Lot 73ABBA-WATERLOO-1974-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR-NMINT/NMINT

JON LORD / LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA-GEMINI SUITE-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-PURPLE-TPSA7501 Matrix A-1U/B-1U Stamper 1GH/1RM Rare British original cult album. After the 1969 album a fusion of classical and rock for band and orchestra, John Lord was commissioned to write a sequel. It was the Gemini Suite, five long movements inspired by members of Deep Purple, and performed live in September 1970 at the Royal Festival Hall with the Light Music Society Orchestra (an album of the concert was released in 1993 as the Gemini Suite Live). Jon Lord then recorded it in the studio as his first solo project in 1971 with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold and soloists drawn from the rock world. Gemini Suite this was an important step for Lorde and led to albums such as Windows (1974) and Sarabande (1976). The album was originally released in Europe and America in 1971 with various covers. ...more

FREEDOM-THROUGH THE YEARS-1971-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-6360049. Mega rare original of the cult album of the British prog-hard-blues band. Freedom was formed with two former Procol Harum members, guitarist Ray Royer and drummer Bobby Harrison. Freedom were a legendary British psychedelic hard rock band. It is their fourth album, originally released for the Vertigo collector's label in 1971. Powerful hard rock / blues sound with loud wah / distorted guitars, long tracks, bright vocals. Although the roots of” Through the Years “lie in hard rock, most of the songs have a lot of blues influences (especially in the guitar solos), and in addition to acoustic guitars, they use very” catchy " vocal harmonies in their songs.  ...more

VLADIMIR PRESNYAKOV AND THE CAPTAIN-LOVE-1991-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-ALT-C60 31613-4.  A rare early album by Presnyakov with the band Kapitan.  ...more

IRON BUTTERFLY-IN A GADDA DA VIDA-1968-FIRST PRESS UK-ATLANTIC-588116. Matrix A-1/B-2 is a rare British original of the cult album. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the second studio album by American rock band Iron Butterfly, released on June 14, 1968. The album is notable for its eponymous composition, which in its extended version occupies the entire second side of the record. The album reached number 4 on the Billboard chart and became the first album to be certified platinum in 1976 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over 30 million copies. In the United States, it became the best-selling album for all of 1969. ...more

BLACK SABBATH-PARANOID-1970-ORIGINAL PRESS 1971 UK-VERTIGO-6360011. Matrices A-2/B-2. A very rare second pressing on a small SWIRL. Paranoid is the second studio album by the British rock band Black Sabbath, recorded at London's Regent Sound Studios by producer Roger Baingiep and released in 1970. On 10 October 1970, the album reached the top of the UK Albums Chart, displacing Simon and Garfunkle's Bridge Over Troubled Water from the top spot; in the US, it peaked at number 12. ...more