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| Banks. Peter - Two Sides of Peter Banks
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(Sovereign SVNA-7256 UK-76 VG+ 375:-)
For "Two Sides of Peter Banks", the ex-guitarist from Yes gathered an impressive group of guest musicians, including Genesis' Phil Collins and Steve Hackett and King Crimson's John Wetton. Most importantly, the whole album was written and recorded with Netherlands guitarist Jan Akkerman.
The first six tracks make up a suite ranging from acoustic duets to full-blown instrumental progressive rock numbers that bear noticeable similarities with some material Steve Hackett would record for his first solo album.
Original UK pressing. The sleeve shows some ringwear; the vinyl is graded EX.
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| Beastie Boys - Aglio e Olio
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(Grand Royal GR-026 US-95 VG+ 300:-)
Be warned – this might not be the Beastie Boys you know and love, because this special set has the trio returning to their punk rock roots – getting some help from Awol, and blasting through tracks that are as loud and fast as the work on their early "Polly Wog Stew" EP!
In fact, the group are so fast here that they blast through the songs very quickly – the record is just a quarter of an hour in length – yet given that they could just have kept doing their same hitmaking thing at the time, it's great to hear them still be able to operate in a hardcore mode!
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| Beasts of Bourbon - Sour Mash
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(Red Eye REDLP-5 Aus-88 VG+ 400:-)
The Beasts of Bourbon were formed as a drinking club/side project of the Australian underground rock scene of the early '80s. In the Beasts' ranks were members of the Cruel Sea, Hoodoo Gurus, Johnnys, and the Scientists, who assembled to cut albums containing blues-drenched sleaze-rock.
"Sour Mash" remains their prime document. A raw blues-rock album with post-punk afflictions, blistering slide-guitar-driven sound, with the band doing a fine job of re-creating the sound of a twisted night out at the pub.
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| Beatles - Beatles
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(Apple PCS-7067/8 UK-68 VG+ 2500:-)
The Beatles at their late best – on 1968's self-titled set – now immortalized as The White Album! The White Album capped offed a period of intense creativity for the band with a double that's as freewheeling as anything they'd ever release. It's got raw rockers with wry lyricism, tender acoustic balladry, psych blues jams and some flat out weird bits.
1968 UK pressing; complete with black inners, poster and 4 photos.
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| Beatles - A Collection of Beatles' Oldies
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(Apple EAS-80557 Jap-76 EX 300:-)
"A Collection of Beatles' Oldies" is a compilation album by the Beatles. Released in December 1966, it features hit singles and other songs issued by the group between 1963 and 1966.
1976 Japanese issue of the 1969 16-track stereo LP on Apple manufactured by Toshiba-EMI, complete with fold-out Japanese/lyric insert & wide Union Flag #8 picture Obi.
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| Beatles - Abbey Road
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(Apple PCS-7088 UK-69 VG+ 800:-)
Pure brilliance from start to finish – especially the second side of the record, which has a continuous run of tunes that's very unique – and still completely sublime all these many years later!
This version is the "first label, revised cover" version: The front cover has the drain showing, the rear cover has the Apple logo aligned with the text. The back of the sleeve has indentions of a previous owners writing.
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| Beatles - Beatles
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Apple 1C.2LP.172.10.4173.3 Ger-85 VG+ 800:-)
The Beatles at their late best – on 1968's self-titled set – now immortalized as The White Album!
These sessions capped offed a period of intense creativity for the band with a 2LP set that's as freewheeling as anything they'd ever release. It's got raw rockers with wry lyricism, tender acoustic balladry, psych blues jams and some flat out weird bits.
1985 German pressing; embossed numbered (#315294) gatefold sleeve complete with poster and 4 photos.
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| Beatles - From Us to You
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(Swingin' Pig TSP-015-3 Ger-89 EX 800:-)
Between 7 March 1962 and 20 May 1965, The Beatles as a group gave 52 known musical performances on a variety of BBC radio shows, in addition to many more interviews and unscheduled news appearances, together or individually.
3LP Box Set on multicolored vinyl; includes a 12" sheet with information (4 pages).
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| Beatles - Help!
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(Parlophone PCS-3071 UK-69 VG+ 1000:-)
A great little record that's kind of a prequel for "Rubber Soul" – filled with short, tuneful tracks that would flower more deeply on that later album – and often served up with a bit more wit and adult consciousness than in any of the group's earlier records!
This final variation of black/yellow label was available for just a few months in late 1969 before the switch to the black/silver 'One EMI Box' design. These late variants were noteable for the omission of the 'Sold in U.K...' label text which was removed from all EMI product from August 1969.
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| Beatles - Let it Be
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(Apple PCS-7096 UK-70 VG+ 500:-)
A bittersweet farewell from The Beatles – a record that definitely shows the fracturing unity of the group, with lots of near-solo moments – but a set that also makes us really wonder what they'd have done with all this genius, had they managed to hold it together! There's great hints here of the solo work to come – especially from George Harrison and John Lennon – and the Phil Spector production really helps open up a new sound for the group.
