Lot 21HOLLIES-WOULD YOU BELIEVE?-1965-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE-NMINT/NMINT

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-GRAND FUNK-1969-THE SECOND PRESS OF USA -SKAO-406 is a very rare second press of the cult album.  Grand Funk (also known as The Red Album) is the second studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad, released in December 1969 on Capitol Records four months after their debut On Time. The producer was Terry Knight and the sound engineer was Ken Hamann. It became the band's first album to be awarded gold status by the RIAA. It included a cover of The Animals' song "Inside Looking Out", which is performed at the band's concerts to this day. ...more

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-E PLURIBUS FUNK-1972-THE FIRST USA-CAPITOL-SW-853 PRESS. A rare American original of the iconic album . E Pluribus Funk is the fifth studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad. The album was released on November 15, 1971 by Capitol Records. Like the previous Grand Funk Railroad albums, it was recorded at the Cleveland Recording Company and is the last album produced by Terry Knight. The name is a play on the motto of the United States of America, E pluribus unum, and in Latin means "Of many, Funk". The original exhaust cover (designed by Ernie Cefalu) was completely round and covered with a silver film that resembled a large coin. The back cover of this album included a cast image of Shea Stadium. The album was very successful, placing in the charts of the second ten in many countries. ...more

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

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