Lot 51GILLAN, IAN-DOUBLE TROUBLE(2LP'S)-1981-FIRST PRESS UK-VIRGIN-NMINT/NMINT

DOORS-SOFT PARADE-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1970 USA-ELEKTRA-EKS75005. Matrices A-2 CP- CTH/B-1 CTH.  A rare American early edition with the first matrices . The Soft Parade is the fourth studio album by the American rock band The Doors, released on July 18, 1969 on the Elektra label. The Soft Parade has not received approval from either critics or listeners. So, in the Billboard 200, the record reached only the sixth position, and in the charts of the UK and other European countries, the disc did not debut at all, unlike its predecessor Waiting for the Sun (1968). Of all the singles released in support of the album — "Touch Me", "Wishful Sinful", "Tell All the People"ruen and "Runnin' Blue" — only the first achieved sales success: it reached the third line in the Billboard Hot 100 and then received gold certification by the RIAA. Many music publications, for example, Rolling Stone, were dissatisfied with the record, mainly due to The Doors' attempt to move away from their style to the use of orchestral arrangements. Over time, music historians have changed their opinion about The Soft Parade for the better, but the CD is still recognized as one of the weakest works of the band during Morrison's lifetime. ...more

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-PENDULUM-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-LIBERTY-LBG83400. Matrices A-1/B-1. A very rare British original of the cult album. Pendulum is the sixth studio album by American band Creedence Clearwater Revival, recorded at Wally Hyder's studio in San Francisco and released on the Fantasy label in December 1970. Pendulum is the last CCR album to feature rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, who left the band shortly after the album's release. The record demonstrates the group's desire to expand its own stylistic framework, a number of his compositions are musically noticeably more complex than the CCR recordings of the 1968-1969 sample. The most ambitious of the band's seven albums, Pendulum was recorded for about a month — twice as long as the rest of the records. ...more

LAID BACK-SEE YOU IN THE LOBBY-1987-THE FIRST DANISH/HOLLAND - MEDLEY MDLP6300 PRESS. A rare original of the cult disco album.  The fourth studio album by the Danish pop band Laid Back, released in 1987. The album reached number 123 on The Billboard 200 chart.  ...more

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

DIZZY GILLESPIE AND ROY ELDRIDGE-SOUL MATES -1966-FIRST PRESS USA-VERVE-VSPS28. The real original of the cult album. The album features a remastered stereo version of four tracks from the 1954 albums (V8109,V8110), as well as an unreleased track.  ...more