Lot 44MERCURY, FREDDIE-MR.BAD GUY-1985-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) UK-CBS-NMINT/NMINT

DEEP PURPLE-DEEP PURPLE-1969-First press UK-HARVEST -SHVL759 Matrix A-1/B-1 Stamper 1G/1G (Dream!) A very rare British original of the cult band. Deep Purple (also known as April and Deep Purple III) is the third Studio album by British band Deep Purple. The last album created by the band's original line-up, known as "Mark I". Recorded between January and March 1969) at De Lane Lea Studios in London. Released in the United States in June on Tetragrammaton Records, and in the United Kingdom in September 1969 on Harvest Records. ...more

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-THE GOOD EARTH-1974-First press UK-BRONZE -ILPS9306. matrix A-2U/B-2U, Stamper 1GO/2GM.(Very early!!!!) The Good Earth is the fifth Studio album by British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on 11 October 1974 by Bronze Records in the United Kingdom and Warner Bros. Records" in the USA.  The CD rose to #157 on the Billboard 200 of all rock albums hierarchy. ...more

BADFINGER-BADFINGER-1973-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) GERMANY-WARNER-WB56023. Mega rare promo original of the cult album. Badfinger is the sixth Studio album by British rock band Badfinger. The album was recorded in the fall of 1973 and released in 1974 on the Warner Bros. label .Records. It was the first of two albums released by the band on the Warner label. When Badfinger were finishing work on their last album for Apple Records, Ass, the band's Manager, Stan Polley, signed them to a three-year, six-album deal with Warner Bros.Records. As a result, shortly after the band and producer Chris Thomas completed recording Ass , they returned to the Studio to make a new album for Warner. Originally scheduled for release on December 28, 1973, the album was delayed due to Ass being released the same month. After the release of Badfinger has received an unfavorable review in Rolling Stone magazine. The UK single released after the album "Love is Easy" failed to chart. The follow-up single released in the US, "I Miss You", also failed. In the United States, the album peaked at number 161 on the BillboardTop 200 LPs & Tape list, making it Badfinger's lowest-charting album there. Part of the reason for the poor commercial performance was that due to legal proceedings with Apple, this album and Ass came out within a few months of each other; in fact, in the UK, Badfinger actually preceded Ass. ...more

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CLAPTON, ERIC-SLOWHAND-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-RSO-2479201. Of The Matrix A-1/B-1. A very rare original with the first matrices . Slowhand is the fifth Studio album by Eric Clapton, released in London in 1977. Includes such popular singles as the Blues "Cocaine", the ballad "Wonderful Tonight", the country hit "Lay Down Sally" and other songs that have become classics: "The Core" and "Next Time You See Her". The album was very successful, becoming a step forward for the musician after the less successful (although platinum) previous album No Reason to Cry. The album was both a great commercial success and critical success, reaching # 2 on the Billboard albums chart. ...more