Lot 62PARSONS PROJECT,ALAN-PYRAMID-1978-fist press uk-pyramid-nmint/nmint

ABBA-SUPER TROUPER-1980 - THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS322. A rare Swedish original of the cult album. Super Trouper is the seventh studio album by Swedish band ABBA, released in 1980. It became the band's sixth album to top the UK charts, as well as the top selling album in the UK in 1980. In Europe, the album took places from 1 to 5 in all countries of the continent, instantly became multi-platinum. ...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

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY-DOMINATION-1965-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL-ST2203. A rare original of the cult album.  Domination is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Capitol label and featuring performances by Adderley with an orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson.  The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album 3½ stars, stating: "Both Adderleys feature in Oliver Nelson's monumental sound chart series, which go through exemplary remastering - on very adventurous material"  ...more

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

METALLICA-SAME-1991-First press HOLLAND-VERTIGO SWIRL-510022- A very rare original of the cult album on a collector's label. Metallica is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. Released on August 12, 1991 by Elektra Records, it is commonly referred to as the Black Album due to its packaging design. His recording took place in a one-on-one studio in Los Angeles for eight months, during which Metallica often clashed with its new producer Bob Rock. The album marked a change in the band's music from the thrash metal style of their previous four albums to a slower, heavier and more refined sound. Metallica performed Metallica in full during the 2012 Black Albums European Tour. In 2020, the album was ranked 235th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest Albums of all time. In December 2019, Metallica became the fourth release in American history to reach the 550-week milestone on the Billboard 200 chart. It also became the second longest-running traditional title in chart history and the second to spend 550 weeks on the album charts. ...more