Lot 96ROXETTE-JOYRIDE-1991-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-EMI-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

JOPLIN, JANIS-PEARL-1971- FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-64189. Maritsa A-1/B-1 is a rare British original of the cult album. Pearl is the fourth studio album by Janis Joplin, recorded by producer Paul Rothchild in September - October 1970 and released by Columbia Records on January 11, 1971, four months after the singer's death. The CD received the highest critical acclaim, was declared a masterpiece, the best album of the singer, one of the best works of white blues. Pearl topped the Billboard 200 lists. ...more

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

ARGENT-NEXUS-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-EPIC -SEPC85924. Matrices A-2/B-2. A rare British original of a famous prog band. Nexus is the fifth album by the British rock band Argent. Released in March 1974 on the CBS Records label (USA: Epic Records KE 32573). Critics have noted the album as a deep work in progroke. The album rose to number 149 on the Billboard 200. ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-SECRET MESSAGES-1983-FIRST PRESS UK-JET-JETLX527. A rare British original of the cult album. Secret Messages is the tenth studio album by the British rock band Electric Light Orchestra, released in 1983 by Jet Records. It was the band's last commercially successful album. ...more