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ROLLING STONES-ROLLING STONES NO.2 (MONO)-1965-THE FIRST UK-DECCA -LK4661 matrix PRESS XARL-6619-2A, XARL-6620-1A.  1O/1U Stamper (A Dream!) A rare British original of the legendary ROLLING STONES' second album. The Rolling Stones No. 2 is the second British studio album by the British rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965 on Decca Records. After the huge success of The Rolling Stones' debut CD, it's no surprise that The Rolling Stones No. 2 follows the trend of its predecessor and contains a large number of rhythm and blues covers. Nevertheless, the album also contains three compositions by the famous author's duo Jagger/Richards.The album stayed at number one on the UK Albums Chart for ten weeks, becoming one of the best-selling British albums of 1965. ...more

SLADE-WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SLADE-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-BARN -2314103.A rare British original of the legendary band.Whatever Happened to Slade is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Slade. It was released on March 21, 1977 on Barn Records, but failed to chart nationally. By the time the album was released, Slade's popularity was declining, as were their record sales, which they acknowledged in the album title. The glam rock movement that Slade was associated with died, and the careers of other glam rock artists such as Mud, Gary Glitter and Sweet went downhill. In Britain, where Slade was traditionally the most popular, punk rock was in fashion. With this album, Slade established themselves as a straight-talking rock band; their "glam" statements from the beginning of the decade are a thing of the past. The album received critical acclaim and support from the English punk movement. In a 1979 Slade fan poll, the album was ranked among the top three Slade albums. ...more

ROLLING STONES-ROLLING STONES (MONO)-1964-THE FIRST UK PRESS-DECCA-LK4605.  Matrices A-2A/B-5A. 1I/1DM Stamper (Very early!) A very rare original of the first RS album. The Rolling Stones is the debut studio album by the British rock band The Rolling Stones. The album held the first position in the UK Albums Chart from May 2 to July 25, 1964 and in the Australian Kent Music Report from January 16 to February 5, 1965. However, the album reached only the 11th position on the US Billboard 200. ...more

ABBA-VISITORS-1981 - FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR - - POLS342 Rare Swedish original in top condition. The Visitors is the eighth and final studio album by Swedish band ABBA. It was released on November 30, 1981 on the Swedish record label Polar. Recording for the album began in March and ended in November 1981 at Polar Music Studios in Stockholm. Like the previous albums, it went multi-platinum in all European countries and gold in the United States, Canada, and Australia. ...more

COLTRANE, JOHN -BYE BYE BLACKBIRD-1981-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) USA- PABLO-2308227 Rare American original of the cult album. Bye Bye Blackbird is a live album by jazz musician John Coltrane, recorded on November 19, 1962 at Konserthuset in Stockholm and released in 1981 by Pablo Records. The album was recorded during the 1962 European tour, which took place from November 17 to December 2 and included stops in Paris, Zurich, Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Graz, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Scheveningen, Amsterdam and Milan. The Coltrane Quartet performed two concerts at Konserthuset on November 19; "Sleeping In" was recorded at the first concert, and "Bye Bye Blackbird" at the second. In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "Bye Bye Blackbird contains only 36 minutes of music, but the quality is quite high. John Coltrane and his quartet... They perform extended versions of "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "Traneing In", which are gradually gaining momentum. This is a well-recorded European concert... It's worth listening to, especially for Coltrane collectors who already have his more important recordings. Chris May, writing for All About Jazz, called the performances "vibrant" and stated that Coltrane's solo in "Traneing In" is "one of the most exciting he's ever recorded live or in the studio." In 1981, Coltrane was posthumously awarded the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for "Bye Bye Blackbird". ...more