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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-ON THE THIRD DAY -1973-ORIGINAL PRESS 1978 UK-JET-JETLP202. A rare edition of the album, released for the first time with a modified cover. On the Third Day is the third studio album by the British band Electric Light Orchestra, released in late 1973 and became the band's first album recorded entirely without Roy Wood. ...more

JOHN LEE HOOKER-BOOM BOOM 1992-FIRST UK PRESS-POINTBLANK-VPBLP-12. Rare British original of one of the fathers of the Blues. Boom Boom - album 1991 American Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lee hooker . This is the third album after triumfalnego return in 1989. On the album hooker re-recorded the legendary hits of the 60's. After the release of the album in the first two weeks got hit all the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. ...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

SEARCHERS-TAKE ME FOR WHAT I'M WORTH-1965-THE FIRST UK PRESS-PYE-NSPL18120. A rare British original album by the iconic beat group. It's the Searchers is the fifth studio album by the English rock band The Searchers and the first album by the band that did not enter the official Top 20 albums chart in the United Kingdom. Released in late 1965, it was the last album by the Searchers before the departure of band leader Chris Curtis. The album includes several songs written by the band members, as well as cover versions of some famous tracks originally recorded by The Ronettes ("Be My Baby"), Fats Domino ("I'm Ready"), Marvin Gaye ("I'll Be Doggone") or Ian and Sylvia ("Four Strong Winds"). The title track, written by P. F. Sloan, became the band's last Top 20 hit in the UK. ...more

BLACK SABBATH-PARANOID-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO SWIRL-6360011. Mega rare original of the first press in a non-laminated matte cover with six-line credits.  Paranoid is the second studio album by the British rock band Black Sabbath, recorded at London's Regent Sound Studios by producer Roger Baingiep and released in 1970. On October 10, 1970, the album rose to the top of the UK Albums Chart, displacing Simon and Garfunkle's Bridge Over Troubled Water from the first place; in the United States, it reached number 12. ...more