Lot 15LENNON, JOHN & YOKO ONO-MILK AND HONEY-1984-FIRST PRESS USA-POLYDOR--NMINT/NMINT

SHELLY MANNE AND CO. -SAME -1964-THE FIRST UK-STATESIDE PRESS-SL10125. A rare British original of the iconic album.  Since the early 1960s, jazz began to transform towards modern and free jazz. Since 1960, Shelly Mann has mainly concentrated on working at the jazz club, where he was a co-owner and in which he played both with his own band Shelly Manne and His Men, and with almost all the jazz stars of that time. His club featured, for example, Ben Webster, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Michel Legrand, Milt Jackson, Monty Alexander, Miles Davis.  So this album was born, recorded with superstars in the line-up with Johnny Hodges. The last person to perform on the club's stage was Stan Getz in 1973. In the same year, Mann sold the club due to financial difficulties.  ...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

QUEEN-INNUENDO-1991-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-PARLOPHONE-058-7958871. A very rare German original of the cult album. Innuendo is the fourteenth studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on February 4, 1991. The last album "Queen", recorded and released during the lifetime of Freddie Mercury. The name Innuendo contains an "indirect hint" that the band in such a composition will not last very long. The last songs were very difficult for Freddie, who was already seriously ill. Nevertheless, the album was finished and well received by the public. Several music videos were shot in support of him, one of which, "These Are The Days of Our Lives", became the last video featuring Mercury.Despite mixed reviews from critics, Queen's new album reached the top spot in the album charts of the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and her native UK, becoming double platinum. ...more

TRAFFIC-JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-ISLAND- ILPS-9116 Matrices A/2 UAS 5504 A 6.3.70 RC sterling ,B/2 UAS 5504 B 6.3.70 AM sterling (A Dream!) A very rare British original of the iconic album. John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Traffic, recorded between February and April 1970 and released in July of the same year by Island Records in the UK, United Artists Records in the USA and Polydor Records in Canada. It reached #5 on the Billboard 200 and received gold status (the band's first "golden disc"). The single "Empty Pages" from this album reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the musicians' homeland, in the UK, the album reached #11 on the UK Albums Chart. ...more

A-HA-EAST OF THE SUN WEST OF THE MOON-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY- WARNER-759926314-1. A rare original of the cult album of the pop-rock wave . East of the Sun, West of the Moon is the fourth studio album by Norwegian band A-ha, released on October 27, 1990 by Warner Bros. Records. Named after a Norwegian fairy tale, the album was something of a departure from the band's earlier radio-oriented sound to a darker and moodier tone. The song reached number one in the band's native Norway and entered the top 20 in various European countries and Japan. The co-producer was Ian Stanley, a former member of the band Tears for Fears. ...more