Lot 72RAINBOW-BENT OUT OF SHAPE-1983-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR -NMINT/NMINT

BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS-CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN-1968-FIRST UK PRESS-CBS-S63296 . Matrix A-2/B-2. Very rare original cult British prog - jazz-rock group. Child Is Father to the Man is the debut album by the group Blood, Sweat & Tears , released in February 1968 . It peaked at number 47 on the Billboard pop albums of Billboard in the United States. ...more

ROLLING STONES-THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST -1967-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-DECCA-TXS103. 1DH/1KA Stamper Matrices A-6K/B-5K (Very early!)  The rare British original of the cult album RS. Satanic Majesties Request is the sixth British and eighth American studio album by the Rolling Stones. During the recording of the album, the band experimented extensively with psychedelic sound in the studio, including elements such as unconventional instruments, sound effects, string arrangements, and African rhythms. ...more

STREISAND, BARBRA - GUILTY-1980-THE FIRST JAPAN PRESS- CBS-25AP1930. A rare Japanese original by a 60s pop diva. Guilty is the twenty—second studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released on September 23, 1980 on Columbia Records. The album was produced by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and his permanent team Alby Galuten and Carl Richardson. The album received positive reviews from music critics. William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote that this album is one of the singer's "least distinctive" albums and that "it sounds like a Bee Gees album after Streisand's 'Saturday Night Fever.'"  ...more

CHARLES, RAY-IN PERSON-1960-THE FIRST PRESS (MONO) DK-ATLANTIC-8039. A rare Danish original of the iconic album. In Person is a live album recorded by Ray Charles on May 28, 1959, on a rainy night in Atlanta, Georgia, at Herndon Stadium of Morris Brown College. The album was recorded by the concert's sponsor, WAOK radio station. The radio station's leading disc jockey Zenas "Daddy" Sears recorded an album for the audience using a single microphone. The album is notable for its technical excellence in terms of the balance between the band, the singer and the audience, as well as the fact that it documents Ray Charles' jazzy R and B sound before he achieved great success. In 1999, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. ...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