Lot 109SANDRA-MIRRORS-1986-FIRST PRESS GERMANY RCA-NMINT/NMINT

SINATRA, FRANK -SINATRA'S SWINGING SESSION-1961-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-CAPITOL-SW-1491.  A rare American original of the iconic album. Sinatra Swings (originally titled "Swing with Me") is an album by Frank Sinatra with Billy May and his orchestra, released in 1961. The two album titles stem from the fact that Capitol believed that this album, originally titled "Rock with Me", was so close in sound and title to Sinatra's earlier Capitol album "Let's Rock with Me!" that the label sought and was satisfied with a court order requiring Reprise to change the name of this, only his second Reprise album, to Sinatra Swings. Re-printing was not required to recall the already shipped records, but new labels and covers had to be printed, and the album cover announced that it contained "twelve of the most uninhibited things Sinatra has ever recorded." The tracks were arranged and conducted by Billy May and his orchestra. Sinatra had a minor hit with the single "Granada" included on this album. ...more

COCKER, JOE -LIVE-1990-FIRST PRESS EEC-CAPITOL- 164-793417-1. The original of the famous JOE COCKER live album. Joe Cocker Live is a live album by Joe Cocker, released in 1990. It was recorded live on October 5, 1989 at the Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts, with the exception of the last two tracks, which were recorded in the studio.In Europe, it received the status from gold to platinum. ...more

QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-THE FIRST UK PRESS-EMI - EMTC103.Matrices A-2/B. (on the second side, the matrix is Scandinavian without a digit.) A rare British original. A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the rock band Queen, released on December 2, 1975. The record was a great success: its sales reached three million, and it held the top position in the UK charts for four inconsistent weeks. The title of the album — "Night at the Opera" — as well as the subsequent one, is taken from the repertoire of American comedians of the 1930s by the Marx brothers, namely from the film of the same name. At each Queen concert, several songs from A Night at the Opera were necessarily performed (while "Love of My Life" was never performed in the album version). It is generally believed that the song "Death on Two Legs" is dedicated to the former producer of the band. "Bohemian Rhapsody" brought the band a resounding success and in 2000 was recognized in Britain as the "song of the millennium". The final album, "God Save the Queen", is the British national anthem arranged by Brian May; it was this composition that invariably ended each concert of the band. The album was ranked number 230 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, and number 128 on the 2020 list. ...more

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST-GONE TO EARTH-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-2442148.A rare British original of the cult prog band. GONE TO EARTH is the eighth studio album by English rock band Barclay James Harvest, released in 1977. Gone to Earth reached number 30 on the UK Albums chart; in Germany, the album reached number 10 and stayed for 197 weeks on the German albums chart. As of 2011, it ranks 6th on the list of the longest-running albums in the German album charts. ...more

COLOSSEUM-VALENTYNE SUITE-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1972 UK -BRONZE- HELP 4  A very rare early British edition of the iconic album. Valentyne Suite was the second album released by the band Colosseum. It was the first release of the Vertigo Records album, which reached number 15 in the UK Albums chart in 1969. The album peaked at number 18 in Australia in 1970. ...more