Lot 93DAVE BRUBECK -BRAVO BRUBECK-1967-FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-NMINT/NMINT

STREISAND, BARBRA - MY NAME BARBRA-1965-FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-SBPG-62534. A rare British original pop diva of the 60s.  This is the first of two studio albums related to Barbra Streisand's Emmy Award-winning debut on CBS-TV. A special edition of "My Name is Barbra", which aired on April 28, 1965 and was choreographed by Joe Layton. The album was certified gold and reached number 2 on the US charts. Streisand's brother Sheldon took the cover photo when she was five years old. By 1966, the album had sold more than a million copies worldwide.  ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-HOUSES OF THE HOLY-1973-THE FIRST PRESS UK-ATLANTIC- K50014 A2/B2 STERLING matrix. A very rare British original with the first matrices .Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on March 28, 1973 on Atlantic Records. Page described the idea of the cover as "a symbol of innocence, an expression of the idea that we are all beings who aspire to the promised heaven." Six-year-old Samantha Gates and her four-year-old brother Stefan posed. The cover photo is a collage of more than thirty pictures. The album cover did not contain any information about the artists or the title. In the USA, the headline was written on ribbons that were taped over children's buttocks. Despite this precaution, the record was banned in many states of the "Bible Belt". "They wouldn't let us do anything like that today, they would immediately accuse us of pedophilia propaganda," says Powell, "but we were hippies, walking around naked was completely commonplace for us." In 2011, the album cover was ranked 28th in the list of the best album covers of all time by the online edition of Music Radar. In the music ranking, the album immediately took 1st to 10th places in the charts of countries on all continents, becoming immediately multi-platinum.  ...more

ZZ TOP-RECYCLER-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-WARNER-7599-25265. A rare European original of the cult album. Recycler is the tenth studio album by the rock band ZZ Top, released in 1990 on the Warner Bros. label. Records. The album reached peak sales in the United States and was awarded platinum status by the RIAA for a circulation of over 1,000,000 copies in January 1991.. All the singles from the album: Concrete and Steel, Doubleback and My Head's in Mississippi reached number one on Album Rock Tracks. ...more

YES-FRAGILE-1971-THE FIRST UK-ATLANTIC PRESS- 2401019 A very rare British original with a booklet. Fragile is the fourth studio album by the British progressive rock band Yes, released in 1971 by Atlantic Records. Ranked 11th in the list of the Top 25 best progressive rock albums according to Progarchives.com and 24th place in the list of "the 25 best classic progressive rock albums" according to PopMatters. He was also ranked 10th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time". ...more

JACKSON, MICHAEL-DANGEROUS-1991-THE FIRST UK/EU PRESS-EPIC- 4658021. A very rare album from the 90s. The king of pop music. Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It was released on Epic Records on November 26, 1991. Critics noted the wide genre palette of the record, which includes: new jack swing, funk, industrial, modern rhythm and blues, gospel, pop rock and hard rock. While creating the album, Jackson himself acted as its executive producer, collaborating with Teddy Riley and Bill Bottrell. The singer was directly involved in the creation of each of the 14 songs as an author, producer or co-producer. In the winter of 1991, Dangerous debuted at the top of the US and UK charts. Within two years, 9 singles and video clips were released from it, the videos were included in the Dangerous – The Short Films video collection. The most successful singles in the world were "Black or White" and "Remember the Time", in European countries "Heal the World", "Will You Be There" and "Give In to Me" also achieved success. Worldwide sales of the record range from 32 to 40 million copies, it is considered Jackson's best-selling album after Thriller. In 1992, Dangerous was awarded one Grammy statuette and other music awards. ...more