Lot 50GILLAN, IAN BAND - CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-ISLAND-NMINT/NMINT

FLEETWOOD MAC-RUMOURS-1977-THE FIRST UK PRESS-WARNER BROS. -K56344. A rare British original with a poster.  Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on February 4, 1977 on the Warner Bros. label. Most of the record was recorded during 1976, and was produced by the band itself, together with Ken Kailatt and Richard Deschat. Four singles were released in support of the CD: "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop" and "You Make Loving Fun". Rumours became Fleetwood Mac's most successful album: in 1978, it was awarded the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and its sales amounted to more than 40 million copies worldwide — one of the highest figures in the history of recording. ...more

DAVE BRUBECK -BRAVO BRUBECK-1967-THE FIRST UK PRESS-CBS- SBPG63098. A rare British original of the cult album.Bravo! Brubeck! is a 1967 live album by Dave Brubeck and his quartet, recorded during their tour of Mexico. The quartet was joined by Chamin Correa on guitar and bongo and kong player Salvatore Agueros. It was released in 1967. The album reached number 9 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. ...more

P.F.M.- CHOCOLATE KINGS- 1976-THE FIRST UK PRESS-MANTICORE-K53508. Matrices A-4/B-4. A rare British original of the cult album by the famous Italian prog band. Chocolate Kings is the sixth album by the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (also known as PFM). It was released in 1975 by Numero Uno, a division of RCA Records in Italy. It was also released with a different cover on Manticore Records in the UK and Asylum Records in the USA.It was the first album to feature Bernardo Lanzetti (former Acqua Fragile vocalist) as lead vocals. It was also their first album whose lyrics were originally written in English, as the band felt they were better suited to the music they were creating at the time.[3] The lyrics for "From Under" and "Chocolate Kings" were written by Marva Jan Murrow, an American friend of the band who lived in Italy at the time. ...more

PLANT, ROBERT-CARRY FIRE (2LP'S)-2017-FIRST PRESS USA/UK/EU -NONESUCH-563057-1 Rare original by LED ZEPPELIN vocalist. Carry Fire is the eleventh solo studio album by English rock singer, songwriter and musician Robert Plant, released on October 13, 2017 on Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records. It was also Plant's second studio album with his backing band the Sensational Space Shifters, although the band is not listed on the cover. Carry Fire received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album was given a score of 84/100 based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". The album was selected by Rolling Stone magazine as the 37th best album of 2017. The album was voted the best-selling UK Americana album of 2018 at the UK Americana Awards. ...more

VAN MORRISON (EX-THEM)-HYMNS TO THE SILENCE- 1991-THE FIRST EU-HOLLAND-POLYDOR PRESS-649027-1. A very rare European original of the cult album. Hymns to the Silence is the twenty-first studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was his first studio double album. Morrison recorded the album in 1990 in Buckington at The Wool Hall Studios and in London at the Townhouse and Westside Studios. When Hymns to the Silence was released in 1991, it reached number five on the UK Albums Chart and received positive reviews from critics. Morrison's use of various musical styles was well received, as were the more mundane songs from the album, with an otherwise spiritual content. ...more