Lot 44JOHN, ELTON-CAPTAIN FANTASTIC-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-DJM-NMINT/NMINT

DEEP PURPLE & THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, MALCOLM ARNOLD-CONCERTO FOR GROUP AND ORCHESTRA-1970-FIRST UK PRESS-HARVEST - SHVL767. of the matrix A-1/B-1 Stamper 2AR/1AA (Very early!) Concerto for Group and Orchestra (in translation from English. — "Concerto for group and orchestra") is a live album by British rock band Deep Purple, recorded with the Royal Philharmonic orchestra. One of the first attempts to blend classical music and rock music in one work. Was released in the U.S. in December 1969, and in the UK in January 1970. At the time of formation of the second Deep Purple line in the group, there was a confrontation between art-rock ambitions of Lord John and the hard-rock of Ritchie Blackmore. The Lord considered the possibility of creating works which will combine the features of classical and rock music. Deep Purple Manager Tony Edwards decides to go for broke and reserves albert Hall on 24 September, leaving John Lord about six months to write the score. Ritchie Blackmore subsequently terribly envious of the Lord, that idea came to mind not to him ...more

PINK FLOYD-THE WALL (2VINYL)-1979-FIRST PRESS FRANCE-HARVEST - 2C168-63410/1 . A rare French original of the cult album. The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on November 30, 1979 on two discs. This is the last release of the band recorded in a classic line-up: David Gilmour (guitar), Roger Waters (bass), Nick Mason (drums) and Richard Wright (keyboards). The Wall was one of the most commercially successful albums of 1980, reaching the top of several charts, including Billboard; by 1999, over 23 million copies had been sold in the United States, making The Wall one of the three best-selling albums in the United States. Rolling Stone magazine placed this record at 87th place in its list of "The 500 greatest albums of all time".    ...more

DIRE STRAITS-MAKING MOVIES-1980-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-VERTIGO-6359034 . A rare Scandinavian original.  Making Movies is the third studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on October 17, 1980 by Vertigo Records International, Warner Bros. in the United States and Mercury in Canada. The album includes the single "Romeo and Juliet", which reached number 8 on the UK Singles chart, the album reached number one on the album charts in Italy and Norway, number 19 in the United States and number 4 in the UK. It was later certified platinum in the United States and double platinum in the United Kingdom. It is considered one of the best Dire Straits albums. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-MACHINE HEAD-1972-THE FIRST UK-PURPLE- TPSA7504 matrix A-1U/B-1U PRESS. A rare British original. Machine Head is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple, released in 1972. The album is often cited as having had a major influence on the development of early metal and heavy metal in particular; in 2002, it was ranked 10th in the "100 Best Rock Albums of All Time" by Classic Rock magazine. Commercially, it is Deep Purple's most successful album, topping the charts in ten countries, including the UK. The album remained in the top 40 of this country for 20 weeks, and in the top of the Billboard 200 for 118 weeks, peaking at number 7.  ...more

QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI - EMTC103.Matrices A-4/B-4. 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 — "A 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