Lot 28COLOSSEUM-DAUGHTER OF TIME-1970-FIRST PRESS UK -VERTIGO SWIRL-NMINT/NMINT

PINK FLOYD-OBSCURED BY CLOUDS-1972-FIRST UK PRESS-HARVEST- SHSP4020 matrix A1/B1 A very rare British original of the iconic album. Obscured by Clouds is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on June 3, 1972, the soundtrack to the French film La Vallée by Barbé Schroeder. He also directed the film "More", for which Pink Floyd also recorded the soundtrack. The CD was recorded in six days in France, at the Chateau d’Erouville. As in the case of the soundtrack to the movie "More", several modified versions of the tracks can be heard on the album. "Obscured by Clouds" reached number six on the charts in the UK and number 46 in the US.  ...more

MAYALL, JOHN-BLUES FROM LAUREL CANYON-1968-FIRST UK PRESS-DECCA -SKL4972.Matrices A-1W/B-1W. John Mayall's 1968 album featuring British blues music. It was his first album after the breakup of his band the Bluesbreakers in May 1968,[3] although others claim it was July 14, 1968. It was also his last album with Decca before moving to Polydor.John Mayall sings and plays harmonica, organ and guitar on the album. The other band members are a young Mick Taylor (guitar), Colin Allen (drums) and Steven Thompson (bass). Guitarist Peter Green is featured in the track "First Time Alone". The engineer was Derek Varnals. All the songs on the album were written by Mayall.The album's title comes from Laurel Canyon, California, USA (in the Los Angeles area), where John Mayall subsequently lived from 1969 to 1979. This is an account of his visit there before moving to the United States on a more permanent basis. At that time, this area was loved by many musicians. It was recorded at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, London, England from August 26-28, 1968 and released on the Decca label. The album reached number 33 on the UK Albums Chart. ...more

PLANT, ROBERT-MANIC NIRVANA-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-ES PARANZA -WX339/0756791336 Rare original vocalist LED ZEPPELIN. Manic Nirvana is the fifth studio album by Robert Plant, released on March 19, 1990 on his own label Es Paranza. This album became commercially less successful in comparison with Plant's previous record, Now and Zen, receiving gold certification by the RIAA and reaching the 13th and 15th places in the US and UK music charts, respectively. Several singles were released on the album's songs, the most popular of which was "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)", which stayed at number one on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart for 6 weeks. ...more

KINKS-KINDA KINKS-1965-THE FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-PYE-NPL18112 Matrix A-1/B-1 . A rare mono original of the iconic British band. Kinda Kinks is the second studio album by the British rock band The Kinks, released on March 5, 1965 by Pye Records in the United Kingdom and on August 11, 1965 by Reprise Records in the United States. Recorded and released within two weeks of returning from an Asian tour, Ray Davis and the rest of the band were not satisfied with the production. The single "Tired of Waiting for You" became a No. 1 hit on the UK Singles Charts. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-BOOK OF TALIESYN (STEREO)-1968-THE FIRST UK-HARVEST PRESS -SHVL751 Matrix A-1G/B-1G , stamper 1R/1O (Dream!) Mega rare British original of the first press (4-line sold in uk....) The Book of Taliesyn is the second studio album by British band Deep Purple. It was released in the USA in October 1968 on the Tetragrammaton Records label, and in the UK in June 1969 on the EMI label. The musical style of The Book of Taliesyn is a mix of progressive rock, psychedelic rock and hard rock[1][16][17][18][19]. Many reviewers believe that on this album the band demonstrated greater maturity and complexity of musical compositions than on the previous one. The album received a good rating in the USA, but like the previous one, it went completely unnoticed in the homeland of the musicians, in the UK. Five tracks out of seven were placed on the Billboard Hot100 in the middle of the hundred. ...more