Lot 38McCARTNEY, PAUL-RUN DEVIL RUN-1999-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-MPL-NMINT/NMINT

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-AFTER BATHING AT BAXTER'S-1967 - FIRST PRESS USA-RCA-LSO1511. Very rare original cult album. After Bathing at Baxter's is the third Studio album by American rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in 1967 on RCA Records. Unlike the album Surrealistic Pillow, released in the same year earlier, After Bathing at Baxter's has a stronger psychedelic sound and does not contain commercial pop songs like "Somebody to Love" appearing on the second album and a fully formed first. Jefferson Airplane began playing rock much harder than what was played earlier.The album is divided into five parts, includes a few experimental tracks such as the nine-minute instrumental "Spare Chaynge" and the song grace slick "rejoyce", a homage to the James Joyce novel "Ulysses". Most of the songs of the album reflect the intensive use of group of drugs, in particular LSD. The album cover was drawn by Ron Cobb, the artist.The year of release of the album took 17 th place the hit parade Billboard. The first single, "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil", nearly entered the top forty singles, left on 42 place, while a second release, "Watch Her Ride", won the 61st place. However, both singles appeared in the list of forty first singles, according to Cash Box. The following year the band released another successful album Crown of Creation. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-IV-1971-ORIGINAL 1976 UK PRESS-ATLANTIC - K50008. Rare early British edition of the iconic album. Led Zeppelin IV is the fourth Studio album by the British rock group Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 label Atlantic Records. Sales of Led Zeppelin IV represent more than 37 million copies, making it not only the most commercially successful album in the band's history, but also one of the best selling albums in the world. In particular, Led Zeppelin IV is the most commercially successful hard rock plate of all time, and it released the song "Stairway to Heaven" is still the most played piece of music, any genre on American radio and one of the most famous songs in music history.Led Zeppelin IV regularly features in various lists of "best albums ever". So, in 2003 the American magazine Rolling Stone put him on 66-th place in its ranking of "the 500 greatest albums of all time". In turn, the British newspaper New Musical Express said it on 106-th row the same vote. In addition, Led Zeppelin IV takes 1st place in the rankings of Classic Rock magazine's "100 greatest British rock albums" "100 greatest rock albums ever", and also 4th position in the list of "200 greatest albums of version of Hall of fame rock n 'roll", compiled with the participation of the Association of the music business of the United States . In 1999 the record was included in the Hall of fame award "the Grammy" became the first album of the group, awarded this privilege. ...more

QUEEN-THE WORKS-1984-FIRST UK PRESS-EMI-EMC2400141. Of The Matrix A-1/B-2. Rare British original. The Works is the eleventh Studio album by British rock band Queen, released on 27 February 1984. The album became a kind of return to roots. After a failed attempt to release a dance album, the group understands that people want the old Queen with a powerful hard fast numbers (Now I'm Here, Dead On Time, Tie Your Mother Down), lyrical ballads (Love Of My Life, Jealousy), hard-rock ballads in the spirit of "waving flag" (We Are The Champions, In The Lap Of The Gods), Opera mnogogolovy (The Prothet''s Song, Somebody To Love) and metal quick strikes (Stone Cold Crazy Let Me Entertain You). As mentioned Brian may, The Works is "A Night At The Opera" with several strokes from The Game. The Works gave the world two great hit songs: "Radio Ga Ga" and "I Want to Break Free". The album went double platinum and was sold over five million copies. ...more

JOHN, ELTON-CAPTAIN FANTASTIC-1975-FIRST UK PRESS-DJM - DJLPX1. Matrix A1/B1 Rare British original . This album is one of the pinnacles of creativity ELTON JOHN . Full set ( two of the booklet and a large poster).Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth Studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John, released in 1975. The album debuted at #1 in the American Billboard 200 chart and remained there for seven weeks; Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the first album included in this chart. In may 1975 received a gold certification, and was certified platinum, and triple platinum in March 1993 by the American Association of recording companies (RIAA). In Canada, the album debuted at #1 in the RPM national Top Albums chart. In the UK chart, UK Albums Chart, reached #2. In 2003, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is located at #158 on the list of 500 greatest albums of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine. ...more

FREE-TONS OF SOBS-1968-ORIGINAL UK PRESS 1970-ISLAND ILPS-9089. Matrix A-3U/B-3U. Rare early edition of the iconic album Blues and prog. Tons of Sobs is the debut Studio album by British rock band Free, released by Island Records on 14 March 1969. One of the first albums in the style of Blues-rock. The album hit the UK charts, but reached #197 in the Billboard Hot 200 in the United States.At the time of the recording of the album the band Free was very young: none of them are under the age of twenty, and bass player Andy Fraser was sixteen. They have had some success through constant touring, and their debut album was composed mostly of songs performed at concerts. The budget allocated for the recording of the album was only 800 pounds[2]. Much of the album was recorded over several days in October 1968. The original release of the album was scheduled for November 1968, but then postponed to early 1969 due to late add a cover version of Blues songs "The Hunter" by albert king ...more