Lot 47GILLAN, IAN BAND CHILD-IN TIME-1976-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-OYSTER-NMINT/NMINT

BONEY M-NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS-1978-First Press-GERMANY-HANSA-26026 OT. A rare original of the cult album. Nightflight to Venus is the third studio album by Euro-Caribbean band Boney M., released in July 1978. The album became a major success in continental Europe, Scandinavia and Canada, topping most album charts in the second half of 1978, and also became their first number one album in the UK. In Canada, the album received a nomination for the 1980 Juno Award in the International Album of the Year category. Nightflight to Venus includes the worldwide hits "Rivers of Babylon" and "Brown Girl in the Ring", a two-sided single that topped the UK singles chart and sold over 2 million copies.[4] The sequel was another Boney M. classic, "Rasputin", which in most countries was also performed on the double A side in combination with "Painter Man", a cover version of the 1966 hit by The Creation. In the UK, "Rasputin" and "Painter Man" were released separately as A-sides by Atlantic Records, both entering the Top 10. "Rivers of Babylon", which reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, became their biggest hit in the United States. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-MACHINE HEAD-1972-THE FIRST PRESS (EXPORT) GERMANY-PURPLE- TPSA7504 matrix A-1U/B-1U. Mega rare export German original issued with British matrices and a number for sale to NATO soldiers in Europe. Machine Head is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple, released in 1972. The album is often cited as having had a major influence on the development of early metal and heavy metal, in particular; in 2002, it was ranked 10th in the "100 Best Rock Albums of All Time" by Classic Rock magazine. Commercially, it is Deep Purple's most successful album, topping the charts in ten countries, including the UK. The album remained in the top 40 of this country for 20 weeks, and in the top of the Billboard 200 for 118 weeks, reaching a maximum position at number 7.  ...more

JAMES BROWN-HELL-1974-FIRST PRESS USA-POLYDOR-PD-29-001. Monarch press. A very rare original of the cult album, considered an icon of the funk-soul style."Soul Brother number One", "Godfather of the Soul", "The Hardest Working Man in show Business", "Mr. Dynamite" are mighty titles, but no one can doubt that James Brown earned them more than any other performer. It was he who made the transition from rhythm blues and gosrel to soul and funk.  ...more

JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER AND THE TRINITY-OPEN-1967-FIRST PRESS UK-MARMALADE-6080002, Matrices A-2/B-1. A very rare British original of the cult group. In 1967, Trinity released their debut album Open on the Gomel Marmalade label, which was intentionally recorded "live" in the studio. Despite Odger's exciting improvisations and Driscoll's strong vocals, the album went unnoticed. However, the single This Wheel's On Fire - a cover version of Dylan's song unknown to a wide audience at that time - released in the early summer of 1968, produced the effect of an exploding bomb and rose to 5th place in the charts. He forced the audience listening to the albums to pay attention to Open, which, with great delay, also entered the charts. Julie Driscoll, with her extravagant image and radical views, became the subject of increased interest from the press, and also received several offers to star in a movie. ...more

PINK FLOYD-WISH YOU WERE HERE-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-number SHVL814 matrix A-1/B-3 .Mega rare British original with the first matrices in a complete set. The album was ranked 209th in the list of the five hundred greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. Richard Wright and David Gilmour named Wish You Were Here their favorite album recorded as part of Pink Floyd. In the first week after the release, the record went gold in the UK.  By May 1997 , the album had already gone platinum six times ...more