Lot 74ABBA-ALBUM-1977-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR-NMINT/NMINT

JETHRO TULL-ROCK ISLAND-1989-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS -CHR1708.A rare British original . Rock Island is the 17th studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1989. The album continued the hard rock direction that the band had taken on in their previous effort, Crest of a Knave (1987). The band now includes Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Dave Pegg and drummer Doane Perry in his first full recording with the band, although he has already been a member of Jethro Tull since 1984. Without a permanent keyboard player , the role was shared by Maartin Alcock of Fairport Convention and former Tull member Peter Fettese .Rock Island went gold in the UK, with good sales also in Germany, where it reached No. 5. The single "Kissing Willie" also had good sales, which reached No. 6. ...more

GENESIS-DUKE-1980-THE FIRST UK-CHARISMA -CBR101 PRESS. Matrices A-2/B-2. A rare British original in top condition. Duke is the tenth studio album by the British progrock band Genesis, and the second recorded by her as a trio, released on March 31, 1980. The recording of the album took place at Phil Collins' house, who was simultaneously working on his solo debut Face Value. According to Collins, he was "kind of obsessed with Duke." The compositions "Behind The Lines", "Duchess", "Guide Vocal", "Turn It On Again", "Duke's Travels" and "Duke's End" were originally a whole piece called "Duke Suite" with the central character Albert, but the band decided to split it up to avoid comparisons with 23-minute "Supper's Ready" from the album Foxtrot. This simplification reflected the group's departure from complex compositions, its desire to become more straightforward and well suited to the era of the 80s.  Duke became the band's first album to reach number one in the UK charts. In the same year, Duke received platinum status at home, and in 1988 — in the USA In support of the album, a tour of Britain and North America was arranged from April to June 1980, which began with a tour of 40 concerts in the UK, where all 106,000 tickets were sold within a few hours of going on sale ...more

FERRY, BRYAN-BETE NOIRE-1987-FIRST PRESS EU GERMANY-VIRGIN -208711-630. A rare European original. Bête Noire is the seventh solo studio album by English singer Bryan Ferry. The album was released in November 1987 on Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and Reprise Records in the United States. It peaked at No. 9 in the UK and was certified gold by the BPI . ...more

HENDRIX, JIMI-MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING-1975-FIRST PRESS UK - POLYDOR-2310415. A very rare British original . Midnight Lightning is the posthumous ninth studio album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released in November 1975. The album reached number 43 in the US, and 46 in the UK. Midnight Lightning is the sixth studio album by Hendrix, which was released after the death of the great musician and the second album by Alan Douglas. The songs included in the album were written by Jimi Hendrix after the breakup of the band "Jimi Hendrix Experience". ...more

CHARLIE BARNET AND HIS ORCH.-JIVE,JIVE,JIVE-1957-FIRST PRESS UK-HIS MASTER'S VOICE-CLP1143. A rare British original of a cult jazz album in archival condition.   Charles Daly Barnett (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. His main recordings were "Skyliner", "Cherokee", "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", "In a Mizz" and "Southland Shuffle". ...more