Lot 62HARRISON, GEORGE-BEST OF (1976-1989) -1989-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY - WARNER-NMINT/NMINT

URIAH HEEP-RETURN TO FANTASY-1975-CONTRACT PRESS UK-BRONZE-ILPS9335. Matrices A-1/B-1. A rare original of the CBS contract press. Return to Fantasy is the eighth studio album by the British rock band Uriah Heep, released on May 13, 1975 by Bronze in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the USA. The album is known for the title song "Return to Fantasy". On the eve of the recording, there was another change of composition. Bassist Gary Thane left by mutual consent, because due to drug addiction he was physically unable to cope with a tight schedule of touring and recording. Later, on December 8, 1975, Gary Thane died at the age of 27 from an overdose. He was replaced from Roxy Music by bass guitarist John Wetton, who had previously played in the bands Family and King Crimson. Return to Fantasy is the only album of the band that hit the top ten in the UK charts, rose to 7th place. At the same time , the album received devastating criticism in the British press ...more

URIAH HEEP -LOOK AT YOURSELF-1971-ORIGINAL PRESS 1978 UK-BRONZE-BRNA169.  A rare British edition of the cult album.Look at Yourself is the third studio album by the British rock band Uriah Heep, recorded by the band with producer Gerry Bron at Lansdown Studious in July 1971 and released in October 1971 by Bronze Records, in the USA the album was released on Mercury Records. The CD rose to #39 on the UK Albums Chart and to #93 on the Billboard 200. The title track was released as a single in the US, UK and several European countries in 1971. In 1973, a live version of "July Morning" was released as a single in the United States. The original version of the cover provided for a slot and a "mirror" made of foil, in which the viewer saw his distorted image.  ...more

HARRISON, GEORGE-DARK HORSE-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-PAS10008. matrix YEX 941-2U/YEX 942-2U. Dark Horse is the fifth studio album by English rock musician George Harrison. It was released on the Apple Records label in December 1974.Dark Horse has many guest musicians, including Tom Scott, Billy Preston, Willie Weeks, Andy Newmark, Jim Keltner, Ringo Starr, Gary Wright and Ron Wood. This showed that Harrison was moving towards the funk and soul genres[2] and released the hit singles "Dark Horse" and "Ding-Dong, Ding-Dong". It reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 in the US charts and entered the top ten in some European countries, but became Harrison's first solo album after the Beatles not to hit the UK charts. ...more

SINATRA, FRANK -DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES-1964-FIRST PRESS (MONO) USA-REPRISE-F-1011.  A rare American original of the cult album. Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River is a 1964 album by Frank Sinatra dedicated to songs that won the Academy Award for Best Song. The orchestra is arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. ...more

QUEEN-A DAY AT THE RACES-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI number EMTC104 Matrix A-4U/B-4U.A rare British original. A Day at the Races is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on December 10, 1976 in the UK and December 18, 1976 in the USA.The title of the album — "A Day at the Races" — as well as the previous one, is taken from the repertoire of American comedians of the 1930s by the Marx brothers. A Day at the Races immediately came under fire from critics. Queen was accused of an unsuccessful attempt to repeat A Night At The Opera. The album turned out to be really very similar to the previous one, but this was never hidden by the musicians. May said that both records were being prepared at the same time, but one was recorded earlier and the other later. ...more