Lot 42BLACK SABBATH-BLACK SABBATH -1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1970 UK-VERTIGO-NMINT/NMINT

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE -HAPPY TRAILS-1969-THE FIRST USA-CAPITOL-ST-120 PRESS. A rare American original of the iconic album. Happy Trails is the second album by the American band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Most of the album was recorded from two performances at Fillmore East and Fillmore West, although it is unclear which parts were recorded at which Fillmore. The record was released by Capitol Records in 1969 in stereo format.  The album was an unexpected commercial success, peaking at number 27 on Billboard and eventually received a gold certification (over 500,000 copies sold in the United States) in 1992 by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was voted at number 553 in Colin Larkin's album "1000 Best Albums of All Time" 3rd edition (2000). In 2003, the album was ranked 189th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, retaining the ranking in the revised 2012 list. He was ranked 44th in Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Records." Quicksilver's "Mona" was ranked 88th on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.   ...more

YES-UNION-1991-THE FIRST PRESS OF GERMANY-ARISTA number 211558 is a rare original of the great prog band.  Union is the thirteenth studio album by the British progressive rock band Yes, released in 1991 under the Arista Records label. The album is supposed to be a reunion of Yes (John Aderson, Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye, Alan White) with Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (also including John Anderson with Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe). Half a million copies were sold in the USA, which corresponds to the gold status. Union was the last studio album to have significant sales. ...more

TURNER, TINA-SIMPLY THE BEST(2LP'S) -1991-FIRST PRESS EU- GERMANY-CAPITOL-168-797917-1 . A rare European original of the best tracks of the legend of the pop scene. Simply the Best is the first collection of hits by American singer Tina Turner. The compilation included Tina's most famous hits, as well as new songs. This album is one of the best-selling albums by the singer in the UK, and the record spent more than 140 weeks on the official album chart. Worldwide sales amount to more than ten million copies. ...more

GENESIS-INVISIBLE TOUCH-1986-UK FIRST PRESS-VIRGIN - GENLP2. Rare British original. Invisible Touch is the thirteenth Studio album by British ProgRock band Genesis, released on June 9, 1986. The album spent 96 weeks in the UK charts and became the most successful band in the United States. The song "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" was used in advertising Michelob, as well as Collins ' song "In the Air Tonight" and the song "In Too Deep" was in the film "Mona Lisa". Instrumental piece "The Brazilian" sounds in the cartoon "When the wind blows" along with the music of Roger waters. ...more

HENDRIX, JIMI-MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING-1975-FIRST PRESS UK - POLYDOR-2310415. A very rare British original . Midnight Lightning is the posthumous ninth studio album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released in November 1975. The album reached number 43 in the US, and 46 in the UK. Midnight Lightning is the sixth studio album by Hendrix, which was released after the death of the great musician and the second album by Alan Douglas. The songs included in the album were written by Jimi Hendrix after the breakup of the band "Jimi Hendrix Experience". ...more