Lot 92CHARLES, RAY-JUST BETWEEN US-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU- HOLLAND-NMINT/NMINT

TEN YEARS AFTER-CRICKLEWOOD GREEN (+POSTER)-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-DERAM-SML1065. Matrices A-1W/B-1W. A very rare original of blues giants.  Cricklewood Green is the fourth studio album by blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1970. Allmusic gave Cricklewood Green an exceptionally positive retrospective review, praising each individual track and summarizing that "the band and engineer Andy Jones mix studio tricks and sound effects, blues-based song structures, a driving rhythm section and Alvin Lee's signature lightning-fast guitar playing into a single album that perfectly blends from start to finish" The album reached in 1970 in the USA -14 place, Australia -19 place. ...more

BOWIE, DAVID -TONIGHT-1984-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI-EL2402271.  A rare British original of the cult album ..Tonight is the 16th studio album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released on September 24, 1984 on the EMI America label. The follow-up to his most commercially successful album Let's Dance, it was written and recorded in mid-1984 at Le Studio in Morin Heights, Canada, after the completion of the Serious Moonlight Tour. Bowie, Derek Bramble and Hugh Padgham co-produced the album. "Tonight" continued Bowie's string of commercial successes, peaking at number one on the UK Albums Chart. , although not as successful, in the US, like its predecessor, today peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 Top Albums chart. ...more

MADONNA-IMMACULATE COLLECTION (2LP'S) - 1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-SIRE/WARNER-WX370/7599264401. A very rare original of the queen of pop.  The Immaculate Collection is Madonna's first greatest hits compilation, released on November 9, 1990. It is considered the best and most commercially successful collection of the singer's hits. The first single released was "Justify My Love", which was released the day before the compilation was released. The Immaculate Collection ranked second among the albums on the Billboard charts. More than 30 million copies were sold worldwide, including nine million in the US and five million in the UK. ...more

ROLLING STONES-STICKY FINGERS (ZIPPER COVER)-1971-ORIGINAL PRESS 1976 USA-ROLLING STONES-COC39105. A rare early edition of the cult album . The scandalous Sticky Fingers album cover featuring Joe Dallesandro's crotch was invented by John Pasche.In 2011, the album cover was ranked 11th in the list of the best album covers of all time according to Music Radar. In 2003, Sticky Fingers was included in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" at number 63. ...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