Lot 22PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC-ARE YOU READY-1970-FIRSTPRESS UK-CBS-NMINT/NMINT

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-GREEN RIVER-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1970 USA-FANTASY-F8393 Very early edition of the cult album. Green River is the third studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, recorded at Wally Hyder's studio and released by Fantasy Records in 1969. The album rose to the top of the Billboard 200 list (later becoming multi-platinum and reaching #20 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2003, it entered at #95 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Best Albums of All Time".  ...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

BILLY IDOL-11 OF THE BEST (2LP'S) LIMITED BONUS LP-1988-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-BILTVD1. A very rare original of the cult album. Idol Songs: 11 of the Best is an album by English rock singer Billy Idol, released on June 20, 1988 by Chrysalis Records.[3] It includes all the singles released from his first three studio albums — Billy Idol, Rebel Yell and Whiplash Smile, as well as a live version of "Mony Mony" and the re-recorded Generation X song "Dancing with Myself", both of which appeared on Idol's debut EP Don't Stop. The limited edition of the album contains four additional remixes. The album reached number two on the UK Albums chart. and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). ...more

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CARAVAN-CARAVAN-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1972 GERMANY-POLYDOR-2310191. A rare early edition of the cult album. Caravan is a British Canterbury scene band formed in 1968 by former members of The Wilde Flowers band, Pye Hastings (vocals, guitar), Richard Sinclair (vocals, bass guitar), David Sinclair (keyboards) and Richard Coughlan (drums).The first album of the band Caravan (1968) was a hybrid of pop, jazz and psychedelia, playing an important role in the formation of the sound of the band, and the formation of the features of the Canterbury music school as a whole. The album included the band's first signature psychedelic jam, "Where But For Caravan Would I" ...more