Lot 77COCKER, JOE -LIVE-1990-FIRST PRESS EEC-CAPITOL-NMINT/NMINT

CHARLES, RAY-JUST BETWEEN US-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-CBS4611831. A rare record of the late period in the jazz-blues style. Just Between Us is an album by American singer Ray Charles, released by Columbia Records in 1988. The songs included in it represent all the styles that Charles performed before the early 1990s, which combined R/B, soul, country, blues, and pop. The album was recorded with such giants as B. B. KING, GLADYS KNIGHT, MILT JACKSON, LOU RAWLS, QUINCY JONES. ...more

JOPLIN, JANIS-IN CONCERT (2LP'S)-1972- FIRST PRESS USA-COLUMBIA-AL31162.  A rare American original of the cult album. In Concert is a live album by Janis Joplin. It was released in 1972, after Joplin's death, as a double album. The first record contains performances with Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the second with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, recorded in different locations in 1968 and 1970. There are no live recordings from her first solo work with the Kozmic Blues band on the album, although the songs produced with this group were performed in Full Tilt Boogie Band recordings. The photographs used for the gatefold album were taken by photographer David Gar in New York in 1969 and 1970. The album peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 in the US. ...more

SANDRA-TEN ON ON-1987-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-VIRGIN 208530-630. A rare original of SANDRA singles including a large poster for 6 spreads. Ten on One (Singles) is the first greatest hits album by German singer Sandra, released on October 15, 1987 on Virgin Records. The album was a commercial success and spawned one of Sandra's most successful singles, a cover version of "Everlasting Love" originally recorded by Robert Knight. "Everlasting Love" was released as the lead single from the album and became one of Sandra's most successful singles, reaching the top five in Germany, Greece and Switzerland. "Stop for a Minute" became the second and last single in early 1988 and reached the top 10 in Germany, as well as the top 20 in Switzerland and Denmark. The album itself reached the top 20 in Germany and Switzerland. ...more

SANTANA-SPIRITS DANCING IN THE FLESH-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-CBS-466913-1 Very rare original.  Santana's sixteenth studio album, released in 1990. The album turned out to be rock psychedelic going back to the origins of creativity. The album reached 85 on the Billboard 200. Rolling stones magazine rated the album 4 stars. ...more

PROCOL HARUM-PROCOL'S NINTH-1975-THE FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CHR1080. Matrices A-1U/B-1U Stampkra 2RR/2RR. Procol's Ninth Rare British original is the eighth studio album (ninth, including live) Procol Harum, released in August 1975. Produced by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Procol's Ninth album was slightly different from the previous album, with a much brighter sound than Chris Thomas' more elaborate works. According to an interview with guitarist Mick Grabham, taken by Roland Clare for the 2009 reissue, Leiber and Stoller paid less attention to the producer sound, and more to the "structure of the songs". The band appeared on the album cover in a simple, unassuming photograph reflecting the sound of the album itself. The signatures of each band member were reproduced on the cover. ...more