Lot 83JOHN LEE HOOKER-THE HEALER-1989-FIRST PRESS UK/EU -SILVERTONE-NMINT/NMINT

FREE-TONS OF SOBS-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1969 UK-ISLAND ILPS-9089. Matrices +A2/+B2. A very rare original of the second press of the cult album of the British blues prog. Tons of Sobs is the debut studio album by the British rock band Free, released by Island Records on March 14, 1969. One of the first albums in the blues-rock style. The album did not chart in the UK, but reached #197 on the Billboard Hot 200 in the US.At the time of recording the album, all the members of the band Free were very young: none of them had turned twenty yet, and bass guitarist Andy Fraser was sixteen years old at all. They achieved some success through constant touring, and their debut album was composed mainly of compositions performed at concerts. The budget allocated for the recording of the album was only 800 pounds[2]. Most of the album was recorded over a few days in October 1968. The album was originally scheduled for release in November 1968, but then postponed to early 1969 due to the late addition of a cover version of the blues composition "The Hunter" by Albert King ...more

CLAPTON, ERIC-E. C. WAS HERE-1975-FIRST UK PRESS-RSO-2394160. Of The Matrix A-1/B-3. Very rare original live album from a Blues master. E. C. Was Here — live album by Blues-rock musician Eric Clapton, released in August 1975 the label of RSO. The album was recorded during a concert tour of Clapton in the US and UK, 19-20 July 1974 (The Long Beach Arena, California, USA) 4 December 1974 (The Hammersmith Odeon, London) – 25 June 1975 (The Providence Civic Center, Providence, USA).In this tour along with Clapton took part vocalist Yvonne Elliman. The list of songs selected for the album includes four cover versions of songs by well-known American Blues artists, and two, written in the period Clapton in the band Blind Faith. ...more

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST-OCTOBER 1976-THE FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR-2442144.A rare British original of the cult prog band. Octoberon is the seventh studio album by English rock band Barclay James Harvest, released in 1976. Octoberon reached number 19 on the UK Albums chart; in Germany, the album reached number 40 and stayed for 197 weeks on the German albums chart. As of 2011, it ranks 6th on the list of the longest-running albums on the German album charts. ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-A NEW WORLD RECORD-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-UA-UAG30017. Matrices A-3U/B-1U. A rare British original of the iconic album. A New World Record is the sixth studio album by the British band Electric Light Orchestra, released in September 1976. The album was remastered and re-released in 2006 with the addition of six bonus tracks. A New World Record was the band's first album to reach the top ten in the UK (the previous three albums were very successful in the US, but not in the musicians ' home country). The album was certified platinum in both the United Kingdom and the United States, selling five million copies in its first year of release. Like the previous album, A New World Record was recorded at Munich's Musicland Studios. ...more

LAID BACK-PLAY IT STRAIGHT-1985-FIRST PRESS DANISH / HOLLAND-MEDLEY-MDLP6260. A rare original of the cult disco album.  The third studio album by the Danish pop group Laid Back, released in 1985. The album reached number 95 on The Billboard 200 chart.  ...more