Lot 63ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-BALANCE OF POWER -1986-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-JET-NMINT/NMINT

YES-RELAYER-1974-THE FIRST PRESS UK-ATLANTIC- K50096 Matrix A-4/B-1 Pesky/Porky. A rare British original of the cult album. Relayer is the seventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in November 1974 by Atlantic Records. After keyboardist Rick Wakeman left the band in May 1974 due to disagreements with the band's management after their double concept album Tales from Topographical Oceans (1973), Yes began rehearsals as a four-piece in Buckinghamshire. The album reached No. 4 on the UK Albums chart and No. 5 on the US Billboard 200. A single from the final part of "The Gates of Delirium" titled "Soon" was released in January 1975. Relayer continued to sell and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over 500,000 copies in the United States. ...more

FOREIGNER-INSIDE INFORMATION-1987-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-ATLANTIC--781808-1 Rare original of the cult album. Inside Information is the sixth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on December 8, 1987. The album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and was certified platinum in the United States with sales of over a million copies. Even though it was a huge standard for any country, the band's sales have certainly plummeted since the release of 4 in 1981. This was the last album to feature the main line-up of the 80s-Gramm, Jones, Wills and Elliot. ...more

FRUUPP FUTURE LEGENDS-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-DAWN-DNLS3053. Matrix A-2VG/B-1. (Version with a modified label) Rare first album of the cult British prog band. Future Legends is the debut studio album by Northern Irish progressive rock band Fruupp. Recorded in July 1973 and produced by Denis Taylor, it was released on October 5 in the UK on Dawn Records, a subsidiary of Pye Records for underground and progressive rock music. To promote the album, the band embarked on a two-month tour, which ended on November 29 with a concert at Whitla Hall in Belfast, where they played with the Ulster Youth Orchestra. ...more

MOODY BLUES-IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD-1968-FIRST PRESS UK-DERAM-SML711. Matrices A-3W/B-2W. A very rare original of the cult album.  In Search of the Lost Chord is the third studio album by the British band The Moody Blues, released in July 1968 on Deram Records. The Moody Blues' second album, recorded in the classic Hayward—Pinder—Lodge—Thomas Edge line—up, and the band's second work with producer Tony Clark. On this record, the band's signature sound was formed, built around a mellotron. The album was written under the influence of LSD, transcendental meditation and Oriental music, in particular, Hindustani music. The theme of the album's songs touches on such topics as the spiritual development of a person, his desire for search and discovery. Two songs from the record, "Ride My See-Saw" and "Voices in the Sky", were also released as singles. After the release of In Search of the Lost, Chord took quite high positions in the charts. In the UK, he was in the top five albums, and in Germany and the USA in the top thirty. According to the results of sales, the record received gold status in the USA, and platinum in Canada. In Search of the Lost Chord received positive reviews from critics and was included in various lists of the best progressive rock albums. ...more

ALICE COOPER-LACE AND WHISKEY -1977-FIRST PRESS UK-WARNER-K56365. Matrix A-1/B-1 is a rare British original of the cult album. Lace and Whiskey is the third solo and tenth studio album by American singer Alice Cooper, released on April 29, 1977 by Warner Bros.The album reached number 42 in the US and number 33 in the UK Albums chart ...more