Lot 20MCCARTNEY, PAUL-PRESS TO PLAY-1986-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE-NMINT/NMINT

COCKER, JOE -BEST OF JOE COCKER-1992-FIRST PRESS EEC-CAPITOL-7805141. Double original of the best JOE COCKER tracks.  In Europe, he received the status from gold to platinum, entering the top ten charts in all European countries. ...more

SHADOWS-DANCE WITH THE SHADOWS-1964-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-COLUMBIA-33SX1619.  A rare British original rock beat band. Dance with The Shadows is a 1964 rock album by the British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) band The Shadows. It was their third album. It took the 2nd place in the album charts. ...more

JOHN, ELTON-TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-DJM-DJLPS410 The rare British original of the cult album Tumbleweed Connection is the third studio album by English singer and songwriter Elton John. It was recorded at Trident Studios in London in March 1970 and released in October 1970 in the UK and January 1971 in the USA. This is a concept album based on the themes of country and western and Americana. All songs written by John and Bernie Taupin, except "Love Song" by Leslie Duncan. In 2012, Tumbleweed Connection was ranked 458th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All time. The album reached number two on the UK Albums Chart and number five on the US Billboard 200 chart. In the United States, it received gold status in March 1971 and platinum status in August 1998 from the RIAA. ...more

BEGGAR'S OPERA- ACT ONE-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO SWIRL- 6360018. A very rare original of a cult album.  Act One is the debut album by the Scottish progressive band Beggars Opera. The debut album of Beggars Opera, variously classified as symphonic rock, progressive rock or proto-progressive rock, has been compared to the works of The Nice and Deep Purple MK I (sometimes described as a "derivative" of them). It was published by Vertigo (which at that time introduced its legendary label swirl) in 1970 and features a cover by renowned surrealist photographer and artist Marcus Keefe (the same one who created the covers for the first three Black Sabbath albums). ...more

SPOOKY TOOTH-IT'S ALL ABOUT-1968-THE FIRST UK-ISLAND PRESS-ILPS9080 Matrix A/B is a very rare British original of the cult band. A wonderful debut album by the British band. Spooky Tooth is one of the bright bands that emerged at the turn of the decades and during the transition period from pure psycho, or blues, to new musical forms. The beautiful, "elegant", interesting music of Spooky Tooth is very good. Despite the quite mainstream nature of this band, they failed to achieve any significant commercial success. But the records they released are still listened to with pleasure today. In general, the group turned out to be a kind of star factory. After the breakup of ST, the band members scattered to quite famous and pretentious teams - guitarist Luther Grosvenor worked with Stealers Wheel and Mott the Hoople, bassist Ridley organized Humble Pie, the rest also did not get lost in the musical world, continuing to play with varying degrees of success. ...more