Lot 37MCCARTNEY, PAUL-TUG OF WAR-1982-FIRST PRESS JAPAN-ODEON-NMINT/NMINT

NAZARETH- LOUD'N'PROUD-1973- THE SECOND PRESS 1976 UK-MOUNTAIN-TOPS105. A rare British edition of the iconic album. Loud 'n' Proud is the fourth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1973. The album was produced by Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover. This album reached number 10 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band's most popular album. It also took the first place in the Austrian charts. In 1976, it was certified platinum in Canada. ...more

MILT JACKSON AND CHARLES, RAY-SOUL BROTHERS-1958-FIRST PRESS (MONO) DK-ATLANTIC-1279. A rare Danish original of the iconic album. Soul Brothers is the third album recorded by Ray Charles and the eleventh album by Milt Jackson. All songs written by Ray Charles.  The album was awarded 4 stars by Allmusic and Downbeat.  ...more

BOWIE, DAVID-ALADDIN SANE-1973-THE FIRST UK PRESS-RCA-RS1001 Matrix A-3T/B-3T Rare British original cult album. Aladdin Sane is the sixth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released in the United Kingdom on April 19, 1973 on the RCA Records label. A follow-up to his breakthrough The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, it was the first album he wrote and released from a star position. The album was produced by Bowie and Ken Scott and features performances by Bowie's backing band The Spiders from Mars — Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey — with pianist Mike Garson, two saxophonists and three backing vocalists. Recorded in London and New York during the breaks between the stages of the Ziggy Stardust tour, the album was Bowie's last with the full line-up of The Spiders. Aladdin Sane was released in the UK on the RCA label on April 19, 1973. With an estimated order of 100,000 copies, the album debuted at the top of the UK Albums chart, where it lasted five weeks. In the United States, where Bowie has already had three albums on the charts, Aladdin Sane reached 17th place on the Billboard Top LPs chart.  Tape, which became Bowie's most successful commercial album in both countries at the time. According to Pegg, this was unheard of at the time and guaranteed Aladdin Sane's status as the best-selling album in the UK since The Beatles. In other countries, the album reached the top five in France, the Netherlands and Sweden, as well as the top ten in Australia. Aladdin Sane has sold an estimated 4.6 million copies worldwide, making it one of Bowie's best-selling records. The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums notes that Bowie "ruled the [British] album chart, spending an unprecedented 182 weeks on the list with six different titles in 1973." ...more

SEEKERS - A WORLD OF OUR OWN-1965-THE FIRST UK PRESS-COLUMBIA-33SX1722.  The rare British original "A World of Our Own" is a 1965 single written by Tom Springfield that became an international hit by the Australian pop group The Seekers. The single reached number 19 on the US Hot 100 chart and number 2 on the Easy Listening chart. It reached number 3 in the UK and number 2 in Australia. Three years later, the song "A World of Our Own" was recorded by Sonny James. It was his sixth number one in a row and his 26th hit on the US country Music chart. The single lasted three weeks at number one and a total of 17 weeks on the chart. ...more

EARL HINES -ONCE UPON A TIME-1966-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) USA-IMPULSE-AS9108 . A very rare American original of a cult jazz album. One of the most influential jazz pianists. He made an invaluable contribution to the development of jazz and the jazz piano technique in particular. Once Upon a Time is a studio album by American jazz pianist Earl Hines, recorded on January 10-11, 1966 and released on Impulse! in the same year. Hines is accompanied by members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.   ...more