singles format by Capitol Records. The album rose to number two on the Billboard 200 chart. ...more

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-GREEN RIVER-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1970 USA-FANTASY-F8393 Very early edition of the cult album. Green River is the third studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, recorded at Wally Hyder's studio and released by Fantasy Records in 1969. The album rose to the top of the Billboard 200 list (later becoming multi-platinum and reaching #20 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2003, it entered at #95 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Best Albums of All Time".  ...more