Lot 45MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-THE GOOD EARTH-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-BRONZE-NMINT/NMINT

ABBA-SUPER TROUPER-1980 - THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS322. A rare Swedish original of the cult album. Super Trouper is the seventh studio album by Swedish band ABBA, released in 1980. It became the band's sixth album to top the UK charts, as well as the top selling album in the UK in 1980. In Europe, the album took places from 1 to 5 in all countries of the continent, instantly became multi-platinum. ...more

SWEET-DESOLATION BOULEVARD-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-RCA-LPL1 5080 Rare British Original . Desolation Boulevard is the third studio album by the British glam rock band Sweet, originally released in the United Kingdom in November 1974. Two markedly different versions of the album were released: one by RCA Records in Europe, and the other by Capitol Records in the United States, Canada, and Japan.The RCA version contains the single "Turn It Down" and the original recording of "Fox on the Run"." The Capitol version, released in the United States in July 1975, includes the 1973 hit single "The Ballroom Blitz "and the single version"Fox on the Run"." In the United States, the album peaked at number 25 on October 25, 1975.Desolation Boulevard is considered by many to be the band's best album. Andy Scott, Sweet's guitarist, said of Desolation Boulevard: "Such diversity only proves that the band never intended to be just a template, giving this album a definitive place in Sweet's history." ...more

MOBY GRAPE- TRULY FINE CITIZEN-1969-THE FIRST UK PRESS-CBS-S63698 Matrix A-1/B-1 . A rare original of the iconic American band. TRULY FINE CITIZEN is the fourth studio album by American rock band Moby Grape. It was released on July 30, 1969 by Columbia Records. After completing the album, the band took a break until 1971, when they reunited with Skip Spence and Bob Mosley to record the reunion album 20 Granite Creek. ...more

STATUS QUO-IN THE ARMY NOW-1986-THE FIRST EU/HOLLAND-VERTIGO PRESS-830049-1.A rare European original of the iconic album.  In the army now is the seventeenth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released on August 29, 1986 on the Vertigo label. Recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire and Jacobs Studios in Surrey, it was the first album with a post-Live Aid lineup that included bassist Reno Edwards and drummer Jeff Rich, both joined in March 1986. The album has reached high places in the charts of many countries. Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)- 12th place, Dutch albums (Top 100 albums)- 50th place, French albums (SNEP) - 16th place, German albums (Offizielle Top 100) -14th place, Swiss albums (Schweizer Hitparade)- 1st place, UK Albums (OCC) - 7th place. ...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