Description SUPERB COLLECTION OF 112 LPs MOSTLY LATE 60's & EARLY 70's ROCK, PSYCH, PROG, & SOME BLUES PLUS A FEW OTHER INTERESTING/UNUSUAL ITEMS! Here's an amazing eclectic collection of mostly 1960's & early 70's albums that includes everything from The Who, Tucky Buzzard, Deep Purple, The Beatles & Led Zeppelin, to Blues & essential 60's Psych! It includes some real collectors items & very hard to find rarities, including plenty of rare Beatles, Signed Eric Clapton, Floyd, Chocolate Watch Band, The Animals, Groundhogs, Stamford Bridge, H.P.Lovecraft, Edgar Winter, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Wishbone Ash, Moby Grape, Arbre, Van Der Graaf Generator, Cream, Rolling Stones, Traffic, etc, etc, as well as many first issues, scarce titles, and sought after labels, such as Atlantic red/plum, Vertigo Swirl, and pink Island labels. This should stand as an excellent opportunity for profitable resale, or just a one-stop, instant vinyl collection with real eclectic variety. This lot is packed with vinyl pressings you'd be very hard pressed to find in other lots on ebay, so don't miss your chance! Vast bulk of these range from VG+ to Ex++. Condition of albums is described with cover first, then vinyl, Eg. Ex+/Ex (N.B. Will be adding some more photos within next few days) ARTISTS ARE: ERIC CLAPTON - THE CREAM OF ***(Autographed by Eric Clapton on the front cover!! Nice clear autograph in silver marker pen. Polydor label, Ex+/Ex) THE BEATLES - SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CUB BAND (On the Parlophone label, PCS7027, 1967. Cover is at least Ex, vnyl is VG+ visually, but plays at least as Ex audiowise) ROLLING STONES - STICKY FINGERS (Rare & highly sought after album on the Stones own label, 1971, and still with original insert. 1st press with large metal zip on the jeans cover. Cover is a very nice Ex+, vinyl VG+) SPOOKY TOOTH - YOU BROKE MY HEART SO I BUSTED YOUR JAW (Classic, rare '73 psych album on the pink Island label (with white "i"). The label has three small initials in biro on one side. Ex/Ex) PINK FLOYD - A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (Their second album, still featuring Syd Barrett, from 1968 on the Columbia label. Cover is Nr.Ex, vinyl is Ex+) CHAPTER EIGHT - FOREVER (On the Capitol label.Cover is Ex, vinyl Ex++) BRIAN AUGER - HERE AND NOW (On the U.S. Grudge label pressing, inc The Hurricane, etc. Cover is Ex apart from a very tiny mark left by price sticker removal. Vinyl is Ex++) TASTE - LIVE (Polydor label, 1971, inc Catfish etc. Ex/Ex+) JIMI HENDRIX - EXPERIENCE (Ember label, 1971. Cover is virtually Ex++, vinyl Ex) MOBY GRAPE - LIVE GRAPE (On the Escape label. Quite rare. Nr.Ex/Ex) JOHN MAYALL - BANQUET IN BLUES (On the ABC label, inc Fantasyland, etc. Ex/Ex) THE WHO - BY NUMBERS (Polydor label, 1975, on the individually numbered, limited edition release. VG+/VG+) JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - S/T (On the Epic label/ Ex++/Ex++) ARBRE - S/T (Quite rare, obscure prog album inc Flying Home etc, on the DJM label. Cover is at least Ex, vinyl is also Ex) H. P. LOVECRAFT - S/T (Very rare psych album on the original Philips Mono press (BL7830), 1967, inc The White Ship etc. VG/VG-) THE ANIMALS - THE MOST OF (On the MFP label, inc House Of The Rising Sun, We'd Better Get Out Of This Place, etc, etc. VG/Ex+) CREAM - WHEELS OF FIRE (Double album on Polydor, 