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TURTLES -HAPPY TOGETHER-1967-THE FIRST PRESS UK-LONDON-HA-U-8330. A rare British original by a cult band. "Happy Together" is a song written by Harry Bonner and Alan Gordon and recorded by the American rock band The Turtles. It was released as a single in January 1967, along with the song "Like the Seasons" (B-side), and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first and only chart-topping hit. It also entered the top 20 in various countries, taking 2nd place in Canada and 12th place in the UK. It was later included on the Turtles' third studio album Happy Together (1967). ...more

URIAH HEEP-BEST OF-1975-THE FIRST UK PRESS-BRONZE-ILPS9375. Matrixes A-2/B-2 is a very rare British original of the cult collection of the best tracks. The Best of Uriah Heep (also known as The Best of...) is the title of the most successful compilation album by the British rock band Uriah Heep. It was released by Bronze Records and Mercury Records in three different editions with approximately the same set of songs, but with different covers and track listings. The first edition was released in 1974 in Canada, the second in 1975 in Europe, and the third the following year in the United States. In some European editions, the song "Lady in Black" was replaced by "Suicidal Man". The collection went gold in Germany. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-BOOK OF TALIESYN -1968-ORIGINAL PRESS 1975 JAPAN-WARNER-P-8377W. The rare Japanese edition of the cult album The Book of Taliesyn is the second studio album by the British band Deep Purple. It was released in the USA in October 1968 on the Tetragrammaton Records label, and in the UK in June 1969 on the EMI label. The musical style of The Book of Taliesyn is a mix of progressive rock, psychedelic rock and hard rock.[1][16][17][18][19]. Many reviewers believe that on this album the band demonstrated greater maturity and complexity of musical compositions than on the previous one. The album received a good rating in the USA, but like the previous one, it went completely unnoticed in the musicians' homeland, in the UK. Five of the seven tracks were placed on the Billboard Hot100 in the middle of the hundred. ...more

MINGUS, CHARLES-RIGHT NOW-1966-FRANCE-AMERICA FIRST PRESS-30AM 6063.  A rare French original of a cult album.  Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop is a live album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded in San Francisco in 1964 and released on the Fantasy label in 1966. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow says: "Although this underrated band does not reach the passionate level of the Mingus-Dolphy quintet, it is quite independent." Rolling stones Jazz rated the album 5 stars.  ...more

GEORDIE-NO GOOD WOMAN-1978-THE FIRST PRESS OF FRANCE-RED BUS-2S068.60773.  A very rare European original of a hard rock style icon in top condition. No Good Woman is the fourth studio album by the British glam rock band Geordie. It includes tracks recorded by previous line-ups, as well as several new tracks. This is the band's last album with original vocalist Brian Johnson, who left the band to join AC/DC in 1980. ...more