Lot 32COLOSSEUM-VALENTYNE SUITE-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-NMINT/NMINT

CLIFF RICHARD AND SHADOWS - SUMMER HOLIDAY -1963-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-COLUMBIA-33SX1472.  A rare British original rock beat band. Summer Vacation is an album of soundtracks by Cliff Richard and The Shadows for the film of the same name. This is their second soundtrack album for the film and Richard's eighth album overall. The album topped the UK Albums chart for 14 weeks. Three singles were released from the album. Before the album's release, the songs "The Next Time" and "Bachelor Boy" (on side A and side B respectively) were already hits. It was followed by "Summer Holiday" and finally "Foot Tapper" (performed by The Shadows). All three singles topped the UK singles chart. ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-A NEW WORLD RECORD-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-UA-UAG30017. Matrices A-3U/B-1U. A rare British original of the iconic album. A New World Record is the sixth studio album by the British band Electric Light Orchestra, released in September 1976. The album was remastered and re-released in 2006 with the addition of six bonus tracks. A New World Record was the band's first album to reach the top ten in the UK (the previous three albums were very successful in the US, but not in the musicians ' home country). The album was certified platinum in both the United Kingdom and the United States, selling five million copies in its first year of release. Like the previous album, A New World Record was recorded at Munich's Musicland Studios. ...more

CARAVAN-CUNNING STUNTS-1975-THE FIRST PRESS UK-DECCA-SKL-R-5210 . Matrices A-P2W/B-P2W, a rare British original of the cult prog band. The sixth studio album by the progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1975. It was their first album with bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Mike Wedgwood. The album's title is a spoonerism for "Stunning Cunts", which is characteristic of their bold use of language. The three previous Caravan albums with titles that are also sexual word games, If I Could Do It Again, I Would Do It Again With You (1970), In the Land of Gray and Pink (1971) and For Girls Who Plump at Night (1973). ...more

PINK FLOYD-WISH YOU WERE HERE-1975-SECOND PRESS 1976 UK-HARVEST- SHVL814 matrix A-4/B-10 .A rare British original of the second press in a complete set. The album was ranked 209th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the five hundred greatest albums of all time. Richard Wright and David Gilmour named Wish You Were Here their favorite album recorded with Pink Floyd. In the very first week after its release, the album went gold in the UK.  By May 1997, the album had already been certified platinum six times. ...more

BEATLES-RUBBER SOUL (STEREO)-1965-ORIGINAL PRESS 1970 JAPAN-APPLE-AP8156. A very rare Japanese early edition in a complete package. Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by The Beatles, released on December 3, 1965. The album was recorded in just four weeks, and the rush was driven by the desire to release the album in time for the Christmas holidays. According to many musicologists, it was with the Rubber Soul album that fundamental changes began in the band's work, which led to the development of many unusual sub-trends in rock music.  ...more