1968. Ex/Ex) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - THE AEROSOL GREY MACHINE (Their rare & superb debut album on the blue & silver Fontana pressing, inc Necromancer, etc. Ex/VG+) THE TIME - PANDEMONIUM (On the Reprise label. Ex++/Ex++) FAIRPORT CONVENTION - UNHALFBRICKING (Rare, excellent & very highly sought after album on the pink Island label (with white "i"), 1969. The book value on these is £45 for a Nr.Mint copy. VG+/Nr.Ex) THE ENID - AERIE FAERIE NONSENSE (On the EMI label, inc Childe Roland, Fand etc. VG+/Ex) CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - THE SPOTLIGHT KID (Reprise steamboat label, 1971. Ex/VG+) CREAM - FULL CREAM (Polydor label 1966. VG/VG-) TUCKY BUZZARD - BUZZARD (Rare & excellent album on the Purple / Passport label, 1974. Formed from the ashes of the superb Fuzzy Duck, the band so impressed Deeppurple that they immediately signed them to their label. Ex/Ex++) JEFF BECK - THERE AND BACK (Classic album on the Epic label. Ex/Ex) INCREDIBLE STRING BAND - THE HANGMAN'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER (Rare album on the Elektra label, 1968, inc The Minotaur's Song etc. Nr.Ex/Ex++) THE BEATLES - THE WHITE ALBUM (Their groundbreaking 1968 double album on the Apple label. Ex/Ex) THE VENTURES - THE HORSE (Rare album on the blue Liberty label, 1968, inc a great cover of Jumpin' Jack Flash. VG+/VG+) VARIOUS - THE AGE OF ATLANTIC (On the rare Atlantic red/plum label. Includes; Led Zeppelin, Vanilla Fudge, Cold Blood, MC5, Buffalo Springfield, Dada, Iron Butterfly, Yes, Allman Brothers Band etc. VG+/G) TEN YEARS AFTER - WATT (Superb album on the red & white Deram label, 1970. Cover is a nice VG+, vinyl Ex) THE KINKS - GOLDEN HOUR (Golden Hour label, 1969, inc 60 minutes worth of claasic tracks, inc Waterloo Sunset, Days, You Really Got Me, Well Respected Man, Victoria, All Day And All Of The Night, etc, etc. Ex/Ex) ERIC CLAPTON - LAYLA (On the RSO label. Ex/Ex) DEEP PURPLE - SHADES OF DEEP PURPLE (Their 1968 debut album on the silver Tetragrammaton label. With the excellent Rod Evans & Nick Simper, in pre Ian Gillan days, and more of a psych sound though still with the wonderful distinct sound of Jon Lord's Hammond! Rod Evans went on to form Captain Beyond, and Nick Simper the excellent Warhorse. VG+/VG++) LITTLE FEAT - TIME LOVES A HERO (On the Warner Bros label. Ex/Ex) GROUNDHOGS - CROSSCUT SAW (On the UA label, 1976, inc Eleventh Hour etc. Cover would be Ex if it were not for some nicks at the very top left hand side of the cover. Vinyl is Ex++) STAMFORD BRIDGE - COME UP & SEE US SOMETIME (Rare psych album on the Penny Farthing label, 1970. Ex++/Ex+) CARAVAN - IN THE LAND OF THE GREY & PINK (Increasingly rtare album on the red & white Deram label, 1971. Ex/Ex) MOTT THE HOOPLE - GREATEST HITS (In the CBS label, 1974. Inc All The Young Dudes, Roll Away The Stone, Golen Age Of Rock N' Roll, All The Way From Memphis, etc. Ex/VG) ACT 1 - S/T (On the Spring label, 1974. Ex++/Nr.Mint) THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - S/T (On the Polydor label. Ex/Ex) JJ CALE - NATURALLY (On the EMI/Shelter Recordings label, 1971. VG+/VG+) GROUNDHOGS - HOGWASH (Classic Groundhogs album on the UA label. Nr.Ex/VG+) SILVER CONVENTION - MADHOUSE (On the Midland International label, 1974. Ex/Ex+) FOCUS - IN AND OUT OF FOCUS (Polydor label, 1971, inc House Of The King, Why Dream, Mescaline, etc. VG/VG) THE