Lot 11SHADOWS-FROM HANK BRUCE BRIAN AND JOHN....-1967-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-COLUMBIA-NMINT/NMINT

BEE GEES-CUCUMBER CASTLE-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-2383010. A rare original of the cult album. Cucumber Castle is the seventh studio album by the British band Bee Gees, released in April 1970. Cucumber Castle is the only Bee Gees album recorded without Robin Gibb. The singer left the band at that time for a solo career and did not take part in the work on the record. His voice can be heard in several songs, but he is not even mentioned in the credits. Instead, some vocal parts are performed by the British soul singer P. P. Arnold. The album was accompanied by the release of two singles. First of all, this is "Don't Forget to Remember", which took second place in the UK chart in August, as well as "I.O.I.O.". According to the autobiographical book Tales of the Brothers Gibb, the record itself rose in the United Kingdom only to 54th place, while in the USA it could not rise above 94- th lines. ...more

MADNESS-ABSOLUTELY-1980-THE FIRST UK-STIFF-SEEZ29 PRESS. A rare British original of the cult album.  Absolute is the second album by the British ska band Madness released in 1980. The album reached number 2 in the UK charts. Absolute spawned some of the band's biggest hits, most notably "BaggyPants", which peaked at number 3 in the UK and spent over four months on the singles chart. "Confusion" took 4th place, and the instrumental "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" rose to 7th place. Although reviews of the album, as a rule, were less enthusiastic than those of One Step Beyond... ...more

KAYAK-MERLIN-1981-THE FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-VERTIGO-6423432. A rare Dutch original of the cult album. The eighth studio album by Dutch band Kayak. The first half of the original LP (tracks 1 to 5) is a conceptual story about the wizard Merlin. The second half of the LP is a collection of individual songs. The album received very high marks, and many call it the best album of the band's creativity. In 2003, KAYAK released a revised and longer version of Merlin's story called Merlin - Bard of the Unseen. ...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

BONEY M-LOVE FOR SALE-1977-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-HANSA - 28888OT. A rare second album of a disco legend in a complete set (large poster) Love for Sale is the second studio album by Euro-Caribbean band Boney M., released in 1977 by Atlantic Records and Hansa Records. The album includes such hits as "Ma Baker" and "Belfast". It also includes cover versions of the songs: "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter): "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (Creedence Clearwater Revival) and "Still I'm Sad" (The Yardbirds). ...more