Lot 45CLAPTON, ERIC-BACKLESS-1978-FIRST PRESS UK-RSO-NMINT/NMINT

THIN LIZZY-NIGHT LIFE-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO -6360116. A rare British original of the cult album. NIGHT LIFE is the fourth studio album by the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released on November 8, 1974 on Vertigo Records. It was produced by Ron Nevison and band leader Phil Lynott and was the first album on which the band performed as a quartet with newcomers Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson on guitars. ...more

JULIE LONDON - JULIE LONDON-1964-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-LIBERTY-SML83841.  A very rare German original by Julie London, also known as You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry is the twenty—first studio album by American singer Julie London, released in 1964 on the Liberty Records label. The album was produced by Snuff Garrett ...more

CARAVAN-IF I COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN I'D DO IT ALL OVER YOU-1970-SECOND PRESS 1972 UK-DECCA-SKL-R.5052 . Matrix A-P2W/B-P4W, a rare British original of the second pressing of the cult album. The second album by the Canterbury band Caravan, released in September 1970. It was the precursor to their most famous album In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971). The album is a representative of the genre of the Canterbury scene, it features characteristic organ solos and melodic vocals typical of the band's style. The album was released on Decca Records, as was the title track as a single. The album received high critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. ...more

ELOY-PERFORMANCE-1983-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-HARVEST-1C064-46714. A rare German original. The eleventh album of a prog band from Germany. Since the appearance of the album "Performance" on the shelves of stores, a barrage of accusations from critics immediately fell on the heads of the musicians. Eloy was accused of imitating and repeating themselves! According to critics, there was nothing new in this album, but just a repetition of the previous Time To Turn! But, despite the attacks on the band, the audience received the album quite warmly! Perofrmance is a disc very characteristic of Eloy in the first half of the 80s, Bornemann seems to still not be able to decide what to play for them: either metal, or space rock. The melodies, as always, are pleasant, but there are no particularly bright ones, and the performance, again, as always, is excellent. Dominant keyboards with (increasingly rare) guitar solos. The line-up did not change in comparison with Time to Turn, and there was only one thing - the drummer Randow returned. After a seven-year break. ... ...more

BEATLES-ABBEY ROAD-1969-FIFTH PRESS 1976 UK-APPLE -PCS7088 Matrixyex 749-4/YEX 750-3. Fifth Press, summer 1976-1980. Light green label apple.Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Work on Abbey Road took place from February to August 1969 and became the last joint project of all four members of the ensemble (the last numbered album of the group Let It Be, released in 1970, was mostly recorded in January 1969). The record was produced by George Martin, who had worked with the band since 1962. Abbey Road sales totaled four million copies in the first two months. In the UK, the album debuted at the top of the national chart, where it remained for 11 weeks, after which it was supplanted by The Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed for one week. Then he returned to the 1st place again (in the Christmas week) and stayed there for another six weeks (17 weeks in total), until he was displaced by the second Led Zeppelin record - Led Zeppelin II. Abbey Road spent a total of 81 weeks on the UK Albums chart. There was a similar situation abroad. The record occupied the top spot of the Billboard Top LP chart for 11 weeks, becoming the best-selling album of 1969 according to the National Association of Recording Companies, as well as one of the record holders of the Japanese chart, appearing in its Top 100 for 298 weeks throughout the 1970s. ...more