Lot 17HENDRIX, JIMI-MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING-1975-FIRST PRESS UK - POLYDOR-NMINT/NMINT

QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI - EMTC103.Matrices A-6/B-5. A rare British original. A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the rock band Queen, released on December 2, 1975. The record was a great success: its sales reached three million, and in the UK charts it held the first position for four inconsistent weeks. The title of the album — "Night at the Opera" — as well as the subsequent one, is taken from the repertoire of American comedians of the 1930s by the Marx brothers, namely from the film of the same name. At each Queen concert, several songs from A Night at the Opera were necessarily performed (while "Love of My Life" was never performed in the album version). It is considered that the song "Death on Two Legs" is dedicated to the former producer of the band. "Bohemian Rhapsody" brought the band a resounding success and in 2000 was recognized in Britain as the "song of the millennium". The final album "God Save the Queen" is the anthem of Great Britain arranged by Brian May; it was this composition that invariably completed each concert of the band. The album was ranked 230th on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and 128th on the 2020 list. ...more

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND-1973-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL- SMAS-11207 Rare original cult album. We're an American Band is the seventh studio album by the American hard rock band Grand Funk Railroad, known as Grand Funk. The album was released by Capitol Records on July 15, 1973 and became RIAA gold a month after its release. Two singles were released from the album. The first single, "We're an American Band", was released on July 2, 1973, and the second, "Walk Like a Man", was released on October 29, 1973. The album ranks 200th in the ranking of 200 albums of all time by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM). ...more

NIRVANA-IN UTERO -1993-FIRST PRESS UK/EU -GEFFEN - GEF-24536. Mega rare original of NIRVANA's iconic third and final album. On September 13, 1993, In Utero was released in the UK, and the next day in the United States. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and in the first week the sales mark reached 180 thousand. ...more

KANSAS-MONOLITH-1979-THE FIRST PRESS USA-KIRSHNER-PZ36008. A very rare American original of the cult album.  Monolith is the sixth studio album by the American progressive rock band Kansas, released in 1979.  Initially, about 800,000 copies of Monolith were sold, which gave it gold status, but it eventually went platinum in the early 1990s. Kerry Livgren donated his platinum record to the Kansas State Historical Society. The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Albums Chart, becoming their third consecutive (and last) studio album to reach the top ten. The album remained on the Billboard Albums chart for a total of 24 weeks and was one of the top 100 albums of the charts (#100) for the calendar year 1979. ...more

NAT KING COLE-THOSE LAZY-HAZY-CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER--1963-FIRST PRESS UK-CAPITOL-T1932. A rare original of the golden baritone of the 20th century. Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer is a 1963 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Ralph Carmichael. The album reached number 14 on the Billboard Albums chart. ...more