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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

ELMER GANTRY'S VELVET OPERA-SAME-1968-THE FIRST PRESS OF UK-DIRECTION-S8-63300. A very rare original of the cult album of the British psycho-prog band.  Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, at various times also known as "Velvet Opera", was a British rock band that operated in the late 1960s. The band members, Richard Hudson, John Ford and Paul Brett, disbanded after two albums in 1970. Later they became members of The Strawbs, Hudson Ford and Stretch.  ...more

GENESIS-DUKE-1980-THE FIRST UK-CHARISMA -CBR101 PRESS. Matrices A-2/B-2. A rare British original in top condition. Duke is the tenth studio album by the British progrock band Genesis, and the second recorded by her as a trio, released on March 31, 1980. The recording of the album took place at Phil Collins' house, who was simultaneously working on his solo debut Face Value. According to Collins, he was "kind of obsessed with Duke." The compositions "Behind The Lines", "Duchess", "Guide Vocal", "Turn It On Again", "Duke's Travels" and "Duke's End" were originally a whole piece called "Duke Suite" with the central character Albert, but the band decided to split it up to avoid comparisons with 23-minute "Supper's Ready" from the album Foxtrot. This simplification reflected the group's departure from complex compositions, its desire to become more straightforward and well suited to the era of the 80s.  Duke became the band's first album to reach number one in the UK charts. In the same year, Duke received platinum status at home, and in 1988 — in the USA In support of the album, a tour of Britain and North America was arranged from April to June 1980, which began with a tour of 40 concerts in the UK, where all 106,000 tickets were sold within a few hours of going on sale ...more

NIRVANA-UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK-1994-FIRST PRESS USA -GEFFEN -24727. Mega rare original of the cult album NIRVANA, the last recorded during Kurt's lifetime. MTV Unplugged in New York is a live album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on November 1, 1994 on the label DGC Records. It is a recording of a performance for the MTV Unplugged music TV show. The concert took place on November 18, 1993 and became one of the last television filming. Nirvana.The album was released on November 1, 1994. The following week, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. In the first seven days of sales, 310,500 copies of the record were sold, which was the highest figure for the entire career of the band. ...more

HAWKINS, COLEMAN-THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE-1961-FIRST PRESS 1967 (MONO) UK-XTRA-XTRA5031. A rare British original of the cult album. Things Ain't What They Used to Be is an album of the first annual prestigious swing festival featuring two stellar bands, one of which includes Coleman Hawkins, Hilton Jefferson, Jimmy Hamilton and Joe Newman, and the other is led by Al Sears with Buddy Tate, Pee Wee Russell and Joe Thomas, which was recorded in 1961. It was first released on the Swingville label as a double album, and was later reissued as two separate discs with Hawkins' name. ...more