Lot 136LAID BACK-KEEP SMILING-1983-FIRST PRESS GERMANY - METRONOME-NMINT/NMINT

KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1975-HOLLAND-ISLAND-88166XAT. In the Court of the Crimson King is the debut Studio album by the British band King Crimson, released in 1969. The album ranked fifth in the list of Top 25 best albums of progressive rock version Progarchives.com. This drive has had a big and unusually strong influence on the development of psychedelic rock, progressive rock and heavy metal. The album was recorded with exceptional musicality, the poetics of texts. While some rock groups (e.g., Pink Floyd) were prone to writing long songs, while others tried to hold in a rock song freedom jazz forms (Frank Zappa), in the Court of the Crimson King group used a bizarre poetry blakowski nightmares, visions, and premonitions. The group is always attributed to so-called genre of "intelligent heavy metal", and their very first album, created this genre, and also advanced music idea forward on several fronts. The album opens with the song "21st Century Schizoid Man", which is characterized by the use of heavily distorted vocals, deliberately monotonous, mechanical rhythm and piercingly loud saxophone and guitar. The rhythm is specified as the first song, suddenly gives way to a soft melodic calm "I Talk to the Wind". Air psychedelic piece "Moonchild" is completed with free form improvisation. In "Epitaph" and the title "The Court of The Crimson King" " the group used in the orchestration of the Mellotron. ...more

MAYALL, JOHN & BEEN SO DILIGENT -WAKE UP CALL-1993-FIRST UK PRESS-SILVERTONE-ORELP527. Mega rare original cult British Blues rockers. John Mayall – the man, the legend, the godfather of British Blues, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, who gave a start in life the vast number of musicians who have reached fame later solo career. The album was recorded and mixed in California in late 1992 and released in 1993 on the firm Silvertone Records. To Bluesbreakers headed by Coco Montoya on this album joined by guests: buddy guy I Could Cry; Mavis Stapl and old ally Mick Taylor is a Wake Up Call and Not at Home; and also undeservedly unmentioned on the outer cover of albert Collins in Light The Fuse and I'm a Sucker for Love. In addition, when writing help session musicians – guitarist David Grissom, keyboardist Tom canning, percussionist Mike Bruno, plus on half of the tracks are present horn section of Joe Sublette and Darrell Leonard. The music album more Blues-rock than Blues, but it does not spoil, is one of the best albums Majalla: tight, punchy and memorable, with quite a tight sound and excellent musicianship. A great gift has made him John's 60th birthday! Without a doubt, this is the best album recorded by Maallem for 90 years. ...more

COLLINS, PHIL-NO JACKET REQUIRED-1985-UK FIRST PRESS-VIRGIN-V2345. Rare British original. No Jacket Required is the third Studio album by British singer-songwriter Phil Collins. Released 25 Jan 1985. The album was attended by such musicians as Helen Terry, Peter Gabriel and sting. The drive was very successful, was positively accepted by critics and listeners, which was reflected in the awarding of No Jacket Required by the award "Grammy" in the category "album of the year" and "Best male pop vocal performance". Stephen Holden (eng. Stephen Holden) from The New York Times said that Collins "has made a quiet revolution, and expanded the role of a shock when you create pop music." A columnist for Rolling Stone magazine, David Fricke noted that "Like his early albums Face Value and I Must Be Going!, the album No Jacket Required is not an album that waits to be liked".The album became the most commercially successful Phil Collins topped the charts in many countries including the USA (where it topped the charts for seven weeks), UK and Canada. The album No Jacket Required received the Diamond certificate of the American recording industry Association of America", has sold over two million copies in the UK, he became the six-time platinum. ...more

PETERSON, OSCAR TRIO & TERRY, CLARK – OSCAR PETERSON TRIO + ONE-1964-FIRST UK PRESS-MERCURY -20030 MCL. Very rare British original jazz legends. ...more

FOGERTY, JOHN - JOHN FOGERTY-1975-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-BELLAPHON - BLPS19221.Rare German original complete with a large poster 90X60, see John Fogerty is the second solo Studio album by former vocalist / guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival John Fogerty, released in 1975. As in the case with the albums of Creedence Clearwater Revival, the album consists of a mixture of originals and cover versions. ...more