Lot 75POLICE-EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE (THE SINGLES) -1986-FIRST PRESS UK-A&M-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

SPOOKY TOOTH-YUO BROKE MY HEART-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-ISLAND - ILPS9227 Matrix A-4U/B-2U Stamper 2GO/2RM .  A very rare matrix of 4 sides A . A5U is standard.  A very rare British original of the cult group. The album was first released in 1973 on the Island Records label . It was the first album to be released after the band's reorganization, after their breakup in 1970. Founding guitarist Luther Grosvenor did not return to the band as he joined Mott the Hoople as a guitarist, adopting the stage name Ariel Bender. Grosvenor was replaced by Mick Jones, who later co-founded Foreigner, and drummer Mike Kelly was replaced by Bryson Graham. Critics praised the work, the album reached number 84 on the Billboard 200. ...more

JIMI HENDRIX AND CURTIS KNIGHT-GET THAT FEELING-1967-ORIGINAL PRESS 1969 UK-LONDON-SH8349. Matrices A-1L/B-1L. A rare British original press of Hendrix's first recordings before leaving for England and becoming famous.  ...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

EAGLES-HOTEL CALIFORNIA-1976-FIRST PRESS JAPAN-WARNER-P-10221Y. A rare Japanese original. In 2001, the album Hotel California became the 15th in the list of the greatest albums of all time, VH1 version. In 2002, the album was ranked number 11 in the "100 Best Rock Albums of All Time" by Classic Rock magazine. Songs from the album - "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California" -topped the US sales chart (Billboard Hot 100), and the latter was also awarded a Grammy. ...more