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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

ASTRUD GILBERTO- ALBUM-1965-THE FIRST PRESS OF USA-VERVE-V6-8608 is a rare original of the mixed sessions of the 60s jazz singer. ASTRUD from Brazil, was born on March 30, 1940 in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. The album Astrud Gilberto (with Antonio Carlos Jobim) is the debut studio album by Astrud Gilberto. With Antonio Carlos Jobim on guitar and arrangements by Marty Paichaon was released on the Verve Records label in 1965. It peaked at number 41 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2017, NPR placed it at number 73 on the list of "150 Greatest Albums Made by Women". ...more

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

EAGLES-HOTEL CALIFORNIA-1976-FIRST PRESS USA-ASYLUM -7E-1084. Rare American original. In 2001, the album Hotel California was 15th in the list of the greatest albums of all time, VH1 version. In 2002, the album took the 11th line of "100 best rock albums of all time" by the magazine Classic Rock. The song from the album- "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California" -topped the U.S. sales chart (Billboard Hot 100), the latter was also awarded a Grammy. ...more

T.REX-BOLAN'S ZIP GUN-1974-THE FIRST UK PRESS-EMI -BLNA7752. Matrices A-1/B-2 . 1M/1A stampers (A dream!) A rare British original. Bolan's Zip Gun is the tenth studio album by British and Australian rock band T. Rex, released on February 16, 1975 by EMI. Eight of the album's eleven songs have already been released in the US last year on the label Casablanca Records. Zip Gun was a repackaging with three additional tracks.  However, it was the only T. Rex album that did not chart in the UK, although highly appreciated by critics and fans. ...more