LOST GONZO BAND - S/T (On the MCA label, Ex+/Ex++) IRON BUTTERFLY - METAMORPHOSIS (Rare album on the Atco label, 1970. Superb artwork on the back cover, good enough to hang on a wall! Front of cover is a bit worn, so G++/Ex+) WISHBONE ASH - IV (Classic album on the MCA label, 1973. One of their best ever releases Ex/Ex) ALAN WHITE - RAMSHACKLED (On the Atlnitc label and still with the two inserts inc impressive artwork by Henry Hodgson 1975. VG+/VG+) GRATEFUL DEAD - IN THE DARK (Much later album from 1987 on the Arists label, but some great tracks nevertheless, inc the excellent Touch Of Grey, one of their best ever tracks. Ex/Ex+) JIMI HENDRIX - THE LEGENDARY (14 classic tracks on Polydor extended play album. Ex/Ex++) THE DOORS - THE SOFT PARADE (Elektra label. Ex/Ex) THE BEATLES - REVOLVER (Superb copy on the Canadian Capitol press, 1966. Nr.Mint/Ex++) STEVE WINWOOD - S/T (On the Island label. Ex/Ex) DEEP PURPLE - S/T (On the Tetragrammaton label. Claasic album from 1969, with Rod Evans and Nick Simper. The cover artwork is the surreal "Garden Of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymous Bosch, which makes it one of the best looking album covers in rock history! Tracks include Lalena, Chasing Shadows, April, Why Didn't Rosemary, Bird Has Flown, etc. Nr.Mint/Nr.Mint) POCO - FROM THE INSIDE (Rare early album from 1971 on the Epic label, formed from Buffalo Springfield when they split up. Ex/Ex) THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL - THE BEST OF VOL.1 (Kama Sutra label, 1966, inc Summer In The City, Daydream, Blues In A Bottle etc. Ex/Ex) THE NICE - ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS (On the Oxford label. Ex/Ex+) LED ZEPPELIN - II ***(On the rare Atlantic red/plum label, 1969!!! They only rarely turn up as nice as this. The cover is as good as the best I have seen anywhere else on this label, as in the photograph, though with the usual ringwear on the back cover. The vinyl is Ex visually and plays through beautifully with only one barely noticeable skip. Apart from that it plays superbly throughout) PETER FRAMPTON - COMES ALIVE (Double album on the A&M label, inc Show Me The Way, Shine On, I Wanna Go To The Sun, etc. Cover is VG++. One of vinyls is Ex, the other VG+) THE BEATLES - HELP! (Parlophone label, 1965, PCS3071. Ex/Ex+) PAUL KANTNER & GRACE SLICK - SUNFIGHTER (On the Grunt label, 1971. VG+/Nr.Ex) THE CRUSADERS - RHAPSODY AND BLUES (MCA label. Ex/Nr.Ex) BOB DYLAN - ANOTHER SIDE OF (CBS label, 1964. Ex/Ex) PINK FLOYD - RELICS (Blue Starline label on the rare textured black & white cover pressing, inc Arnold Layne, See Emily Play, Cirrus Minor, Remember A Day, The Nile Song, Julia Dream etc. Nr.Ex/Ex) SYLVERS BIZARRE - S/T (On the CBS/Geffen label. Cover is Ex+, vinyl Ex++) ANDY BOWN - SWEET WILLIAM (On the GM label, 1973. Ex founding member of The Herd and produced quite a few solo psych albums, as welll as the excellent theme tune to the classic Tarot: Ace Of Wands TV series, back in the very early 70's. VG/Nr.Ex) TRAFFIC - ON THE ROAD (Double album on the Island label, 1973. Nr.Ex/Nr.Ex) IAN HUNTER - ALL AMERICAN ALIEN (Highly regarded solo album by Ian Hunter after he left Mott The Hoople. Joined by the erstwhile talents of Aynsley Dunbar, Jaco Pastorius, Chris Stainton and David Sanbourn. On the CBS label, 1976. Ex/NrEx) BAD COMPANY - STRAIGHT SHOOTER (The classic album from 1975 