Lot 74REA, CHRIS-TENNIS-1980-FIRST PRESS UK-MAGNET-NMINT/NMINT

PINK FLOYD-THE DIVISION BELL-1994-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI- 724382898412. Matrices A-2-2-1 FLOYD A TML-X / B-1-1-1 TML-M FLOYD B. A very rare original of the cult album.  The Division Bell is the fourteenth studio album by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In the UK, the CD was released on March 28, 1994 on the EMI label, in the USA it was released on April 4 of the same year on Columbia Records. The music is mostly written by David Gilmore and Richard Wright, the lyrics are mainly devoted to the topic of communication. The album was recorded in several locations, including Pink Floyd-owned Britannia Row Studios and Astoria. The Division Bell reached the top of the charts in the UK and the United States, but critics reacted coolly to it. The album was released immediately after Pink Floyd's tour of the USA and Europe. In June 1994, the disc was awarded the status of gold, platinum and double platinum in the USA, and in January 1999 it became triple platinum. ...more

BLACK SABBATH-BLACK SABBATH -1970-ORIGINAL PRESS 1974 USA-WARNER-WS1871. Winchester pressing. A rare early American edition of the first album being one of the icons in rock music. Black Sabbath is the debut album by the rock band Black Sabbath, released in the UK on February 13, 1970. On March 7, 1970, the album rose to #8 on the UK Albums Chart and to #23 on the Billboard 200. Recorded in just three days (8 hours of studio work) and costing the band only 1,200 pounds, today Black Sabbath's debut album is considered a heavy metal classic. In the IGN Music list (Top 25 Metal Albums), he is in 13th place (the band's second album, Paranoid, is second here, behind Master of Puppets (Metallica)).  ...more

ZZ TOP-AFTERBURNER-1985-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-WARNER. BROS - 925342-1. The most successful album that reached platinum status in the UK, multi-platinum in the U.S., reaching No. 4 in The Billboard 200. Single Sleeping Bag made it to 8th place on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks ...more

SWEET-OFF THE RECORD-1977-FIRST UK PRESS-RCA-PL25072 matrix A-2E/B-1 .Rare British original. "Off the Record" - the fourth "hard-rock" album by Sweet. Recorded in the winter of 1977 (although the appointment was made in October 1976) in London (Studio "Audio International Studios"). Released on RCA records in April of the same year. The film was produced by the musicians themselves. This album laid the Foundation for the next three albums. Immediately after the release of the album, the band terminated the contract with RCA and moved on to bigger and more famous label Polydor, which released its last four albums. ...more

NUCLEUS-ELASTIC ROCK-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO SWIRL-6360008. Mega rare original of the cult jazz-rock progressive British band. Elastic Rock is the first album by Nucleus band. Recorded in January 1970, it became a groundbreaking work in the emerging genre of jazz-rock fusion. Band leader Ian Carr (later a jazz journalist and published expert on Miles Davis) was probably inspired by Davis' "going electric" in 1969, but the original song Bitches Brew had not yet been released at the time of Elastic Rock recording, and according to Carr, they had not even heard Davis' 1969 electric release. less influenced by rock, In a Silent Way. In July 1970, the band presented compositions from the LP at the Montreux Jazz Festival, receiving the first prize. Subsequently, they performed both at the Newport Jazz Festival and at the Village Gate Jazz Club. ...more