Lot 106BELLE EPOQUE-BAMALAMA-1978-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-CARRERE-NMINT/NMINT

STYX-CORNERSTONE-1979-THE FIRST UK-AM-AMLK63711 PRESS. A rare British original. Styx is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Styx, released in 1979."Cornerstone" became Styx's third consecutive multi-platinum album and the first album to be nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group category. As with the previous four Styx albums, the band produced this album themselves. Styx recorded the album at Pumpkin Studios in Oak Lawn, Illinois. "Cornerstone" is best known for featuring the band's only song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the powerful ballad "Babe". The album also includes the folk-rock song "Boat on the River", which became a hit in Europe but did not chart in the United States. Cornerstone became Styx's first album to enter the top 5 in the United States, hitting Billboard on October 13, 1979 and peaking at number 2 in late November. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-IV-1971-THE FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-SD7208. RICHMOND PRESSING Matrices PORKY ST-A-712286-C AT/GP PR/ PECKO DUCK ST-A-712286-F AT/GP PR is a very rare American original of the cult album. Led Zeppelin IV is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on November 8, 1971 by Atlantic Records. Led Zeppelin IV has sold over 37 million copies, making it not only the most commercially successful album in the band's history, but also one of the best-selling albums in the world. In particular, Led Zeppelin IV is considered the most commercially successful hard rock record of all time, and the song "Stairway to Heaven" released on it is still the most played piece of music of any genre on American radio and one of the most famous compositions in the history of music.Led Zeppelin IV is regularly featured in various lists of the "best albums in history". So, in 2003, the American magazine Rolling Stone placed it on the 66th place of its rating of "The 500 greatest albums of all time". In turn, the British edition of New Musical Express marked him on the 106th line of a similar vote. In addition, Led Zeppelin IV ranks 1st in Classic Rock magazine's ratings of "100 Greatest British Rock Albums" and "100 Greatest Rock Albums in History", as well as 4th in the list of "200 Greatest Albums according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame", compiled with the participation of the Association the US music business . In 1999, the recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, becoming the first of the band's albums to receive such a privilege. ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-DISCOVERY -1979-THE FIRST JAPAN-JET-25AP-1600 PRESS. A rare Japanese original of a cult album.  Discovery is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was released on May 31, 1979 in the UK by Jet Records, where it topped the record charts, and on June 8 in the United States on Jet through Columbia Records distribution. ...more

MILES DAVIS-FOUR AND MORE RECORDED LIVE IN CONCERT-1966-FIRST UK PRESS-CBS-SBPG62655 . A-3/B-1 matrices. A very rare British original of the iconic jazz album is a live album by Miles Davis. It was recorded at the Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall on February 12, 1964 and released two years later. ...more

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-VITAL LIVE-1978-FIRST UK PRESS-CHARISMA-CVLD101. Of the matrix A-1/B-1/C-1/D-1 Masterdisc -ALLEN. Rare British original double concert of cult prog group. Vital: Van der Graaf Live is the first live album by the English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator . It was recorded 16 January 1978 at the Marquee in London and was released in July, a month after the group disbanded in 1978. The album is known for its radical recycling old material. Although Van der Graaf Generator has always been active on stage, on tours 1977 and 1978 was noted for its ferocity. ...more