Lot 30FRUUPP FUTURE LEGENDS-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-DAWN-NMINT/NMINT

ROLLING STONES-BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS)-1966-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-DECCA-TXS101. Matrices XZAL-7503-4W, XZAL-7504-3W. A very rare British original of the iconic ROLLING STONES album. Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) is the first compilation album by The Rolling Stones. With various covers and track listings, it was released on March 28, 1966 on London Records in the US and on November 4, 1966 on Decca Records in the UK. The American edition focused on songs from 1964 and 1965 with two new tunes: the recent "19th Nervous Breakdown" and the re-recorded "Time Is on My Side" with a guitar intro. The British version covered a longer period, starting with the band's first A-side single in 1963, "Come On", and ending with several songs from 1966, including the recent hit "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" The album reached number three on the US Billboard 200 chart.[1] and the fourth place in the UK albums chart.[2] It remained on the chart for 99 weeks in the US, where the RIAA certified the album as double platinum, which meant more than two million copies sold. ...more

KOSSOFF, PAUL-BACK STREET CRAWLER1973-FIRST PRESS UK-ISLAND -ILPS9264 matrix A-1U/B-1U stamper 1RG/1RR . The first solo album after the breakup of FREE. Very highly appreciated by kuritiks and musicians. ...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

DIRE STRAITS-LOVE OVER GOLD-1982-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO - 6359109 . A rare British original of the cult group. Love over Gold is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on September 20, 1982 on Vertigo Records and Warner Bros. Records in the USA. The presence of detailed musical compositions with long instrumental passages in the album brings it closer in style to progressive rock. This is the last CD of the band recorded with the participation of the original drummer Peak Withers. The singles from the album, "Private Investigations", reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Industrial Disease" reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The album topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and the UK, and peaked at No. 19 in the US. Love over Gold was later certified gold in the US, platinum in France and Germany, and double platinum in Canada and the UK. ...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