Lot 55NAZARETH,NO MEAN CITY-1978- FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-VERTIGO-NMINT/NMINT

COCKER, JOE-UNCHAIN MY HEART-1987-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-CAPITOL-064-748285-1 .  The European original of the cult album. Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by British singer Joe Cocker, released in 1987.  In Canada, Germany and France, the album received gold sales status, in Switzerland — platinum. The Australian Recording Industry Association placed the album at the 48th position in the list of the "50 best albums" for 1988. The album's title song "Unchain My Heart", followed by "Two Wrongs", took the 11th place on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album itself reached the 89th position in The Billboard 200 ...more

PINK FLOYD-OBSCURED BY CLOUDS-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-SHSP4020 matrix A2/B2 stamper 1GP/1RA (Very Early) .A very rare British original of the iconic album. Obscured by Clouds is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 3 June 1972, as the soundtrack to the French film La Vallée by Barbet Schroeder. He also directed the film "More", for which Pink Floyd also recorded the soundtrack. The CD was recorded in six days in France, at the Chateau d’Erouville. As in the case of the soundtrack to the film "More", you can hear several modified versions of the songs on the album. "Obscured by Clouds" reached number six on the UK charts and number 46 in the US.  ...more

COLOSSEUM-THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-FONTANA-STL5510. A very rare British original of the cult album.The debut album of Colosseum, released in 1969 by Fontana label. This is one of the innovative albums in the style of jazz fusion. The name is a translation of the Latin phrase morituri te salutant, which, according to popular belief (but not academic agreement), gladiators addressed to the emperor before the start of a gladiatorial duel. The original vinyl album had the name "Colosseum" on the record label and on the spine of the cover, but the album is better known as "Those Who are About to Die Greet You". The album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart. ...more

QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-FIRST PRESS USA-ELEKTRA-7E-1053 SP Specialty pressing. A rare American 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 — "A 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

NAZARETH-CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ROCK'N'ROLL-1976-FIRST PRESS USA-AM-SP4562 . A rare American original . Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll is the seventh studio album by the Scottish rock band Nazareth, released in 1976. The album was released in March 1976. The album was produced, as well as the previous one, by Manny Charlton. The highlight of the album is the composition Telegram, which is a work of four parts describing the difficult touring life of rock musicians. Dan McCafferty: "The first album we recorded in Canada at Le Studio. And since then, Telegram has always opened concerts." In Britain, the album enjoyed modest success, but in Canada, Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll was able to rise to the 12th position of the national chart ...more