Lot 34BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST-GONE TO EARTH-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-NMINT/NMINT

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-THE ROARING SILENCE-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-BRONZE -ILPS9357 matrix A1/B1 . A rare British original. The Roaring Silence is the seventh studio album by the rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on August 27, 1976 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records" in the USA. The album rose to #10 on the Billboard 200 and is the most commercially successful of the band's entire existence. ...more

LENNON, JOHN-IMAGINE-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE- PAS10004. YEX 865-1U/YEX 866-2U -RORKY/PESCO matrices. A rare British original . Imagine is the second studio album by English musician John Lennon, released on September 9, 1971 by Apple Records. Co-produced by Lennon, his wife Yoko Ono and Phil Spector, the album's mellow sound contrasts with the basic arrangements of his first album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970),[1] while the opening title track is widely considered his signature song.Imagine it was a critical and commercial success, peaking at number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. Along with John Lennon's band/Plastic Ono, it is considered one of Lennon's best solo albums. In 2012, the album was ranked 80th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time. ...more

NAZARETH-SNAZ (2LP'S)-1981- THE FIRST UK- NEMS-NELD102 PRESS. A rare British original of the iconic live concert. The full name of the disc is It's Naz: only part of the inscription "'SNAZ" is depicted on the front side of the record, which many mistakenly indicate as the name of the album; there is an assumption (including due to the lack of a space) that this is a "provocation".The album is a recording of a concert at the Pacific Colisium in Vancouver in May 1981, held as part of a tour of North America. Several more concerts of that tour were recorded on tape, but this one, according to the band, was the best. In 2005, the album at number 430 was included in the list of the 500 greatest rock and metal albums of all time by Rock Hard magazine ...more

QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-FIRST PRESS USA-ELEKTRA-7E-1053 SP Specialty pressing. A rare American 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

LYNNE, JEFF-ARMCHAIR THEATRE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-REPRISE 7599-26184-1.A rare solo album by the famous maestro.Armchair Theatre is Jeff Lynn's first solo album released on June 12, 1990."Every Little Thing" and "Lift Me Up" were released as singles. Lynn wrote and recorded "Now You're Gone" as a tribute to his late mother. The album also features cover versions of two classic pieces: "September Song" and "Stormy Weather".The album was recorded by former ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy and a former member of the Traveling Wilburys joint project, as well as Jeff's friend, George Harrison. Despite the positive reviews, the album remained in the shadows, being located in the middle of hundreds of international charts. ...more