Lot 85DEEP PURPLE-BANANAS-2003-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-EMI-NMINT/NMINT

STING BEST OF FIELDS OF GOLD (1984-1994)-1994-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-A&M-540307-1. Mega rare original double compilation album STING. Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 is the first official greatest hits collection by British rock musician sting, contains the singles from the album: The Dream of The Blue Turtles, ...Nothing Like the Sun, The Soul Cages and Ten Summoner's Tales. The compilation includes two new songs: "When We Dance" and "This Cowboy Song" — both were released as singles (however, this version of "This Cowboy Song" was released as the b-side; the a side was released a reggae version of the song, which sting wrote in collaboration with Pato Benton). Also on the disc featured an alternate version of "We'll Be Together" and the new version of "Why Should I Cry for You", which is different from the original, from The Soul Cages. The European version contains five additional tracks that aren't on the American edition of the disc. During 1994, the album was from 2 to 17 in the charts in countries all over the world. ...more

EAGLES-the LONG RUN-1979-FIRST PRESS UK-ASYLUM -K52181. Rare British original. Three singles were released from the album, "Heartache Tonight", "The Long Run" and "I Can't Tell You Why". "Heartache Tonight" reached No. 1 in the singles chart and received a Grammy award . The album was certified 7x Platinum by the RIAA and sold in the United States more than eight million copies. ...more

HUBBARD, FREDDIE SKY DIVE-1972-FIRST PRESS USA-CTI-CTI6018. Master disk Van Gelder. Freddie Hubbard - American jazz musician, trumpeter, known since 1960-ies as a musician, playing in the styles of bebop, hard BOP and post-BOP. His unique style has influenced many jazz musicians and has opened up new prospects-BOP. In the 1970's Hubbard had achieved the greatest popularity, connected with a series of albums recorded in collaboration with Creed Taylor and his CTI Records Studio. Albums the beginning of the decade — "Red Clay", "First Light", "Straight Life" and "Sky Dive" — was well received by the audience and was among his best works. Sky Dive - the twentieth album by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard , recorded in 1972. It was his fourth album released on Creed Taylor's CTI, which presents performances by Keith Jarrett, George Benson, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Airto Moreira and Ray Barretto. ...more

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

JETHRO TULL-TOO OLD TO ROCK N ROLL -1976-FIRST UK PRESS-CHRYSALIS-CHR1111. 1ST matrix A1/B2 EG. Too Old to Rock ’n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! is the ninth Studio album by British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1976. The band's first album, which is the bass guitarist John Glascock[en] (1951-1979). The only full-length release Jethro Tull 1970-ies, has not received the status of gold album neither in Britain nor in the United States. ...more