Lot 89CHARLES, RAY-RAY'S MOODS-1966-FIRST PRESS UK-HIS MASTER'S VOICE-NMINT/NMINT

AC/DC-THE RAZORS EDGE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY -ATCO-7567-91413-1/WX364. The album includes the songs "Thunderstruck" and "Moneytalks", one of the most famous tracks of AC/DC. A huge commercial success the group returned to popularity in the late 70's-early 80-ies. The album is at # 2 on the Billboard 200 in the US and in 4th place in the UK. "The Razor's Edge" was certified five-time platinum album (which has sold 5 million copies), and in 2003, remastered, was included in a series of "AC/DC Remasters". ...more

CHUCK BERRY -ON STAGE-1963-THE FIRST UK-PYE-NPL28027 Matrix A-1P/B-1P PRESS.  A very rare British original of the iconic album. Chuck Berry on Stage is Chuck Berry's first live album, [a] released in 1963 by Chess Records. Despite being positioned as a live album, it is a collection of previously released studio recordings (with the exception of "All Aboard", "Trick or Treat", "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "Still Got The Blues" and a previously unreleased alternative version of "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man") with superimposed audience sounds to simulate a concert recording. One of the album's tracks, titled "Surfin' USA", is "Sweet Little Sixteen", originally released in 1958, the melody of which was used in The Beach Boys' 1963 hit "Surfin' USA". A cover version of "I Just Want To Make Love To You" by Willie Dixon performed by Chuck. ...more

PRETTY THINGS-PARACHUTE-1970-THE FIRST PRESS-UK-HARVEST-SHVL774. A-2/B-2 Stemper Matrices 1H/1P (Very early!) A very rare original of one of the UK's iconic albums. Parachute is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Pretty Things, released in 1970. This is their first album without guitarist Dick Taylor. Reviews at the time of the album's release were very positive, with Billboard calling it "another top-notch album" by the band. In 1975, Rolling Stone critic Steve Turner wrote that it was "Rolling Stone's album of the year", ...more

HOLLIES-WOULD YOU BELIEVE?-1965-FIRST UK PRESS-PARLOPHONE-PSC7008 . Matrix A-1/B-1, Stamper 1L/1H (A Dream!) A rare British original of the grandees of the British beat scene. The Hollies' fourth British album, released in 1966. The album includes covers of Simon and Garfunkel's "I Am a Rock", Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" and Evie Sands' "I Can't Let Go", which became the Hollies' main hit on this album. ...more

PINK FLOYD-A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON-1987-FIRST USA-COLUMBIA PRESS number OC40599. A rare American original by a great band . . A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by British rock band Pink Floyd, released by record labels EMI Records (September 7, 1987) and Columbia Records (September 8, 1987). This is the first CD recorded by the band after Roger Waters left Pink Floyd.Work on the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason lasted from November 1986 to July 1987 in seven studios in London and Los Angeles. The main part of the material for the new album was written by David Gilmour. In addition, Gilmore took over the duties of producer. Bob Ezrin was invited to record the album as a co-producer. Unlike Pink Floyd's previous works, A Momentary Lapse of Reason is not based on any concept combining the lyrics.A Momentary Lapse of Reason rose to number three on both the US and UK charts. In August 2001, the album went four times platinum in the United States. ...more