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QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE -HAPPY TRAILS-1969-THE FIRST USA-CAPITOL-ST-120 PRESS. A rare American original of the iconic album. Happy Trails is the second album by the American band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Most of the album was recorded from two performances at Fillmore East and Fillmore West, although it is unclear which parts were recorded at which Fillmore. The record was released by Capitol Records in 1969 in stereo format.  The album was an unexpected commercial success, peaking at number 27 on Billboard and eventually received a gold certification (over 500,000 copies sold in the United States) in 1992 by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was voted at number 553 in Colin Larkin's album "1000 Best Albums of All Time" 3rd edition (2000). In 2003, the album was ranked 189th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, retaining the ranking in the revised 2012 list. He was ranked 44th in Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Records." Quicksilver's "Mona" was ranked 88th on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.   ...more

ELTON JOHN-PEACHTREE ROAD 2005-FIRST UK PRESS-ROCKET-9872301-2. Mega rare original  edition of the iconic album . Peachtree Road is the twenty-seventh Studio album by British singer / songwriter Elton John, released in 2004. It was named after PEACHTREE road, the Northern part of PEACHTREE street in Atlanta, where one of the four houses John. Peachtree Road was one of the best-selling contemporary efforts of John, reaching No. 17 in the USA after its release, but only managing No. 21 in the UK, making it one his rare albums to miss the top ten in their homeland. In the US it was certified gold in December 2004 by the RIAA .It debuted at number 12 In Denmark in November 2004, taking the highest place in the country. ...more

HENDRIX, JIMI-LIVE AT BERKELEY (2LP'S+BOOK) -1970-FIRST PRESS 2003 (LIMITED EDITION) UK/EU - MCA-B0001159-01. A very rare limited edition and numbered British original. Live at Berkeley is a live album by American rock musician Jimi Hendrix. It documents his second performance at the Berkeley Public Theater on May 30, 1970, and was released by MCA Records on September 16, 2003. Hendrix performed in Berkeley about a month after his The Cry of Love tour with bassist Billy Cox and drummer Mitch Mitchell. The setlist was pretty typical for the tour - a mix of popular tunes and some new material. "Hey Joe", "Foxey Lady", "Purple Haze" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" have been in Hendrix's concert repertoire since he first recorded them."Machine Gun" was released two months earlier on the live Band of Gypsys album, and "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" was in development for his planned fourth studio album. Excerpts of some of these songs were included in the 1971 concert film Jimi Plays Berkeley. ...more

WARHORSE-WARHORSE-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO SWIRL-6360015. A mega rare original of the first album by the iconic British prog band.  Warhorse is a band formed by ex-Deep Purple bassist Nick Simper. The band existed from 1970 to 1974 (partial reunions in 1985, 2005). The band's sound was close to the style of the early Deep Purple.  After his forced departure from Deep Purple, Nick Simper started organizing a new band. Initially, he planned to involve well-known musicians Albert Lee and Mick Underwood in the collaboration, but this alliance did not take place. The new band was based on guitarist Jed Pack and drummer Mac Poole, musicians who played with Simper in the accompanying Marsha Hunt line—up. The new band also includes vocalist Ashley Holt and keyboardist Rick Wakeman. The band received the name "Iron Horse", which was soon changed to "Warhorse". Wakeman proved to be an unreliable partner and left the band in April, before the band had even made any recordings. Instead, keyboardist Frank Wilson was recruited into the band, with whom the debut demo "Miss Jane" was made. In 1970, the band signed a contract with Phonograms, a division of Vertigo Records, and began recording their debut album. The Warhorse album was released in November 1970. The song "St. Louis" (a cover of "Easybeats") was released as a single and was most popular with the public. The album itself was also a success, but mostly in continental Europe, in particular in Germany. The band toured extensively for the next year and a half. ...more

SHADOWS-SOUND OF THE SHADOWS-1965-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-COLUMBIA-SCX3554.  A rare British original rock beat band. The Sound of The Shadows is the fourth rock album by the British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) band The Shadows, released in July 1965 on the EMI Records label. Highly appreciated by critics and reached the 30th place in the charts. ...more