Lot 34GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-PHOENIX-1973-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL-NMINT/NMINT

MAYALL'S JOHN BLUESBREAKERS-CHICAGO LINE-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-ENTENTE-5727008-2 A very rare original of British blues monsters.  John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers were an English blues rock band led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, The Bluesbreakers' greatest legacy is an incubator for British rock and blues musicians. Many of the most famous bands that emerged in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s had members who once went through the Bluesbreakers, forming the basis of British blues music, Among those who worked in Bluesbreaker are Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (Cream), Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie (Fleetwood Mac), Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones), Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention) and many other musicians. Chicago line is an album released after a ten-year hiatus, but created with the same blues energy as 30 years ago. Highly appreciated by critics and collectors. ...more

ABBA-WATERLOO-1974-SECOND PRESS 1976 SWEDEN-POLAR--POLS252. A rare Swedish second press of the iconic album, after which ABBA became famous all over the world. Waterloo is the second studio album by Swedish pop band ABBA, the first to be released internationally. It was originally released on March 4, 1974 in Sweden on the Polar Music label. The album's title track won ABBA the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and became a worldwide hit, launching the band's career. "Waterloo" won the Swedish qualifying round, and the band represented Sweden in Brighton at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. ABBA won the competition, and "Waterloo" became a hit not only in Europe, but also around the world (for example, taking 6th place in the USA). The album has already been released in Sweden and topped the Swedish charts for 12 weeks, becoming one of the best-selling Swedish albums at that time. In the UK, the album peaked at number 28, becoming the first album by a foreign artist to chart, and performed well in the rest of Europe. ...more

MERCURY, FREDDIE-MR.BAD GUY-1985-FIRST PRESS UK/EU HOLLAND-CBS- CBS86312. Rare European original. Mr. Bad Guy is the only solo Studio album by Queen's frontman Freddie mercury . Released in 1985, during a break in the recording of Queen, contains eleven songs written by Freddie. ...more

KINKS- KONTROVERSY-1965-THE FIRST PRESS (STEREO)UK-PYE-NSPL18131359 Matrix A-2/B-2 . A very rare original of the iconic album  The Kink Kontroversy is the third studio album by English rock band The Kinks. It was released in the United Kingdom on November 26, 1965 by Pye Records. Released in the United States on March 30, 1966 by Reprise Records, it became The Kinks' first American album with the same track list as its British counterpart. This is a transitional album containing elements of both earlier Kinks styles (songs with strong blues influences such as "Milk Cow Blues" and variations on the themes of the band's hits from 1964 to 1965 based on power chords such as "Until the End of the Day") and early indications of the future direction of Ray Davis' songwriting styles ("The World Keeps Going Round" and "I'm on an Island"). The title notes were written by Michael Aldred. The single "Till the End of the Day" became a real hit, peaking at number 8 in the UK and number 50 in the US, staying on each chart for eight weeks or more. ...more

FRIJID PINK -SAME-1970-THE FIRST UK-DERAM-SML-R-1062 PRESS. Matrices A-1W/B-1W.  A very rare British original of the iconic album. In 1967, Richard Stivers and Tom Harris played in the Detroit Vibrations ensemble. Gary Thompson replaced the guitarist, and the line-up included vocalist Tom Beaudry and guitarist Dan Yeley. In 1969, the band changed its name to "Frijid Pink" and began to perform actively.  In late 1969, the band released the single "House Of The Rising Sun", which became a hit. In early 1970, the debut album was released, which took 11th place in America and 1st place in Germany. ...more