Lot 63GUNS N' ROSES - USE YOUR ILLUSION -1 - 1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GEFFEN-NMINT/NMINT

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-STILL LIFE-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-CHARISMA - CAS1116. Matrices A-1// 1-2-1/ B-1// 1-1-1 . A rare original of the British prog rock legend. Still life is the sixth album by the English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, originally released in 1976. It was their second album after reforming in 1975, the first was Godbluff. The album received very high marks, and many music critics wrote"This is the best thing we listened to from Van der graaf"  ...more

REA, CHRIS-WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BENNY SANTINI?-1978-FIRST PRESS UK-MAGNET-MAGL5021. A rare British original. Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? is the debut album by Chris Rea, released in 1978. The album's first single, "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", is justifiably considered Chris' most famous song and remains his best hit in the US, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and number 1 on the Adult Contemporary Singles charts. This success was also facilitated by the extensive broadcasting on Radio Caroline, as it was dedicated to the British Home Office, which tried to stop broadcasting the radio station. The next single is "What Happened to Benny Santini?" It reached number 71 on the Hot 100 chart and stayed there for four weeks. ...more

BEATLES-ABBEY ROAD-1969-FIFTH PRESS 1976 UK-APPLE -PCS7088 Matrixyex 749-4/YEX 750-3. Fifth Press, summer 1976-1980. Light green label apple.Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Work on Abbey Road took place from February to August 1969 and became the last joint project of all four members of the ensemble (the last numbered album of the group Let It Be, released in 1970, was mostly recorded in January 1969). The record was produced by George Martin, who had worked with the band since 1962. Abbey Road sales totaled four million copies in the first two months. In the UK, the album debuted at the top of the national chart, where it remained for 11 weeks, after which it was supplanted by The Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed for one week. Then he returned to the 1st place again (in the Christmas week) and stayed there for another six weeks (17 weeks in total), until he was displaced by the second Led Zeppelin record - Led Zeppelin II. Abbey Road spent a total of 81 weeks on the UK Albums chart. There was a similar situation abroad. The record occupied the top spot of the Billboard Top LP chart for 11 weeks, becoming the best-selling album of 1969 according to the National Association of Recording Companies, as well as one of the record holders of the Japanese chart, appearing in its Top 100 for 298 weeks throughout the 1970s. ...more

FLOCK-FLOCK-1969-THE FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-S63733. Matrix A-1/B-1. A very rare British original of the cult prog-blues-jazz-psycho band. THE FLOCK is the first album by a very interesting American band that worked at the junction of jazz, blues and rock. In almost any criticism you will read that FLOCK is very similar to CHICAGO, was influenced by CHICAGO, or something similar. You can safely throw this criticism in the trash... The Flock failed to achieve the commercial success of other jazz-rock bands of the era, such as Chicago and Blood Sweat and Tears, but they became quite famous due to the inclusion of the violin in the group. They cannot be attributed to the jazz mainstream and gloss, which American philistines liked so much, because the powerful brass section was often reinforced by a hard sound and hard rock riffs. ...more

LIME-A BRAND NEW DAY-1988-THE FIRST PRESS OF CANADA-KARISMA-MLP-017. A rare original of a Canadian disco band. Lime is a Canadian disco band from Montreal, Quebec. The band originally consisted of married couple Denis and Denise Lepage, who had a number one dance hit in the US in 1981 with the song "Your Love". Lime released their debut album Your Love in 1981. The title track became a gold record and a No. 1 hit on the Billboard disco chart in the United States. In 1982, Lime Lime II's second album was released with the support of the single "Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight", which reached No. 6 on the Billboard dance chart. ...more