Lot 5MAYALL, JOHN-LOOKING BACK-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-DECCA-NMINT/NMINT

JEAN MICHEL JARRE-LES CONCERT EN CHINE-1982-FIRST PRESS FRANCE-DREYFUS-FDM-18110. A rare original of the cult concert. The Concerts in China is a live album by Jean-Michel Jarre recorded in 1981 and released in 1982 on the label  Dreyfus. The album was recorded during Jarre's tour in China in the fall of 1981, which consisted of five concerts in China in Beijing and Shanghai; it was the first performance by a Western pop artist in China after the Cultural Revolution. One of the original compositions of the album – "Arpégiateur" – was used in the soundtrack to the movie "9½ weeks", as well as in several episodes of the mid-1980s American soap opera "Santa Barbara". The opening track "The Overture" is the first slow-motion part of "Magnetic Fields Part 1". The album reached number 6 in the UK charts, No. 1 in Portugal and No. 76 in Australia.  ...more

SAVOY BROWN-LOOKING IN-1970-THE FIRST UK-DECCA-SKL5066 Matrix A-1W/B-1W PRESS. A rare British original of the cult blues-rock band. Looking In is the sixth album by British blues band Savoy Brown. The album featured "Lonesome" Dave Peverett on vocals after Chris Yulden left the band last spring. Leader/guitarist Kim Simmonds will be the only band member to continue working with the band after this album, as all the other band members left to form Foghat next year. It was released by Decca in 1970 (SKL 5066). For release in the USA and Canada, the cassettes were leased to Parrot Records (PAS 71042). The album spent a week in the official UK charts and reached number 50. It performed significantly better in the US, where it spent 19 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 39, their second-highest album on the US charts. ...more

LENNON, JOHN-IMAGINE-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE- PAS10004. YEX 865-1U/YEX 866-2U -RORKY/PESCO matrices. A rare British original . Imagine is the second studio album by English musician John Lennon, released on September 9, 1971 by Apple Records. Co-produced by Lennon, his wife Yoko Ono and Phil Spector, the album's mellow sound contrasts with the basic arrangements of his first album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970),[1] while the opening title track is widely considered his signature song.Imagine it was a critical and commercial success, peaking at number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. Along with John Lennon's band/Plastic Ono, it is considered one of Lennon's best solo albums. In 2012, the album was ranked 80th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time. ...more

SADE-PROMISE-1985-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC- EPC86318. Rare European original. Promise is the second Studio album by Sade. Almost every second song on the album took the top of the billboards ("Is It a Crime" and "Fear"), several songs became hit singles ("Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo"). Promise became four times platinum in U.S., double platinum in the UK and Canada and platinum in Germany. ...more

STITT, SONNY-STORM OFF LET'S GO-1976-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС USA-FLYING DUTCHMAN-BDL1-1538. Редкий американский оригинал культового джазмэна. Stomp Off Let's Go — альбом американского джазового саксофониста Сонни Ститта, в который вошли композиции, записанные в 1976 году для лейбла Flying Dutchman. В своей рецензии для AllMusic Скотт Яноу написал: «Это посредственная, хотя и приятная, пластинка Сонни Ститта». ...more