Lot 78COCKER, JOE -BEST OF JOE COCKER-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-CAPITOL-NMINT/NMINT

GABRIEL, PETER-PASSION-1989-THE FIRST EU-GERMANY-REAL WORLD PRESS number RWLP1. A rare European original. It was originally written as the soundtrack to the film "The Last Temptation of Christ", but Gabriel spent several months after the film's release developing the music, finally releasing it as a full-fledged album instead of the soundtrack to the film. It is considered a milestone in the popularization of world music and won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1990. ...more

SADE-BEST OF-1994-FIRST PRESS UK-EPIC- EPC477793 1. A very rare double original of the best SADE tracks.  The Best of Sade is the first greatest hits album by the English band Sade, released on Epic Records in the United Kingdom on October 31, 1994 and in the United States on November 4, 1994. The compilation contains tracks from Sade's first four studio albums, and also includes unreleased tracks "Jezebel", "Like a Tattoo" and "Pearls", as well as "Please Send Me Somebody to Love", which was included in the soundtrack to the film "Philadelphia". The album was placed in the top 20 charts of all countries of Europe and America. ...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

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

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