Lot 107MODERN JAZZ QUARTET - LIVE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE (PROMO) -1967-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-NMINT/NMINT

ROLLING STONES-ROLLING STONES (MONO)-1964-THE FIRST UK PRESS-DECCA-LK4605.  Matrices A-2A/B-4A. A very rare original of the first RS album. The Rolling Stones is the debut studio album by the British rock band The Rolling Stones. The album held the first position in the UK Albums Chart from May 2 to July 25, 1964 and in the Australian Kent Music Report from January 16 to February 5, 1965. However, the album reached only 11th position on the US Billboard 200. ...more

ALICE COOPER-BILLION DOLLAR BABIES-1973-THE FIRST PRESS UK-WARNER-K56013 Matrix A-1/B-1. A very rare British original of a cult album. Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by Alice Cooper and his band, released by Warner Bros. February 25, 1973, and topped the American and English album charts simultaneously. The singles released from it were: "Elected" (1972, No. 4 UK), "Hello, Hooray" (1973, No. 6 UK, No. 35 USA), "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (1973, No. 10 UK, No. 35 USA), "Billion Dollar Babies" (1973, No. 57 USA). The album received multi-platinum status, and the AllMusic Internet resource not only called it one of the best in Cooper's work, but also ranked it among the outstanding examples of classic rock of all time.  ...more

DYLAN, BOB-DESIRE-1976-FIRST UK PRESS-CBS-S86003. Rare British original in top condition. Desire is the seventeenth Studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Released in January 1976 on Columbia Records. The most famous was opening the album is the song "Hurricane". It is a protest against the conviction of the boxer Rubin Carter, nicknamed "Hurricane", accused in the triple murder. The album received good grades and was on the first position on the Billboard Pop Albums chart for five weeks, becoming one of the biggest albums of Dylan (and having the status of double platinum) and rose to third position in the UK. The album entered first position in the list of albums of the year magazine New Musical Express. ...more

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

DEREK AND THE DOMINOS (ERIC CLAPTON) -IN CONCERT (2LP'S) -1973 - FIRST PRESS UK -RSO- 2659020 matrices disc one-A1/B1 disc two- A2/B2. A very rare British original of Clapton's iconic concert.  n Concert is a double live album recorded by Derek and the Dominos in October 1970 at the Fillmore East and released in January 1973. Six of the album's nine tracks were later included on the 1994 album Live at the Fillmore. The three songs that were not included in it are "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad", "Let It Rain" and "Tell the Truth". Live at the Fillmore also includes these songs, although they are from other sets rather than the ones featured here. The album received gold status in the USA. ...more