Lot 24THE BAND - MOONDOG MATINEE -1973-FIRST PRESS USA- CAPITOL-NMINT/NMINT

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN III-1970-THE FIRST JAPAN-ATLANTIC-MT2043 PRESS. Very rare Japanese original in full package (very rare OBI) Led Zeppelin III is the third studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on October 5, 1970. Led Zeppelin III was one of the most anticipated albums of 1970, with pre-orders approaching one million in the United States alone. The cover with the wavy edge delayed production for two months. Ahead of the release, the band posted a full-page advertisement in Melody Maker magazine at the end of September saying, "Thank you for making us the number one band in the world."  The album was released in the US on October 5, and in the UK on October 23. He immediately topped the UK charts. Led Zeppelin III became the number one transatlantic hit. In the UK, it reached number one on November 7, 1970 and remained on the charts for 40 weeks. In the United States, it entered the charts at number three on October 24 and reached number one the following week. It stayed on the charts for 19 weeks and was certified gold on October 8, 1970. ...more

STEVE VAI- PASSION AND WARFARE - 1990- FIRST PRESS UK-FFT- GRUB17. A rare British original. Passion and Warfare is the second studio album by guitarist Steve Vai, released on May 22, 1990 on Relativity and Epic Records. He received a gold certificate from the RIAA. Passion and Warfare was written based on a series of episodes of dreams that Vai had when he was younger, and in the album's guitar notes book Vai summarizes it this way: "Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that Ben Hur arranged for Mel Blanc." It was all recorded at Mothership Studios in his Hollywood Hills home, a 1,600-square-foot (150 m2) building that also recorded his guitar parts for Whitesnake's 1989 album Slip of the Tongue. Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has small spoken parts on the album; Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg and Rudy Sarzo are credited with backing vocals. Vai claims that planning for the album began back in 1982, but was postponed after joining David Lee Roth's band and was not resumed until the breakup with Roth in 1989. ...more

FLEETWOOD MAC-FLEETWOOD MAC-1968-UK FIRST PRESS-BLUE HORIZON 7-63200. Very rare original cult British Blues group. Fleetwood Mac, also known as Fleetwood Mac Peter green is the debut album by English Blues-rock band, released February 24, 1968. The album is a mixture of Blues covers and originals written by guitarists Peter green and Jeremy Spencer, who also share vocal duties. The release of the album brought the band overnight success; in the UK the album reached No. 4 and stayed on the charts 37 weeks. ...more

HARRISON, GEORGE-LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD-1973-THE FIRST JAPAN-APPLE-EAP-80840 PRESS. A rare Japanese original of a cult album.   Living in the Material World is the fourth studio album by English musician George Harrison, released on May 30, 1973 on Apple Records. As a follow-up to the critically acclaimed 1970s album All Things Must Pass and his groundbreaking charity project Concert for Bangladesh, it was one of the most anticipated releases of that year. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America two days after its release, becoming Harrison's second number 1 album in the United States, and spawned the international hit "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)". It also topped the album charts in Canada and Australia and reached number 2 in the UK. ...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