Lot 48BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS-MIRROR IMAGE-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-NMINT/NMINT

DEEP PURPLE-BOOK OF TALIESYN-1968-ORIGINAL PRESS 1969 UK-HARVEST-SHVL751. Matrices A-1G/B-1G. Stamper 2GO/1GD (Very early!).  A rare original 1969 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 Harvest label named after the "Book of Taliesin" — a Welsh manuscript of the first half of the XIV century, including the oldest Welsh poems, many of which are attributed to the poet Taliesin (VI century). The album cover was drawn by illustrator John Vernon Lord. ...more

BRAND X-UNORTHODOX BEHAVIOUR-1976-FIRST UK PRESS-CHARISMA - CAS1117 Matrix A-4/B-3. Is the first album by British jazz fusion group Brand X . It peaked on the Billboard 200 in 1976, the same year, when it was released. This album combines jazz fusion and progressive rock. ...more

HARVEY MANDEL-GAMES GUITARS PLAY 1969-FIRST UK PRESS-PHILIPS SBL7915. Very rare British original Blues-progressive album. ...more

KING CRIMSON-RED-1974-FIRST UK PRESS-ISLAND-Matrix A-3U/B-6U SEAN/PESKO. Stamper 2GH/1L (Very early!) Very rare original cult British prog group. Red is the seventh Studio album by the British band King Crimson, released in November 1974 label Island Records UK and Atlantic Records in the United States. This is the last King Crimson album, recorded in 1970-ies. Ranks 8th in the list of Top 25 best albums of progressive rock version Progarchives.com and 7th place in the list of "top 25 best classical albums of progressive rock" by PopMatters. ...more

ROCKETS-GALAXY-1980-FIRST PRESS ITALY-ROCKLAND room RKL20208. Very rare original. According to critics (and themselves Rockets) -album "Galaxy" - were the best in their history. With this album, which went platinum (over 1 million copies), the group reached the peak of its success. ...more