Lot 22BEATLES-SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (STEREO)-1967-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE-NMINT/NMINT

LAWS, HUBERT-IN THE BEGINNING-1974-FIRST PRESS USA-CTX-3+3. Master disk-Van Gelder. In the Beginning is a double album by flautist Hubert Laws, released on CTI and recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1974. The album was later re-released on CTI as two separate volumes under the title Then There Was Light. Critics praised the album stating: "In this double album, flautist Hubert Lawes is in all his glory. The music ranges from classical pieces to straight-forward jazz with hints of ' 70s funk included in the mix... this record is one of the most significant of Hubert Laws ' career."  The Penguin Encyclopedia of Jazz Recordings describes it as “the best album and a good, complete representation of flute playing."” ...more

ABBA-VOULEZ-VOUS-1979-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR - POLS282.A rare Swedish original of the cult album.  Voulez-Vous is the sixth studio album by Swedish pop band ABBA, released in 1979. The release is characterized by a large number of dance-oriented tracks, but it is wrong to define the genre of the album as exclusively "disco"; for example, the song "Does Your Mother Know" has quite definite rock motifs. The work on the album went on for more than a year, and during this time the participants had accumulated more material than what they managed to put on the album. Among the works of that period published much later, it is worth mentioning the composition Dream World, included as a bonus track on the 2010 reissue. In 1981, the album "Voulez-Vous" was released in the USSR by the company "Melody" and became the last numbered album "ABBA", released in the Soviet Union. The album, like the previous one, was a huge success, placing in the charts of all countries in the top ten. It became multi-platinum in just one year.  ...more

HUMBLE PIE-THUNDERBOX-1974-FIRST PRESS USA-AM-SP3611. A very rare American original of the cult prog band. Thunderbox is the seventh studio album by English hard rock band Humble Pie, released in 1974. It peaked at number 52 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States. A planned UK release was cancelled. ...more

KEEF HARTLEY BAND-THE BATTLE OF NORTH WEST SIX-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-DERAM-SML-1054. A very rare British original in archival condition. The Battle of North West Six is the second album by Keefe Hartley. At the time, Hartley's six-piece band was appearing with an expanded brass section as Keefe Hartley's Big Band, and a number of songs on the album include this expanded line-up. His professional music career began when he replaced Ringo Starr in the band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, a popular Liverpool band at the time. He subsequently played and recorded with The Artwoods, and became a member of the John Mayall Bluesbreakers. After that, he formed his own band "The Keef Hartley (Big) Band", whose style included elements of jazz, blues, rock and roll. The band performed at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and released 4 popular albums including Halfbreed and The Battle of North West Six. The band featured guitarist Miller Anderson and bassist Gary Thane (Uriah Heep). ...more

STING-DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES-1985-FIRST UK PRESS-A&M DREAM1. Rare British original debut solo album from legendary British rock musician. The track "RUSSIANS" got all the charts, and STING became a celebrity. ...more