inc Shooting Star, Wildfire Women, Feel Like Makin' Love, Call On Me etc. Ex+/Ex+) CAT STEVENS - BACK TO EARTH (On Island label. Ex++/Ex+) FLEETWOOD MAC - GREATEST HITS (CBS label, 1971, covering their best material from the Peter Green era inc Man Of The World, Green Manalishi, Dragonfly, etc. Ex/Ex+) VARIOUS - MARMALADE 100% PROOF (Rare psych compilation on the Marmalade label, 1969. Includes Blossom Toes, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity, John McLaughlin, etc. Cover is VG, apart from a sticker removal tear. Vinyl is VG) WISHBONE ASH - ARGUS (On the rare 1st press MCA blue/black "hexagon" label 1971. Book price for these in Nr.Mint condition is now £40. Cover on this is VG+, vinyl is Nr.Ex visually, though actually plays through more as Ex+, audiowise) HUNTER - S/T (On the Penny Farthing label, inc Garden Of Eden, In This Life, etc. Nr.Ex/Ex) BONZO DOG BAND - GORILLA (Their 1967 album on the Sunset label. VG+/VG++) THE WHO - ODDS & SODS (Beautiful copy on the Track Records label, 1974, and still with insert. Ex++/Nr.Mint) THE EDGAR WINTER GROUP - THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT (Classic album, regared as his best ever release, on the Epic label, 1972. Inc the superb Frankenstein, Alta Mira, Autumn etc. Cover is Ex+, vinyl Ex++) JETHRO TULL - BURSTING OUT (Superb live double album on Chrysalis label, inc all their classic tracks. One of those few bands which sound equally as impressive on stage as they do in the studio. VG/Ex) NEIL YOUNG - HAWKS & DOVES (On the Reprise label, inc Little Wing, Lost In Space, etc. Cover has ringwear on the front cover. Vinyl is Nr.Mint) MOODY BLUES - TO OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S CHILDREN (Threshold label, 1969, inc Eternity Road, Gypsy, Higher & Higher, Eyes Of A Child, etc. Ex+/Ex) BOB DYLAN - SLOW TRAIN COMING (On the CBS label. Nr.Ex/Ex) VARIOUS - IN GOOD COMPANY (Rare compilation on the CBS label, 1970. Includes; Gun, Black Widow, Trees, Johnny Winter, It's A Beautiful Day, Spirit, Laura Nyo, Argent, etc, etc. Cover has some great Sgt Pepperesque colour artwork and is Nr.Ex, vinyl Ex) DAVID PEEL & THE LOWER EAST SIDE - HAVE A MARIJUANA (Rare, classic 60's psych/protest album on the Elektra label. Beautiful copy. Ex++/Ex+) THE JAMES GANG - THE BEST OF (ABC label, 1973, featuring Joe Walsh. Inc the excellent Walk Away, Yadig, Funk 49, etc. VG+/Ex) LITTLE FEAT - DIXIE CHICKEN (Classic album on Waner Bros label, 1973. Nr,Ex/Nr.Ex) THE BEATLES - A HARD DAYS NIGHT (1964 album on the Parlophone label PCS3058. Ex/Ex+) RALPH McTELL - EIGHT FRAMES A SECOND (Rare early album from 1968 on the Capitol label. Includes the excellent Morning Dew, The Mermaid And The Seagull, Too Tight Drag, Granny Takes A Trip, Hesitation Blues, Willoughby's Farm etc. Ex/Ex) TRAFFIC - THE LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS (Island label, 1973. Ex/Ex) THREE DOG NIGHT - HARMONY (On the pink Probe label, 1971. VG+/Ex) COLOSSEUM - II (MCA label, inc Castles, Last Exit etc. Ex/Ex) JOHN LENNON - IMAGINE (Apple label, 1971. VG++/Ex+) CARAVAN - BLIND DOG AT ST.DUNSTANS (On the Arista label. Nr.Ex/Nr.Ex) MARTHA'S VINEYARD - S/T (Roart label. Ex+/Ex+) JOHN MAYALL - BACK TO THE ROOTS (Double album on Polydor, 1971. Quite a few gems on here, inc Travelling, Devil's Tricks, Looking At Tomorrow, Force Of Nature, etc. Cover is only G, but the vinyls however, are