Lot 76COCKER, JOE NIGHT CALLS-1991-FIRST PERSS EEC-CAPITOL-NMINT/NMINT

ANIMALS-ANIMALISMS-1966-FIRST PRESS UK-DECCA- LK4797. Matrices A-1A/B-1A .1U/1U Stamper (A dream!). A rare British original of a cult rock band. Animalisms is the third studio album by the British band The Animals, released in 1966, on Decca Records. Two months later, the album was released in the US under the name Animalizationruen with a slightly different order of songs. In the summer of the same year 1966, the record took 4th place in the UK Albums Chart. ...more

LYNNE, JEFF-ARMCHAIR THEATRE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-REPRISE 7599-26184-1.A rare solo album by the famous maestro.Armchair Theatre is Jeff Lynn's first solo album released on June 12, 1990."Every Little Thing" and "Lift Me Up" were released as singles. Lynn wrote and recorded "Now You're Gone" as a tribute to his late mother. The album also features cover versions of two classic pieces: "September Song" and "Stormy Weather".The album was recorded by former ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy and a former member of the Traveling Wilburys joint project, as well as Jeff's friend, George Harrison. Despite the positive reviews, the album remained in the shadows, being located in the middle of hundreds of international charts. ...more

STEVE VAI- PASSION AND WARFARE - 1990- FIRST PRESS UK-FFT- GRUB17. A rare British original. Passion and Warfare is the second studio album by guitarist Steve Vai, released on May 22, 1990 on Relativity and Epic Records. He received a gold certificate from the RIAA. Passion and Warfare was written based on a series of episodes of dreams that Vai had when he was younger, and in the album's guitar notes book Vai summarizes it this way: "Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that Ben Hur arranged for Mel Blanc." It was all recorded at Mothership Studios in his Hollywood Hills home, a 1,600-square-foot (150 m2) building that also recorded his guitar parts for Whitesnake's 1989 album Slip of the Tongue. Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has small spoken parts on the album; Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg and Rudy Sarzo are credited with backing vocals. Vai claims that planning for the album began back in 1982, but was postponed after joining David Lee Roth's band and was not resumed until the breakup with Roth in 1989. ...more

QUEEN-QUEEN II-1974-THE FIRST PRESS UK-EMI- EMA767 Matrix A-4U/B-4U . A rare British original in top condition. Queen II is the second studio album by the British rock band Queen, released in 1974. The disc is divided into "White" and "Black" sides instead of the usual "A" side and "B" side. The fantasy theme of the album echoes the work of Led Zeppelin of those years, although the fairies and Queen trolls were a more mannered gathering than the queens and giants of Led Zeppelin. ...more

CARAVAN-IF I COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN I'D DO IT ALL OVER YOU-1970-SECOND PRESS 1972 UK-DECCA-SKL-R.5052 . Matrix A-P2W/B-P4W, a rare British original of the second pressing of the cult album. The second album by the Canterbury band Caravan, released in September 1970. It was the precursor to their most famous album In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971). The album is a representative of the genre of the Canterbury scene, it features characteristic organ solos and melodic vocals typical of the band's style. The album was released on Decca Records, as was the title track as a single. The album received high critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. ...more