Lot 26TEN YEARS AFTER-CRICKLEWOOD GREEN (+POSTER)-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-DERAM-NMINT/NMINT

GENESIS- ...CALLING ALL STATIONS...(2 vinyl)-1997-FIRST PRESS UK-VIRGIN - 724384460716 Mega rare double cult album by the British band.  Calling All Stations is the fifteenth and final studio album by the British progrock band Genesis, released on September 2, 1997. The CD became the only album recorded by the band after Phil Collins left it in 1996. The lead vocals in this recording were performed by Ray Wilson, who replaced Collins. AllMusic and Rolling Stone noted that Ray Wilson was a worthy replacement for Collins as a vocalist, but the album as a whole lacks good material. Both of them noted the strange combination of art rock and pop music on the album. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-SAME-1969-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-SD8216 One of the icons in rock music, a mega rare original with a matrix ST-A-681461-PR-2S / ST-A-681462-PR-4S. Label variant: (Atco) stereo purple/brown, which were released only on Atlantic releases after pressing at the RCA Records plant in Indianapolis.  This label is very rare and appeared on only a few editions from about 8130 to 8200. (mid-1968- early 1969) Errors of this edition  Led Zeppelin are constantly raising the ratings of this publication, because not only the label is different, but also side 1 of the album differs in the mix from the usual pressure. Also side 2 sounds a bit different than the standard edition. There is a long pause between "Black Mountain Side" and "Communication Breakdown", when there was no silence at all in the standard release. And there is an unusually long silence between "Communication Breakdown" and "I Can't Quit You Baby", much longer than in the standard release. The B5's playing time is listed on the back cover as 3:30, but it actually plays 8:30.  Led Zeppelin is the debut studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded in October 1968 at London's Olympic Studios and released by Atlantic Records on January 12, 1969. Initially, the album garnered mostly negative press reviews, but was a great commercial success and was subsequently highly appreciated by rock critics. The release date of the album, January 12, 1969, Kerrang magazine! in a special issue, he celebrated as the birthday of heavy metal In total, the band spent 1,782 pounds to record the album, and collected about 3.5 million pounds in total for 1969-70, thereby 2,000 times exceeding the amount contributed. In the charts, the album also did not lag behind, placing from 1st to 20th place in different countries. In Britain, he reached a maximum of 6th place in two years.  ...more

CRABBY APPLETON-ROTTEN TO THE CORE!-1971-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-ELEKTRA-EKS74106. A rare promo original of cult rockers.  Crabby Appleton is an American rock band of the early 1970s. Vocalist and songwriter Michael Fennelly hit the Top 40 with his first single "Go Back".  Crabby Appleton signed with Elektra Records and recorded their first album Crabby Appleton, produced by Don Gallucci and released in 1970.[1] The band's debut single "Go Back" rose to number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2] The band opened for the Doors, Sly and the Family Stone, Three Dog Night, Guess Who, ABBA and George Carlin. They appeared on the American Bandstand, the Real Don Steele Show, What's Happening with John Byner and enjoyed critical acclaim. Both their albums, Crabby Appleton and Rotten to the Core, received rave reviews in Rolling Stone and Creem magazines. The band's second album, Rotten to the Core, was recorded in 1971, but sales were disappointing and the band broke up.[1] After the breakup of the band, Fennelly recorded two solo albums: Lane Changer, recorded in England in 1974; and Stranger's Bed, recorded in Los Angeles the following year.  ...more

SPOOKY TOOTH-WITNESS-1973-THE FIRST UK-ISLAND PRESS - ILPS9255 Matrix A-1U/B-1U Stamper 3RM/1P .A very rare British original of the cult group. "Witness" is a chic album by the band, recorded in 1973. To record it, Mike Kelly, the drummer from the original composition of Spooky Tooth, returned to the band and, practically, replaced Bryson Graham, who participated in the recording of the previous album You Broke My Heart ... (1973). Gary Wright is gaining more and more influence in the band, which did not please frontman Mike Harrison, who left the band shortly after the release of “Witness”. In addition to Wright, the authors of the music were bassist Chris Stewart in the song "Don't Ever Stray Away" and guitarist Mick Jones in the rather pop "All Sewn Up". Mike Harrison strangely did not have a hand in the composition in any way. But his emotional vocals created the main mood of Witness. The band also returned to the old practice of Spooky Tooth from the time of the album Spooky Two - duets, vocal duels between Harrison and Wright. Critics praised the work, the album hit 49th place on the Billboard 200. ...more

EAGLES-HOTEL CALIFORNIA-1976-FIRST PRESS JAPAN-WARNER-P-10221Y. A rare Japanese original. In 2001, the album Hotel California became the 15th in the list of the greatest albums of all time, VH1 version. In 2002, the album was ranked number 11 in the "100 Best Rock Albums of All Time" by Classic Rock magazine. Songs from the album - "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California" -topped the US sales chart (Billboard Hot 100), and the latter was also awarded a Grammy. ...more