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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-A NEW WORLD RECORD-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-UA-UAG30017. Matrices A-3U/B-1U. A rare British original of the iconic album. A New World Record is the sixth studio album by the British band Electric Light Orchestra, released in September 1976. The album was remastered and re-released in 2006 with the addition of six bonus tracks. A New World Record was the band's first album to reach the top ten in the UK (the previous three albums were very successful in the US, but not in the musicians ' home country). The album was certified platinum in both the United Kingdom and the United States, selling five million copies in its first year of release. Like the previous album, A New World Record was recorded at Munich's Musicland Studios. ...more

SSUPERTRAMP-EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS,,,-1977-FIRST PRESS (EXPORT) UK-A/M-SP4634 Matrix A-1OMD/B-1OMD. A rare British export original. The fifth album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in April 1977. It was recorded primarily at Caribou Ranch Studios in Colorado with overdubs, vocals and mixing completed at the Los Angeles recording plant. This was the first Supertramp album featuring engineer Peter Henderson, who would work with the band on the next three albums as well. The album... reached number 16 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in 1977 and a few months later became the first gold (500,000 copies or more) Supertramp album sold in the United States. In addition, "A Little Bit" became an American Top 20 single and reached #29 on the UK chart.. In 1978, the album... was ranked 63rd in the World's Critics' Lists, which recognized the 200 greatest albums of all time, voted for by famous rock critics and DJs. ...more

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL-BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-CBS-S63699. A rare British original of the iconic album.Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by folk-rock duo Simon and Garfunkel, released in January 1970 on Columbia Records. Bridge consists of two of the duo's most critically and commercially successful songs, "Bridge over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer", which was included in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Critically and commercially successful, the album topped the charts in more than ten countries and won two Grammy Awards, plus four more for the title song. About 25 million records were sold, and the album was included in various lists, including 51 places in the 500 greatest albums of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine. ...more

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET-MY FAVORITE THINGS-1966-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-CBS-SBPG62643. A rare British original of the iconic album. My Favorite Things is a 1965 studio album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet with music by Richard Rodgers. The album reached number 133 on the Billboard 200 chart. ...more

CREAM-DISRAELI GEARS-1967- THE FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-REACTION-534003 Matrix A-2/B-3. A very rare original of the cult album. A version of the cover with a one-sided laminate.  Disraeli Gears is the second studio album by Cream, recorded from May 11 to May 15 in New York City on the American label Atco, a division of Atlantic Records, and released in November 1967. The album reached the 5th position in the UK chart and the 4th place in America, it features two new singles: "Strange Brew" and "Sunshine of Your Love" (the second of them is considered the best composition of the Cream group for all time). In 2003, VH1 named Disraeli Gears the 87th greatest album of all time. It was also ranked number 114 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time. ...more