Lot 98CHARLES LLOYD-FOREST FLOWER- 1967-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) USA-ATLANTIC-NMINT/NMINT

MINOGUE, KYLIE-RHYTHM OF LOVE-1990-FIRST UK PRESS-PWL number PWLHF18.A rare original of the famous pop diva.  Rhythm of Love is the third studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, released on November 12, 1990 in the UK on the PWL label and on December 3 of the same year in Australia on Mushroom Records. The recording of the album began in March 1990 and lasted until September. The main producers of the album were Stock, Aitken and Waterman. Minogue has also collaborated with a number of American authors and producers, including Keith Cohen, Stephen Bray and Michael Jay. The singer began to take part in songwriting: Rhythm of Love includes four compositions, co-authored by Minogue. Rhythm of Love is an album in the style of dance pop music, different from the singer's early works in the style of bubblegum pop. The compositions of the record are characterized by a more danceable sound, with its release, Minogue's image has become more liberated and sexy. The CD received positive reviews from music critics, who called it the best work of the performer during her collaboration with Stock, Aitken and Waterman. Compared to Minogue's previous albums, Rhythm of Love turned out to be less successful in terms of sales: the record reached the ninth line of the British charts, thus becoming the singer's first studio release not to reach the first line. In the Australian music ranking, the album secured the tenth position, which allowed it to become Minogue's third work to enter the top ten of this chart. In addition, Rhythm of Love reached the top twenty of the charts in Ireland, Spain and France. ...more

SEARCHERS-TAKE ME FOR WHAT I'M WORTH-1965-THE FIRST UK PRESS-PYE-NSPL18120. A rare British original album by the iconic beat group. It's the Searchers is the fifth studio album by the English rock band The Searchers and the first album by the band that did not enter the official Top 20 albums chart in the United Kingdom. Released in late 1965, it was the last album by the Searchers before the departure of band leader Chris Curtis. The album includes several songs written by the band members, as well as cover versions of some famous tracks originally recorded by The Ronettes ("Be My Baby"), Fats Domino ("I'm Ready"), Marvin Gaye ("I'll Be Doggone") or Ian and Sylvia ("Four Strong Winds"). The title track, written by P. F. Sloan, became the band's last Top 20 hit in the UK. ...more

NUTZ-SAME -1974-THE FIRST USA-AM-SP3648 PRESS. The real American original of the first album.Hard rockers Nutz, formed in Liverpool, England, in 1973 by singer Dave Lloyd, guitarist Mick Devonport, bassist Keith Mulholland and drummer John Mylett, recorded four albums for A M - 1974 Nutz, 1975 Nutz Too, 1976 Hard Nutz (introducing keyboardist Kenny Newton) and 1977 Nutz Live Cutz. But neither all this, nor the periodic tours in support of Black Sabbath and Budgie (not to mention the Friday concert at the Reading Festival in 1976) allowed them to become headliners.By 1979, the band began to break up, but when their song "Bootliggers" was selected for inclusion on the 1980s album Metal for Muthas (a compilation of emerging New Wave talents of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden, Praying Mantis and Samson), Nutz reinvented themselves as Rage. This barely disguised new version of Nutz (not to be confused with the German power metal trio that appeared a few years later) replaced Newton with additional guitarist Terry Steers and recorded three more albums before finally disbanding in 1984. ...more

BLACK SABBATH-PARANOID-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO SWIRL-6360011. Mega rare original of the first press in a non-laminated matte cover with six-line credits.  Paranoid is the second studio album by the British rock band Black Sabbath, recorded at London's Regent Sound Studios by producer Roger Baingiep and released in 1970. On October 10, 1970, the album rose to the top of the UK Albums Chart, displacing Simon and Garfunkle's Bridge Over Troubled Water from the first place; in the United States, it reached number 12. ...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