Lot 40BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE-NOT FRAGILE-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-MERCURY-NMINT/NMINT

NUTZ-SAME -1974-THE FIRST USA-AM-SP3648 PRESS. The real American original of the first album.Hard rockers Nutz, formed in Liverpool, England, in 1973 by singer Dave Lloyd, guitarist Mick Devonport, bassist Keith Mulholland and drummer John Mylett, recorded four albums for A M - 1974 Nutz, 1975 Nutz Too, 1976 Hard Nutz (introducing keyboardist Kenny Newton) and 1977 Nutz Live Cutz. But neither all this, nor the periodic tours in support of Black Sabbath and Budgie (not to mention the Friday concert at the Reading Festival in 1976) allowed them to become headliners.By 1979, the band began to break up, but when their song "Bootliggers" was selected for inclusion on the 1980s album Metal for Muthas (a compilation of emerging New Wave talents of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden, Praying Mantis and Samson), Nutz reinvented themselves as Rage. This barely disguised new version of Nutz (not to be confused with the German power metal trio that appeared a few years later) replaced Newton with additional guitarist Terry Steers and recorded three more albums before finally disbanding in 1984. ...more

TRAFFIC-JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-ISLAND- ILPS-9116 Matrices A/2 UAS 5504 A 6.3.70 RC sterling ,B/2 UAS 5504 B 6.3.70 AM sterling (A Dream!) A very rare British original of the iconic album. John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Traffic, recorded between February and April 1970 and released in July of the same year by Island Records in the UK, United Artists Records in the USA and Polydor Records in Canada. It reached #5 on the Billboard 200 and received gold status (the band's first "golden disc"). The single "Empty Pages" from this album reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the musicians' homeland, in the UK, the album reached #11 on the UK Albums Chart. ...more

JOHN LEE HOOKER-BOOM BOOM 1992-FIRST UK PRESS-POINTBLANK-VPBLP-12. Rare British original of one of the fathers of the Blues. Boom Boom - album 1991 American Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lee hooker . This is the third album after triumfalnego return in 1989. On the album hooker re-recorded the legendary hits of the 60's. After the release of the album in the first two weeks got hit all the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. ...more

GILLAN, IAN BAND - CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE-1977-THE FIRST UK-ISLAND PRESS-ILPS9500. Matrices A-2/B-2. A rare original of the cult album. Clear Air Turbulence is the second studio album by the British jazz-rock band Ian Gillan Band, released in 1977 with a cover by Chris Foss. Work on the album was carried out from July 1976 to September 1976. A UK tour was arranged, although all dates were cancelled until April 1977 so that the new album could be re-recorded and remixed at Kingsway Recorders, London. ...more

JACKSON, MICHAEL-DANGEROUS-1991-THE FIRST UK/EU PRESS-EPIC- 4658021. A very rare album from the 90s. The king of pop music. Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It was released on Epic Records on November 26, 1991. Critics noted the wide genre palette of the record, which includes: new jack swing, funk, industrial, modern rhythm and blues, gospel, pop rock and hard rock. While creating the album, Jackson himself acted as its executive producer, collaborating with Teddy Riley and Bill Bottrell. The singer was directly involved in the creation of each of the 14 songs as an author, producer or co-producer. In the winter of 1991, Dangerous debuted at the top of the US and UK charts. Within two years, 9 singles and video clips were released from it, the videos were included in the Dangerous – The Short Films video collection. The most successful singles in the world were "Black or White" and "Remember the Time", in European countries "Heal the World", "Will You Be There" and "Give In to Me" also achieved success. Worldwide sales of the record range from 32 to 40 million copies, it is considered Jackson's best-selling album after Thriller. In 1992, Dangerous was awarded one Grammy statuette and other music awards. ...more