Lot 111MILT JACKSON AND CHARLES, RAY-SOUL BROTHERS-1958-FIRST PRESS (MONO) DK-ATLANTIC-NMINT/NMINT

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BEE GEES-SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN-1979-THE FIRST PRESS-JAPAN-RSO-MWF1058. A rare Japanese original of a cult album. Spirits Having Flown is the fifteenth studio album by British trio Bee Gees. Recorded in March — November 1978 (at the same time, the band's musicians were filming the film "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Orchestra"). It was released in February 1979 and sold a total of 30 million copies. Topping the charts in the United States and Great Britain, as well as in Australia, it became one of the most successful albums in the Bee Gees discography, a kind of quintessence of their work. ...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

EGBERTO GISMONTI/ NANA VASCONCELOS-DUAS VOZES -1985-GERMANY'S FIRST PRESS- ECM-ECM1279. A rare original of the iconic jazzman. Duas vozes is the second album by Brazilian jazz duo Egberto Gismonti and Nana Vasconcelos, recorded in 1984 and released in 1985 on ECM. In an AllMusic review, Alvaro Neder gave the album 4.5 points, noting that "Egberto is very fond of percussion and ethereal configurations, which take on primary importance in his music, without necessarily being related with or without a musical theme or melody." ...more

BLUE RIDGE RANGERS (EX-CCR) -SAME(+BOOKLET)-1973-THE FIRST JAPAN-FANTASY-LFP-80800 PRESS. A rare Japanese original of a cult album.The Blue Ridge Rangers is the first solo studio album by John Fogerty, former vocalist and guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival. When originally released on Fantasy Records in 1973, the album was credited to The Blue Ridge Rangers without mentioning Fogerty on the cover. Fogerty decided to do so in order to distance himself from his Creedence legacy. The album consists entirely of traditional and country covers, and Fogerty plays all the instruments. The album reached 47th place in the charts. Two singles from the album became hits: "Jambalaya", which reached number 16 in the United States and 15 in Canada, and "Hearts of Stone", which reached number 37 in the United States and 35 in Canada. The third single not included in the album, "You Don't Owe Me" reached 79th place in Canada. ...more