Lot 42HARRISON, GEORGE-LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD-1973-FIRST PRESS JAPAN -APPLE-NMINT/NMINT

STARR, RINGO-RINGO THE 4TH-1977-THE FIRST JAPAN-POLYDOR-MPF-1104 PRESS. A rare Japanese original of a cult album. Ringo the 4th is the sixth studio album by English musician Ringo Starr, released on September 20, 1977. Its name is sometimes associated with the fact that Ringo was the fourth member of The Beatles. Others suggest that this is his fourth mainstream album, not counting Sentimental Journey and Beaucoups of Blues. Ringo the 4th is a dance record created for him by his producer from Atlantic Records Arif Mardin. ...more

MILES DAVIS-AT CARNEGIE HALL-1962-THE FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-CBS-BPG62655 . Matrices A-1L2/B-2L1. A very rare British original of an iconic jazz album  In this live performance, Davis performs with his permanent quintet, accompanied by Gil Evans and his 21-piece orchestra. The orchestra and the quintet perform excerpts from "Miles Ahead" and "Sketches of Spain" together, while the quintet itself performs both Davis originals and standards by Sonny Rollins and Ahmad Jamal, among others.  Although Davis and Evans have recorded several albums together, there have only ever been two live performances with both a quintet and an orchestra. To add to the album's rarity, the Carnegie Hall recordings feature several unique recordings: the only recording of the intro to "So What" orchestrated by Gil Evans and a version of "Spring Is Here" arranged by Evans. ...more

MOORE GARY-WILD FRONTIER-1987-FIRST PRESS UK-10 RECORDS- DIX56. A rare British original by a great guitarist. Wild Frontier is the sixth solo studio album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released on March 2, 1987. This is his first studio work after returning to his native Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1985. The album contains several songs about Ireland. The album is dedicated to the memory of Moore's close friend and former Thin Lizzy member Phil Lynott, who died on January 4, 1986. It says "Philippe" on the back cover. Wild Frontier contains the hit single "Over the Hills and Far Away", which reached number 20 in the UK, as well as a cover version of the Easybeats song "Friday on My Mind". Max Middleton's song "The Loner" was originally recorded by Cozy Powell for his album Over the Top in 1979 (on which Moore performed, although not on Powell's recording of "The Loner"). Moore significantly changed the track for his recording, so he is listed as a co-author. The song "Crying in the Shadows", which was released as the B-side of the single "Over the Hills and Far Away" in December 1986 and featured as a bonus track on the Wild Frontier CD, was also recorded by Japanese singer Minako Honda under the name "The Cross (Ai No Jujika)"with Moore as the guitarist. ...more

JOPLIN, JANIS-IN CONCERT (2LP'S)-1972- FIRST PRESS USA-COLUMBIA-AL31162.  A rare American original of the cult album. In Concert is a live album by Janis Joplin. It was released in 1972, after Joplin's death, as a double album. The first record contains performances with Big Brother and the Holding Company, and the second with the Full Tilt Boogie Band, recorded in different locations in 1968 and 1970. There are no live recordings from her first solo work with the Kozmic Blues band on the album, although the songs produced with this group were performed in Full Tilt Boogie Band recordings. The photographs used for the gatefold album were taken by photographer David Gar in New York in 1969 and 1970. The album peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 in the US. ...more

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