Lot 32BRAND X-MASQUES-1978-FIRST PRESS UK-CHARISMA-NMINT/NMINT

SAXON-SAXON-1979-THE FIRST PRESS GERMANY-CARRERA-2934110. A rare original of the cult British band. Saxon is the debut studio album by the English heavy metal band Saxon, released in 1979. Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five and in his mixed review described it as "the silence before the storm" in terms of the band's subsequent success and the growing New Wave of British heavy metal. ...more

VISSOTSKI VLADIMIR(VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY)-CHANSON DES TEMPS....-1977-FIRST PRESS 1981-FRANCE-LE CHANT DU MONDE-LDX74581. The album is the export version of the 1977 album with a modified cover design. Export rights were transferred to the company HARMONIA MUNDI (FRANCE) . One of the most popular albums of Vladimir Vysotsky . ...more

ROLLING STONES-STONE AGE-1971-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) GERMANY-DECCA-SLK16702. A rare German promo original. Stone Age is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released on the Decca label in 1971. It reached number four in the UK charts. RS were surprised by the release of the album and stated: "We didn't know that this record would be released. In our opinion, it is below the standard that we are trying to keep up with, both in the choice of content and in the design of the cover." These 12 songs, dating from the mid-1960s, were chosen because they never appeared on British studio albums, some of them were originally released only on singles, and some up to that point were released only on American studio albums. ...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

LENNON, JOHN AND YOKO ONO / PLASTIC ONO BAND-SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-PCSP716. Matrix A-1/B-1/C-1/D-1 Some Time in New York City — double album by John Lennon, recorded with Yoko Ono and released in 1972. The studio recording of the new material, paired with a Live Jam recording, makes up the third album in Lennon's own discography, after leaving the Beatles, and the fifth — recorded with Yoko Ono. The album was produced by Phil Spector, who had previously collaborated with the singer on two of his solo records. The album was a commercial failure and did not receive high critical acclaim, compared to the previous albums — John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine. ...more