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COCKER, JOE -LUXURY YOU CAN AFFORD-1978-FIRST PRESS USA-ASYLUM-6E-145. A rare American original of the iconic album.Joe Cocker - Luxury You Can Afford (1978) Luxury You Can Afford is the seventh studio album by Joe Cocker. It became Cocker's only release released by Asylum Records and was Joe's last album before a four-year hiatus due to a creative crisis and alcohol problems. The album was produced by Alan Toussaint, and such figures as Dr. John, Steve Gadd, Rick Danko, Billy Preston and George Terry took part in the recording. The album charted in the top 100 in all countries on both sides of the Atlantic.  ...more

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-PENDULUM-1970-THE FIRST PRESS OF CANADA-FANTASY-F8410. A very rare Canadian original of the cult album. Pendulum is the sixth studio album by American band Creedence Clearwater Revival, recorded at Wally Hyder's studio in San Francisco and released by the Fantasy label in December 1970. Pendulum is the last CCR album to feature rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, who left the band shortly after the album's release. The record demonstrates the group's desire to expand its own stylistic framework, a number of his compositions are musically noticeably more complex than the CCR recordings of the 1968-1969 sample. The most ambitious of the band's seven albums, Pendulum was recorded for about a month - twice as long as the rest of the records. ...more

URIAH HEEP-LIVE-1973-The first UK-BRONZE press-ISDL1/2 matrix number disc1-A2/B2, disc2-A1/B1. Uriah Heep Live is a double live album by the British rock band Uriah Heep, released in April 1973 in the USA on Mercury Records and in May 1973 in UK on Bronze Records. It was the band's first live album. The album was recorded by the Pye Mobile division with Alan Perkins as engineer. In addition to the live version of the band's hit "Easy Livin'", the record included live recordings such as "Sweet Lorraine", "Sunrise" and an extended live version of "July Morning". While the band toured the United States, the album reached number 23 on the UK Albums Chart. Uriah Heep Live was certified gold by the RIAA on October 12, 1973; it was the band's third gold album in the United States. ...more

VAUGHAN,STEVIE RAY AND DOUBLE TROUBLE-COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER-1984-ORIGINAL PRESS 1986 UK/EU-HOLLAND-EPIC-EPC25940. Couldn't Stand the Weather is the second studio album by American blues rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble . It was released on May 15 , 1984 by Epic Records as a follow - up to the band 's critically and commercially successful 1983 album Texas Flood . The recordings took place in January 1984 at a power plant in New York . Stevie Ray Vaughan wrote half of the tracks, unable to withstand the weather. The album reached number 31 on the Billboard 200 chart, and the video for the song "Couldn't Stand the Weather" received regular rotation on MTV. The album received mostly positive reviews, with AllMusic giving it four out of five stars. ...more

FOCUS-IN OUT-OF-FOCUS-1971-FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR room 2344-003. Of The Matrix A-1/B-2. Rare British original. In and Out of Focus is the debut Studio album by Dutch rock group Focus. ...more