Lot 36CAMEL-MOONMADNESS-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-DECCA-NMINT/NMINT

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-E PLURIBUS FUNK-1972-THE FIRST UK-CAPITOL-EASW-2853 PRESS. A rare British original of the cult album . E Pluribus Funk is the fifth studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad. The album was released on November 15, 1971 by Capitol Records. Like the previous Grand Funk Railroad albums, it was recorded at the Cleveland Recording Company and is the last album produced by Terry Knight. The name is a play on the motto of the United States of America, E pluribus unum, and in Latin means "Of many, Funk". The original exhaust cap (designed by Ernie Cefalu) was completely round and covered with a silver film resembling a large coin. The back cover of this album included a cast image of Shea Stadium. The album was very successful, placing in the charts of the second ten in many countries. ...more

ABBA-THE ALBUM-1977-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR - POLS282. Rare original Swedish cult band. The Album is the fifth Studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1977. It is considered to be more "Americanized" compared to previous, as evidenced by the confessions of the group members and, indirectly, the success of the singles from the album in the American charts. ...more

ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-PYRAMID-1978-First Press UK-ARISTA-SPART1054 matrix A1/B1 Pyramid is the third studio album by the English art rock band "The Alan Parsons Project", released in 1978. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1978 in the category "Best Production Work in the genre of Modern Music". The main theme of the album was the Great Pyramid of Giza and ancient Egyptian culture, which were at the peak of popularity in the USA and Great Britain in those years ...more

GRADSKY, ALEXANDER-FLUTE AND PIANO-1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027091005. A rare original of the cult album. Flute and piano (vocal suite to poems by V. Mayakovsky and B. Pasternak, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1983 by Alexander Borisovich Gradsky (born Fradkin; b. November 3, 1949, Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk region, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, poet, composer. One of the founders of Russian rock. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1997). Winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2014). Artistic Director of the Gradsky Hall Theater. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-IN ROCK-1970-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-HARVEST -SHZE288. A rare German original with a modified cover. Deep Purple in Rock is the first studio album by the classic line-up of the band known as "Mark II". On this album, the band's style changed to hard and heavy. ...more