Ex) THE SHADOWS - SHADES OF ROCK (Rare album on Columbia, 1970, with some nice covers of classic rock tracks. Nr.Mint/Ex) THE MOODY BLUES - A QUESTION OF BALANCE (Threshold label, 1970, and still with open out lyric sheet/ insert. Ex/Nr.Ex) JETHRO TULL - STAND UP (On the rare pink Island pressing (with white "i"), 1969. Gatefold cover is Nr.Ex at the front, with some wear on the spine.The back of the gatefold is VG. Inside the gatefold is Ex+, with all the stand up figures present and correct in working order and in Nr.Mint condition) POCO - ROSE OF CIMARRON (ABC label. Nr.Ex/Ex) GROUNDHOGS - THANK CHRIST FOR THE BOMB (On the rare Liberty press, 1970. VG++/Ex) VARIOUS - YOU CAN ALL JOIN IN (Excellent compilation on the pink Island "bullseye" label, 1969 inc Nirvana, Spooky Tooth, Art, Jethro Tull, Tramline, Free, Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Clouds, John Martyn & Wynder K. Frog. Cover is VG+. Vinyl is VG visually, but plays more as Ex, audiowise) ORANGE BLOSSOM - SOUND (CBS label, 1969. Ex/Ex+) JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS - STEPPIN' OUT (Decca label, 1966, featuring Eric Clapton.Cover would be about Ex if it were not for a small scuff on the top and one on the bottom of the sleeve. Vinyl is Ex) BROWNSVILLE STATION - SMOKIN' (Classic psych/rock album on the Philips label, 1973. Ex++/Ex++) PINK FLOYD - OBSCURED BY CLOUDS (Classic album on the Harvest label, 1972, inc Childhood's End etc. Ex+/Ex) JIGSAW - S/T (On the Chelsea label, 1975, inc Sky High, etc. Ex+/Ex++) ROLLING STONES - BLACK & BLUE (Regarded as their last truly great album, on the Stones label 1976. Was voted their best album in one poll. VG/VG) ANANDA SHANKAR - S/T (Superb album released on the Reprise label 1970. Ananda was Ravi Shankar's nephew and equally blessed with talent. Here he produced some superb covers of rock tracks using the Sitar, which were superbly groovy and psychedelic sounding. Best track of all is his amazing cover of JumpIn' Jack Flash by the Stones, but some other great covers including The Doors' Light My Fire, plus some awe inspiring original tracks by Ananda as well, inc Metamorphosis etc. Nr.Mint/Nr.Mint) PIECES OF A DREAM - ABOUT TIME (EMI/Capitol label. Ex+/Ex) CHOCOLATE WATCH BAND - THE INNER MYSTIQUE (Classic '68 psych album on the French Eva label. Wonderful album inc the truly superb In The Past, perhaps one of the best psych tracks ever, and the wonderfully dreamy Voyage Of The Trieste. Ex+/Ex+) MOBY GRAPE - S/T (Their 1967 debut album on Columbia, imc Hey Grandma, Changes, Mr.Blues, Indifference etc. Ex+/Ex+) BLIND FAITH - S/T (1969 release on the very rare 1st press with the original banned cover, and "Distributed by Polydor & Island" credit on the inside left of the gatefold. Book price on these is now £70. Nice copy. Cover is Ex and vinyl is Ex+, apart from one extremely feint, light whispy scuff on one side, which does not affect playing at all. Getting very hard to find nice copies of this on 1st press now. Excellent album featuring Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood and a very highly sought after album) ROD STEWART - GASOLINE ALLEY (On the rare Vertigo Swirl label, 1970. Cover is Ex, as is the vinyl) So there you have it - Some very interesting & very rare albums in here, I am sure you will agree! Postage by courier will be £28.95, as they will have to be insured. HAPPY BIDDING! (