Lot 15LIVIN' BLUES-ROCKING AT THE TWEED MILL-1973-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-PHILIPS-NMINT/NMINT

ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-PYRAMID-1978-First Press UK-ARISTA-SPART1054 matrix A1/B1 Pyramid is the third studio album by the English art rock band "The Alan Parsons Project", released in 1978. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1978 in the category "Best Production Work in the genre of Modern Music". The main theme of the album was the Great Pyramid of Giza and ancient Egyptian culture, which were at the peak of popularity in the USA and Great Britain in those years ...more

BRIAN  MAY (EX-QUEEN) + FRIENDS-STAR FLEET PROJECT - 1983-THE FIRST UK PRESS- EMI-SFLT107806. A rare British original by a QUEEN guitarist. The Star Fleet Project is a solo project by Brian May, Queen's guitarist, and a mini-album of the same name. The album, released under the name "Brian May + Friends", features May, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alan Gratzer (then playing in REO Speedwagon), Phil Chen (session bassist who played with Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart) and Fred Mandel (keyboardist Alice Cooper and additional keyboardist in Hot Space Tour and The Works by Queen). "The result is high-octane instrumental compositions in the rock style, which instantly became "royal" and are not much different from Flash with the addition of guitar pyrotechnics." The recordings were not intended for release and were minimally mixed.  "[May] called the Star Fleet Project a 'mini-album' because he considered it... too short to be a full-fledged album, but too long to even be a single." Although the album was not a success at first, by the end of the year it had reached number 35 in the UK and 125 in the USA. ...more

KEITH JARRETT-CELESTIAL HAWK-1980-GERMANY'S FIRST PRESS- ECM-ECM 1175. A rare original of the iconic jazzman. Sky Hawk: For Orchestra, Percussion and Piano is an album of contemporary classical music by Keith Jarrett, recorded at Carnegie Hall with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Keen on March 22, 1980 and released on ECM in November of the same year. ...more

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL-BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER-1970-THE FIRST QUADROPHONIC JAPAN PRESS-CBS-SOPN-17. A rare Japanese original of a cult 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 the duo's two 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

EARL HINES -ONCE UPON A TIME-1966-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) USA-IMPULSE-AS9108 . A very rare American original of a cult jazz album. One of the most influential jazz pianists. He made an invaluable contribution to the development of jazz and the jazz piano technique in particular. Once Upon a Time is a studio album by American jazz pianist Earl Hines, recorded on January 10-11, 1966 and released on Impulse! in the same year. Hines is accompanied by members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.   ...more