Lot 86JACKSON, MICHAEL-THRILLER-1982-FIRST PRESS USA-EPIC-NMINT/NMINT

WINGS-BAND ON THE RUN-1973-UK FIRST PRESS-APPLE - PAS10007 - A-1/B-1 One of the outstanding albums of the 70s. Band on the Run is the third studio album by the English band Wings (Paul McCartney's fifth solo album), released in 1973. Commercially the most successful and one of the most famous albums of the band. One of the best-selling albums of 1974 in the UK. Recognized by many critics as the best album by Paul McCartney. In 2003, he was included in the list of the 500 greatest albums of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine at number 418. According to New Musical Express, the album ranks 333rd among the 500 greatest albums of all time. "Perhaps the best album released by one of the four musicians who were once called The Beatles" (Rolling Stone magazine music critic John Landau, January 1974) ...more

PAICE,ASHTON,LORD-MALICE IN WONDERLAND-1977-First UK press - POLYDOR OYSTER 2391-269 matrix A1/B1.Rare British original. Solo album from DEEP PURPLE . The album was recorded in autumn 1975, and was released in February 1977. The album got good reviews, but sales were not as high as planned. This is not surprising - the music of the new group was not similar to the music of "Deep Purple" , the style is more reminiscent of a heavy funk with roots of DEEP PURPLE. ...more

WINGS-RED ROSE SPEEDWAY-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE - PCTC251. matrix A-3/B-3!!! stamper 1OO/1OP(Very early) A rare British original with a laminated version of the cover (Very rare!!!). Red Rose Speedway is the second album by Paul McCartney and the Wings group he created (it is the fourth in Paul McCartney's discography outside and after his participation in The Beatles), released in 1973 by Apple Records after the relative commercial failure of Wings' debut album Wild Life (perhaps one of the reasons for this failure was that the authors-the performers of the album were still a little—known band Wings without mentioning — in the name of the band - that this is McCartney's band). The album reached the 1st position on the Billboard 200 chart. ...more

CRABBY APPLETON-ROTTEN TO THE CORE!-1971-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-ELEKTRA-EKS74106. A rare promo original of cult rockers.  Crabby Appleton is an American rock band of the early 1970s. Vocalist and songwriter Michael Fennelly hit the Top 40 with his first single "Go Back".  Crabby Appleton signed with Elektra Records and recorded their first album Crabby Appleton, produced by Don Gallucci and released in 1970.[1] The band's debut single "Go Back" rose to number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2] The band opened for the Doors, Sly and the Family Stone, Three Dog Night, Guess Who, ABBA and George Carlin. They appeared on the American Bandstand, the Real Don Steele Show, What's Happening with John Byner and enjoyed critical acclaim. Both their albums, Crabby Appleton and Rotten to the Core, received rave reviews in Rolling Stone and Creem magazines. The band's second album, Rotten to the Core, was recorded in 1971, but sales were disappointing and the band broke up.[1] After the breakup of the band, Fennelly recorded two solo albums: Lane Changer, recorded in England in 1974; and Stranger's Bed, recorded in Los Angeles the following year.  ...more

ELMER GANTRY'S VELVET OPERA-SAME-1968-THE FIRST PRESS OF UK-DIRECTION-S8-63300. A very rare original of the cult album of the British psycho-prog band.  Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, at various times also known as "Velvet Opera", was a British rock band that operated in the late 1960s. The band members, Richard Hudson, John Ford and Paul Brett, disbanded after two albums in 1970. Later they became members of The Strawbs, Hudson Ford and Stretch.  ...more