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STEVE HACKETT (EX-GENESIS) - SPECTRAL MORNINGS - 1979-FIRST PRESS UK-CHARISMA-CDS4017. Matrix A-1/B-2, A rare British original solo album by guitarist GENESIS. Spectral Mornings is the third studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Steve Hackett, released in May 1979 on Charisma Records. This is his first performance with members of his touring band, which many Hackett fans consider to be a "classic line-up". The musicians are his brother John Hackett, Nick Magnus, Dick Cadbury, John Shearer and Pete Hicks. The album is highly rated at 4 stars by Allmusic.  ...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

LAIMA VAIKULE-SONGS OF RAYMOND PAULS-1992-FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-FORTUNA-FR2023. Since 1986, Vaikule has been fruitfully cooperating with the popular Latvian composer Raymonds Pauls and the Russian poet Ilya Reznik, who wrote such hits as "Vernissage", "Charlie" and "Fiddler on the Roof" ("Fiddler on the Roof"). She is one of the first organizers of the Jurmala Festival of Popular Music together with Raymond Pauls. ...more

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-BLESS ITS POINTED LITTLE HEAD+ POSTER-1969- FIRST PRESS USA-RCA-LSP4133. A very rare original of the cult album. Bless It Pointed Little Head is a Jefferson Airplane album recorded live at Fillmore East and West in the fall of 1968 and released in 1969 as RCA Victor LSP-4133. Five songs from the album did not appear on any of the band's previous studio recordings. Many of the Airplane's recordings on the album were longer than their studio performances. The performance emphasized their vocal harmony and showed a tougher rock band. Guitar and bass parts were deeper in their construction, revealing complex instrumental parts.  The album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200. ...more

NORAH JONES - COME AWAY WITH ME-2002-FIRST PRESS UK/EU- BLUE NOTE-7243532088-13. A rare European original of the cult album. Come Away with Me is the debut studio album by American singer Nora Jones, released on February 26, 2002 by Blue Note Records. Recording sessions took place at Sorcerer Sound Studio in New York and Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York. Come Away with Me reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. It was later certified diamond by the RIAA on February 15, 2005, with over ten million copies sold in the United States, and as of 2016 has sold over 27 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. ...more