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

ROXETTE-PEARLS OF PASSION-1986-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-EMI -1362451. A rare Swedish original of the cult band's debut album. The debut album of the Swedish pop-rock band Roxette. Pearls of Passion was recorded at EMI Studios in Stockholm in 1986, and was released only in Scandinavia and Canada. The first edition of the Swedish record has an engraved inscription on the rim: "T'WAS A PLEASURE - CAPTAIN AND KANGAROO". The inscription has a hidden meaning, but Per Gessle does not reveal the secret and wants it to remain a secret. ...more

YES-UNION-1991-THE FIRST PRESS OF GERMANY-ARISTA number 211558 is a rare original of the great prog band.  Union is the thirteenth studio album by the British progressive rock band Yes, released in 1991 under the Arista Records label. The album is supposed to be a reunion of Yes (John Aderson, Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye, Alan White) with Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (also including John Anderson with Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe). Half a million copies were sold in the USA, which corresponds to the gold status. Union was the last studio album to have significant sales. ...more

ZZ TOP-RECYCLER-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-WARNER-7599-25265. A rare European original of the cult album. Recycler is the tenth studio album by the rock band ZZ Top, released in 1990 on the Warner Bros. label. Records. The album reached peak sales in the United States and was awarded platinum status by the RIAA for a circulation of over 1,000,000 copies in January 1991.. All the singles from the album: Concrete and Steel, Doubleback and My Head's in Mississippi reached number one on Album Rock Tracks. ...more

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

PAT METHENY AND LYLE MAYS-AS FALLS WICHITA , SO FALLS WICHITA FALLS-1981-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-ECM-ECM1190.  A rare original of the cult jazzman of the third wave (the beginning of the 70s) As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls is an album by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny and jazz pianist Lyle Mays recorded in September 1980 and released on ECM the following April. The trio consists of percussionist Nana Vasconcelos..Throughout the album, Metheny acts as the lead guitarist, accompanying guitarist and bassist, using an overdubbing technique. The track "September Fifteenth" refers to September 15, 1980, the day of the death of American jazz pianist Bill Evans. Metheny and Mays call Evans the main person involved. The album reached number 1 on the Jazz Billboard, and number 50 on the Pop/rock Billboard in 1979.  ...more