Lot 33LENNON, JOHN AND YOKO ONO-PLASTIC ONO BAND-1970-FIRST PRESS DANISH-APPLE-NMINT/NMINT

ROLLING STONES-BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS)-1966-ORIGINAL PRESS 1968 UK-DECCA -TXS101. Matrices XZAL-7503-4W, XZAL-7504-3W. A rare stereo British original press of the iconic ROLLING STONES album.  ROLLING STONES. Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) is the first compilation album by The Rolling Stones. With various covers and track listings, it was released on March 28, 1966 on London Records in the US and on November 4, 1966 on Decca Records in the UK. The American edition focused on songs from 1964 and 1965 with two new tunes: the recent "19th Nervous Breakdown" and the re-recorded "Time Is on My Side" with a guitar intro. The British version covered a longer period, starting with the band's first A-side single in 1963, "Come On", and ending with several songs from 1966, including the recent hit "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" The album reached number three on the US Billboard 200 chart.[1] and the fourth place in the UK albums chart.[2] It remained on the chart for 99 weeks in the US, where the RIAA certified the album as double platinum, which meant more than two million copies sold. ...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

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-COSMO'S FACTORY-1970-ORIGINAL PRESS 1970 USA-FANTASY-F8402 Rare early edition of the cult album. Cosmo's Factory is the fifth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in July 1970 on Fantasy Records. The CD was recorded at Wally Heider's San Francisco studio. The album was named after the building where the band set up a working residence, as well as drummer Doug "Cosmo" Clifford, who for the first time called this building a "Factory". Cosmo's Factory became Creedence Clearwater Revival's most commercially successful album (topping the charts of the USA, UK, Australia) and marked (according to many rock critics) the peak of the band's creativity[1]. The singles from it were "Lookin' Out My Back Door" (#2 USA, #20 UK), "Travelin' Band" (#2 USA, #8 UK), "Up Around the Bend" (#4, USA, #3 UK) ...more

EXTREME-III SIDES TO EVERY STORY (2LP)-1992-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-A?M - 540006-1. A very rare original of hard rock monsters mixed with glam and funk. III Sides to Every Story is the third studio album by American rock band Extreme, released in 1992. This is a concept album with a conditional division into three sections or "sides", called "Yours", "Mine" and "The Truth", each of which has its own sound and lyrical images. Despite the fact that fans and music critics consider the album Extreme one of the best, III Sides to Every Story suffered a commercial failure (it sold only about 700,000 copies compared to the double platinum Pornograffitti), because it did not have a hit single such as "More Than Words" (which took first place in the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1991), from its predecessor Pornograffitti (although the single "Rest in Peace" reached number one on the mainstream rock chart). ...more

POLICE-EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE (THE SINGLES) -1986-FIRST PRESS UK-A/M-EVERY1. A rare British original  ORLAKE mastering. Every Breath You Take: The Singles is the debut compilation album of singles by The Police, released in 1986. It includes A/B sides from five POLICE albums. Every Breath You Take: reached No. 1 on the UK album charts and No. 7 on the US charts. "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" hit the UK Top 25 of all time. ...more