Lot 17BECK, JEFF-TRUTH-1968-FIRST PRESS UK-COLUMBIA-NMINT/NMINT

SAVOY BROWN-LOOKING IN-1970-THE FIRST UK-DECCA-SKL5066 Matrix A-1W/B-1W PRESS. A rare British original of the cult blues-rock band. Looking In is the sixth album by British blues band Savoy Brown. The album featured "Lonesome" Dave Peverett on vocals after Chris Yulden left the band last spring. Leader/guitarist Kim Simmonds will be the only band member to continue working with the band after this album, as all the other band members left to form Foghat next year. It was released by Decca in 1970 (SKL 5066). For release in the USA and Canada, the cassettes were leased to Parrot Records (PAS 71042). The album spent a week in the official UK charts and reached number 50. It performed significantly better in the US, where it spent 19 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 39, their second-highest album on the US charts. ...more

SMOKIE-STRANGERS IN PARADISE-1982-THE FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-RAK-1A-064-64743. Matrices A-1/B-1 . A rare European original. In early 1982, the last album for EMI Strangers in Paradise was released. The album failed in the charts, and it became clear that the members could not recreate their success using their own material. Shortly after the release of Strangers in Paradise, work began on two albums, one of which was released as a Smokie Midnight Delight album, and the other was Chris Norman's solo album Rock Away Your Teardrops. But that Smokie album, that Norman solo album sold poorly. It's amazing how time changes a lot, currently the album is considered one of the rarest and most coveted by fans of the band.  ...more

BEATLES-SGT.PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-1967-PICTURE-FIRST PRESS 1978 USA-CAPITOL-SEAX-11840 Original Picture 1978. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth album by the British rock band The Beatles. Many critics call Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is among the most influential rock albums of all time. In particular, it was named the best album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine (2003). According to a vote conducted by the BBC radio station among its listeners for the fiftieth anniversary of the British charts in 2006, the album ranks first in popularity in the UK. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ranks ninth in the list of albums — world leaders in sales with a result of more than 30 million copies.The album was recorded over a 129-day period beginning on December 6, 1966, and released on June 1, 1967 in the UK (on June 2 of the same year, the album went on sale in the USA). The record has won 4 Grammy Awards in the following categories: 1. Album of the Year, 2. The best contemporary performance by the band, 3. The best sound engineering work of the album, 4. The best album cover. ...more

COCKER, JOE-ONE NIGHT OF SIN-1989-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-CAPITOL-064-791828-1. European original cult album. One Night Of Sin is the twelfth Studio album of British singer Joe Cocker, released by Capitol Records in June 1989. It contains the hit single "When the Night Comes" (US #11), which was the last hit Coker in the US Top 40. The song is notable for the fact that it was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance . In addition, the first plays rhythm guitar on the song. Other notable songs on the album include a cover version of "One Night" (here as "One Night Of Sin"), hit No. 1 Elvis Presley 1958 and "I'm Your Man" by Leonard Cohen. The album also features "Another Mind Gone", which became the band's first in sixteen years, co-authored by the Coker. The song was dedicated to B. Jay Wilson, a former friend of the Coker group and other. ...more

GILLAN, IAN BAND - CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE-1977-THE FIRST UK-ISLAND PRESS-ILPS9500. Matrices A-2/B-2. A rare original of the cult album. Clear Air Turbulence is the second studio album by the British jazz-rock band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1977 with a cover by Chris Foss. Work on the album was carried out from July 1976 to September 1976. A UK tour was arranged, although all dates were cancelled until April 1977 so that the new album could be re-recorded and remixed at Kingsway Recorders, London. ...more