Lot 38LENNON, JOHN,WALLS & BRIDGES-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-NMINT/NMINT

TURTLE -TURTLE SOUP-1969-THE FIRST USA-WHITE WHALE PRESS-WW7124. Pitman press. A rare American original of the cult group. TURTLE SOUP is the fifth and final studio album by American rock band the Turtles. It was released in 1969 on the White Whale Records label. The album was produced by Ray Davis of The Kinks – the first time he released a recording of another guppa. Turtle Soup reached number 117 on the Billboard Rock Albums chart. Two singles from the album also charted on the Billboard Singles chart: "You Don't Have to Walk in the Rain" (#51) and "Love in the City" (#91)..  ...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

GILLAN, IAN BAND CHILD-IN TIME-1976-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-OYSTER-2391232. A rare German original of the cult album. Child in Time is the debut album by the British jazz rock band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1976. The album got its name from the Deep Purple song "Child in Time", a version of which appeared on the record. The album reached number 36 in the Swedish charts and number 55 in the UK.It was Ian Gillan's first release after leaving Deep Purple, as well as his former Deep Purple bandmate bassist Roger Glover as the album's producer. ...more

BONEY M-TAKE THE HEAT OFF ME-1976-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-HANSA - 27573OT Rare original of the first album of the disco legend in a complete set (large poster) Take the Heat Off Me is the debut album by Euro-Caribbean band Boney M. The album became a big seller in Europe, especially in the Scandinavian countries (number 1 in Sweden and Finland, number 2 in Norway), but in the US the album simply did not make the album chart. The tracks include the hits "Daddy Cool" (number 1 in eight European countries, number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 11 on the US Club Play Singles chart), "Sunny" (top 5 in many European countries) and the debut single "Baby Do You Wanna Bump". ...more

ERIC BURDON BAND -STOP-1975-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL-SMAS11425. A rare original in a very rare top condition. Stop is a hard rock/R and B album by the first incarnation of Eric Burdon's band, which included Burdon, John Sterling, Kim Kesterson and Terry Ryan. The band was formed in 1971, after Burdon left his previous band War to record an album with Jimmy Witherspoon. They recorded the 1971 album Guilty! and then, without Witherspoon, this album. Released only in July 1975, it did not have a single hit, but enjoyed some success on the American chart, reaching both American and Canadian albums. A bright red and white cover cut octagonally in the shape of a traffic stop sign. Inside the spread, a large black-and-white portrait of Burdon is depicted on one surface. The album received high marks and broke into the top 20 charts on both sides of the Atlantic. ...more