Lot 63JOHN, ELTON - ROCK OF THE WESTIES-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-DJM-NMINT/NMINT

HARD STUFF-BULLETPROOF-1972-THE FIRST UK-PUP PRESS -TPSA7505. matrices A-1U/B-1U. 1G/1G Stamper (A Dream!!!!!)  Hard Stuff was formed in 1970 from already well-known musicians as a trio, but first under the name Daemon. It consists of bass guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist John Gustafson (participated in The Big Three, The Merseybeats, Quatermass, Roxy Music, Ian Gillan Band), guitarist and vocalist John Du Cann (Andromeda, Atomic Rooster), drummer Paul Hammond (Intellectuals, Atomic Rooster), as well as an unknown vocalist Al Sbawz. The result was, as it were, a fusion of two musicians who left Atomic Rooster and one who came from the disbanded Quatermass, plus a vocalist. With this line-up and under the name Daemon, they recorded the album “The Entrance to Hell” in 1971. Due to the non-release of the album, the band renamed itself Bullet, after which it toured a lot, including several times opening for Deep Purple and even released a couple of singles, but again in 1972 changed its name to Hard Stuff due to the presence of a group in the United States called Bullet, which may have threatened lawsuits. And with a new name, the band released two full-length albums on the chic Deep Purple label, and also continued to perform with successful concert tours, and perhaps would have done more, but unfortunately, having got into a serious car accident, so two members were seriously injured, and their further career was terminated. But still, they managed to create these wonderful releases already as a trio without vocalist Al Sbawz. The first full-length album “Bulletproof” was released in 1972 on the famous Purple Records label, which was created in 1971 by the leadership of Deep Purple. ...more

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

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

COLTRANE, JOHN / SHEPP, ARCHIE -NEW THING AT NEWPORT-1965-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) USA- IMPULSE-AS-94-A very rare American original of the cult album . A 1965 live album consisting of two separate sets from that year's Newport Jazz Festival, composed by tenor saxophonists John Coltrane and Archie Shepp. It was recorded four days after Coltrane's Ascension album recording session, at which Shapp appeared, and is one of several albums documenting the final stages of Coltrane's "classic quartet", which would begin to break up by the end of that year with the departure of McCoy Tyner. Reviewer Tim Niland wrote that both of Coltrane's performances are "explosive in their intensity" and "One Down, One Up" is "almost boiling at times." He stated: "Despite the audacity of the music, there are enough melodic hints in it, and the musicians are so obviously sincere in their desire to explore the world that the audience gives them great support." Nayland concluded: "Although the music on this CD must have come as something of a shock to those who were unprepared for it, listening to it in a historical context shows that this is a great example of the rapidly developing state of jazz in the mid-1960s by two of its most famous performers." ...more

ELTON JOHN-PEACHTREE ROAD 2005-FIRST UK PRESS-ROCKET-9872301-2. Mega rare original  edition of the iconic album . Peachtree Road is the twenty-seventh Studio album by British singer / songwriter Elton John, released in 2004. It was named after PEACHTREE road, the Northern part of PEACHTREE street in Atlanta, where one of the four houses John. Peachtree Road was one of the best-selling contemporary efforts of John, reaching No. 17 in the USA after its release, but only managing No. 21 in the UK, making it one his rare albums to miss the top ten in their homeland. In the US it was certified gold in December 2004 by the RIAA .It debuted at number 12 In Denmark in November 2004, taking the highest place in the country. ...more