Lot 43BEATLES-A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES (MONO)-1966-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE-NMINT/NMINT

THE BEATLES-WITH THE BEATLES (STEREO)-1963-FIRST UK PRESS-PARLOPHONE - PCS3045.Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 110-2; Side 2: YEX 111-2. Stamper -1GD/3GM First press. November 22, 1963. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “The Parlophone Co. Ltd.” printed at the start perimeter print and "recording first published 1963". “Jobete” credit “Money” (Side 2). First pressing has misspeled “You Really Gotta Hold On Me” credit on side 2. The tracing tab of the “use Emitex” With or without KT tax code on the label. ...more

PETER HAMMIL-FOOL'S MATE-1971 - FIRST UK PRESS-CHARISMA CAS 1037 . Matrix A-2U/B-1U . Stamper 1R/1M (Dream!) Very rare original cult album. Fool's Mate is the debut solo album by Peter Hammill of progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator .The album was recorded in 1971, in the midst of one of the most productive periods of Van der Graaf Generator. Among the guest musicians of this album were members of Van der Graaf Generator , the members of his label mates Lindisfarne, and guitarist Robert Fripp .The British music press was very positive on Fool's Mate . Melody Maker saw it as "one of the albums of the year". The cover was designed by Paul Whitehead who at the time was the favourite cover artist for Van der Graaf Generator and a fellow of the Charisma band Genesis . Fool's Mate includes one of the most famous songs of Hammill's about love, "Vision", which he still performs in concert. ...more

BEATLES-REVOLVER-1966-FIRST pressing(STEREO) UK-PARLOPHONE - PCS7009 Matrix numbers: Side 1: YEX 605-1; Side 2: YEX 606-1. tempera 3AG/2AM .First pressing, August 5, 1966. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “The Gramophone Co. Ltd.” printed at the start perimeter print and “Sold in U.K. subject...” text. Plain white or white & black “LP advertising” inner sleeves. With or without KT tax code on the label. Matrix numbers: Side 1: XEX 605-1 or -2; Side 2: XEX 606-1. This is how the labels first appeared on the shelves. Still using the sans serif Arial typeset. Also, these early labels misprint the side 2 track Doctor Robert as “Dr. Robert”. These early Sans-serif labels have each song title starting on a new line with the first line purely for “Taxman” and have “Eleanor Rigby” starting on the second line down. Also something to note on these original labels is that each song title was followed by the song credits and then lead vocalist. ...more

SPIRIT-CLEAR-1969-FIRST UK PRESS-CBS number S63729 Third album, the giants of the Blues-rock-psychedelia from Los Angeles. ...more

QUEEN - THE GAME-1980-FIRST UK PRESS-EMI-EMA795 of the Matrix A-3U/B-7U MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L. A., CALIF. Very rare British original. The Game ("Game") is the eighth Studio album by British rock band Queen released 30 June 1980. The album was recorded in Studio "Musicland" in Munich (Germany) from June 1979 to may 1980. The album was well received: it became five times platinum in Canada alone. This is the only album of Queen, took first place in the charts in the UK and USA. ...more