Lot 60EUROPE-PRISONERS IN PARADISE-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-EPIC-NMINT/NMINT

COLOSSEUM-DAUGHTER OF TIME-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS -VERTIGO SWIRL-6360017 is a very rare British original of the cult album. Daughter of Time is the fourth album by the English jazz-rock band Colosseum, released in 1970. The album remained on the UK Albums Chart for five weeks, peaking at number 23. Recorded in the midst of the band's turmoil, only one of the eight tracks, "Three Score and Ten, Amen", features all six official band members. ...more

GEORDIE-DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE NAME-1974-THE FIRST DENMARK PRESS-EMI- EMA764. Matrix A-3/B-3. A very rare Danish original hard rock style icon in top condition. Geordie's second album "Don't be fooled by the name" (1974) became both the most interesting and the most successful work of the band: Melody Maker noted their "incredible drive", and NME recognized that "Malcolm writes great songs, and Johnson brilliantly performs them." One of the most interesting numbers on the record was the hard rock version of the standard "The House of the Rising Sun" (later that year, it was released as a single and reached the Top 20). Oddly enough, this was Geordie's last hit on the popularity lists of Britain or Western Europe. Throughout 1975, the band traveled continuously around Britain and Europe, exploiting their unexpected success. The only single released in the same year, "Wizard", went unnoticed. The failure also befell the concept album Save the world, released in early 1976, their rather clumsy attempt to stake out a plot in the territory of art rock. Geordie's star set as quickly as it rose. Deciding that the bandmates were to blame for everything, Johnson left Geordie in the summer of 1976 and signed a personal contract with MCA Records. Recorded with new partners and released in the same year, the album "Brian Johnson and Geordie" included reworking of the band's old hits, but did not return success. Johnson's second and last solo album "Strange man" was released on New Year's Eve, but it was also met with little enthusiasm by listeners. Johnson returned to Newcastle, where, forgetting to think about rock, he worked as a technician at a gas station until someone from AC/DC's entourage (some unknown fan) mentioned him, trying to find a replacement for the deceased Bon Scott. In April 1980, Johnson was officially announced as the new vocalist of the band. ...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

CHARLES LLOYD-FOREST FLOWER- 1967-THE FIRST PRESS (STEREO) USA-ATLANTIC-SD1473. A rare original by one of the iconic saxophonists of the second wave of the 60s. Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd at Monterey is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1966 by the Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Keith Jarrett, Cecil McBee and Jack DeJohnette. The album became a crossover hit, became popular on FM rock radio and became one of the first jazz albums to sell over a million copies. ...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