Lot 16PRESLEY, ELVIS- CALIFORNIA HOLIDAY-1966-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-RCA-NMINT/NMINT

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FOGERTY, TOM (EX-CCR) - TOM FOGERTY-1972-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-FANTASY-9407. A rare promo original of the first solo album by CREEDENCE member CLEARWATER REVIVAL. Thomas Richard Fogerty (November 9, 1941-September 6, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist of Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. After the album CCR-Pendulum, he left the band and began a solo career, releasing an album on Fantasy that reached No. 78 on the Billboard 200 chart. ...more

BEE GEES-HIGH CIVILIZATION-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-WARNER-7599-26530-1. A rare original of the cult group. High Civilization is the nineteenth studio album by the British pop group the Bee Gees, released on March 25, 1991 in the United Kingdom, and on May 14, 1991 in the United States-their last album recorded for Warner Bros. Records, after a four-year contract (they will return to WB through a subsidiary company Reprise Records in 2006: having obtained the rights to their previously released material, they will reissue each album through Reprise). Perhaps in response to the firm resistance of American radio to the two previous albums-E. S. P. (1987) and One (1989), which proved well in other countries, the American Warner Bros. gave this advertisement one less share and did not release remixes. They recorded this album, and their next album size is not everything with engineer Femi Gia.  In the US, the album was only available on CD and cassette, but the LP version was released in limited quantities in some countries. While it failed to chart in the US, it reached No. 6 in Switzerland, No. 2 in Germany (achieving platinum certification in both countries), No. 24 in the UK. ...more

FITZGERALD, ELLA-THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK-1956-FIRST PRESS UK-HIS MASTER'S VOICE-CLP1083.A rare British original of the cult album. .Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, dedicated to the songs of Cole Porter. It was Fitzgerald's first album for the newly formed Verve Records (and the first album released by the label). Fitzgerald's time on the Verve label allowed her to release her most famous recordings at the peak of her vocal abilities. This album marked the beginning of a series of Fitzgerald songs, each of the eight albums in the series focuses on a different composer's canon, known as the Great American Songbook. The album was recorded on February 7-9 and March 27, 1956 in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Fitzgerald's manager and producer of many of her albums, Norman Granz, visited Cole Porter at the Waldorf-Astoria and played him the entire album. Afterwards, Porter simply remarked: "God, what a wonderful diction this girl has." ...more

PRESLEY, ELVIS-GIRLS HAPPY-1965-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-RCA-RD-7711. A rare British original of the King of rock and roll. Girl Happy is the tenth soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on the RCA Victor Records label in mono and stereo format LPM/LSP 3338 in March 1965-the date of March 1 is disputed. This is the soundtrack to the 1965 film of the same name starring Presley. The recording took place on tape recorders in Hollywood, California, on June 10, 11, 12, and Presley's vocal overdubs-on June 15, 1964. It reached number eight on the Top LP chart and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 15, 1999. ...more