Lot 48JETHRO TULL-SONGS FROM THE WOOD-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-NMINT/NMINT

LED ZEPPELIN-PRESENCE-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-SWAN SONG - SSK59402. Matrices A-2/B-2 . A rare British original.  Presence is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on March 31, 1976 on the Swan Song label. The CD was recorded at a difficult time for the band, when Robert Plant was recovering from serious injuries sustained in a car accident and was in a cast, it was unknown if he would be able to walk at all, and the future of the band was in doubt. In addition, the group was in time pressure. The album was made in 18 days and on average the musicians worked 18-20 hours a day. Highly appreciated by the public and critics, 1st place in the UK Chart, 1st place in the US Billboard 200. ...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

QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI - EMTC103.Matrices A-6/B-5. A rare British original. A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the rock band Queen, released on December 2, 1975. The record was a great success: its sales reached three million, and in the UK charts it held the first position for four inconsistent weeks. The title of the album — "Night at the Opera" — as well as the subsequent one, is taken from the repertoire of American comedians of the 1930s by the Marx brothers, namely from the film of the same name. At each Queen concert, several songs from A Night at the Opera were necessarily performed (while "Love of My Life" was never performed in the album version). It is considered that the song "Death on Two Legs" is dedicated to the former producer of the band. "Bohemian Rhapsody" brought the band a resounding success and in 2000 was recognized in Britain as the "song of the millennium". The final album "God Save the Queen" is the anthem of Great Britain arranged by Brian May; it was this composition that invariably completed each concert of the band. The album was ranked 230th on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and 128th on the 2020 list. ...more

TEN YEARS AFTER-CRICKLEWOOD GREEN (+POSTER)-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-DERAM-SML1065. Matrices A-1W/B-1W. A very rare original of blues giants.  Cricklewood Green is the fourth studio album by blues rock band Ten Years After, released in 1970. Allmusic gave Cricklewood Green an exceptionally positive retrospective review, praising each individual track and summarizing that "the band and engineer Andy Jones mix studio tricks and sound effects, blues-based song structures, a driving rhythm section and Alvin Lee's signature lightning-fast guitar playing into a single album that perfectly blends from start to finish" The album reached in 1970 in the USA -14 place, Australia -19 place. ...more

STEVE HACKETT (EX-GENESIS) - SPECTRAL MORNINGS - 1979-FIRST PRESS UK-CHARISMA-CDS4017. Matrix A-1/B-2, A rare British original solo album by guitarist GENESIS. Spectral Mornings is the third studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Steve Hackett, released in May 1979 on Charisma Records. This is his first performance with members of his touring band, which many Hackett fans consider to be a "classic line-up". The musicians are his brother John Hackett, Nick Magnus, Dick Cadbury, John Shearer and Pete Hicks. The album is highly rated at 4 stars by Allmusic.  ...more