UK issue with the GREEN Apple logo on the back.
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| Beatles - Live in Australia, 1964
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(Crocodile BGLP-156 Ita-88 VG+ 400:-)
The Beatles' 1964 world tour was their first world tour, launched after their 1964 UK tour. They played played eight cities in Australia and New Zeeland between June 12 and June 30. It was followed by their subsequent US tour in August that year.
2LP Picture Disc set. Recorded live in Adelaide, June 12, 1964 (A1-B2); Festival Hall, Melbourne, June 16, 1964 (B3-B8); Sydney Stadium, Sydney, June 18, 1964 (C1-D3, alternate source D4-D6).
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| Beatles - Revolver
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(Parlophone PCS-7009 UK-69 VG+ 600:-)
A key set from the Fab Four that bridges the catchiness of the early years and the sharper ideas of later albums – with a slightly sinister undercurrent that really keeps things fresh!
The album's got some great early psych in spots, offset with wonderfully mature and sweet lyrics on the love songs – a pre-Sgt Peppers moment of the group that maybe captures them at their most honest and open.
1969 UK pressing on the "One EMI Logo" labels.
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| Beatles - Rubber Soul
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(Parlophone PMC-1267 UK-65 VG+ 1250:-)
A landmark leaping-off point for The Beatles – and a record that really paved the way for countless new ideas to come! The mix of catchy pop and freer ideas here is really wonderful – tunes that introduce a whole new mature world in mainstream music – yet manage to have all the catchy complexity of the earlier years too. Production, songwriting, and delivery is superb!
UK 1st MONO pressing with "loud mixing" mastering ('XEX.579-1' and 'XEX.580-1' matrix).
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| Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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(Universal 02557-45534 EU-17 VG+ 800:-)
It would be hard to deny the lasting power of this crucial album – a set that unleashed some of The Beatles' trippiest sounds and most tender moments too! The mix of wit and honesty is wonderful – and the sonic range is dynamic as the archetypal cover image – a package that's had an undeniable impact on modern music for the past few decades!
2-LP 50th Anniversary Edition;
1st LP - New Stereo Mix by Giles Martin
2nd LP - Studio Sessions mixed by Giles Martin.
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| Beatles - The Beatles' First
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(Polydor 236.201 UK-67 VG+ 375:-)
This album features the eight Hamburg recordings involving the Beatles plus four songs recorded by Tony Sheridan without the Beatles. While it appears that Polydor in U.K. initially planned on releasing "The Beatles First" in mono, the company ultimately decided to press the LP exclusively in stereo upon its release on the Polydor Special label. This album is a reissue of the eponymous German album which was released in April 1964 and imported to England.
This is the 1st variation which has “The Beatles” printed under each song on which they play.
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| Beatles - The Early Beatles
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(Capitol ST-2309 US-65 VG+ 400:-)
The Beatles formed in Liverpool, England during the late 1950s. The lineup (1962-70) comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. During 1961, Stuart Sutcliffe (bass) and Pete Best (drums) were also members. Following an initial period as a straightforward Mersey-beat group, later recordings saw them experiment with psychedelia, incorporating innovative production techniques involving tape loops and other effects.
An early American release on Capitol – kind of a "catch up" album that brings together material before the label had rights for US issue of their records!
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| Beck, Jeff - Truth
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(Columbia SCX-6293 UK-69 VG+ 800:-)
The first album by the Jeff Beck Group and it is one the greatest blues rock albums of all time!
This heavy album introduced Rod Stewart's soulful vocals to the world and features Ronnie Wood on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano and John Paul Jones on the Hammond organ. "Beck's Bolero" features Jimmy Page on second guitar Keith Moon on drums!
Original UK pressing on the black/blue Columbia label.
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| Beck, Joe - Nature Boy
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(Verve Forecast FTS-3081 US-69 VG+ 350:-)
Joe Beck is best known as a jazz guitarist but his debut album "Nature Boy" doesn't have much to do with jazz. Of course there are some jazzy influences here and there but the stylistic direction of this record is guitar driven psychedelic rock. Beck really offers some tremendous guitarwork here. Future Crazy Horse Danny Whitten handles the rhythm guitar.
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| Bond, Graham - Solid Bond
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(Warner Bros 2LS-2555
US-70 VG+ 350:-)
Solid work from Graham Bond – working with an all-star lineup who really make the record cook nicely!
The set features some of Bond's best contemporaries – all players who, like him, had started out in simpler mod 60s modes, but had really matured strongly by the time of this date. Bond plays Hammond and sings, and other guests include Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Dick Heckstall-Smith, and John McLaughlin.
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| Bowie, David - A New Career in a New Town
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(Parlophone DBXL-3 EU-17 EX 2750:-)
‘A New Career in a New Town (1977 – 1982)’ is the third in a series of box sets spanning David Bowie's career.
This box set features all of the material officially released by Bowie between 1977 and 1982, including all four studio albums, his 1978 live album ‘Stage’ in both original and expanded tracklistings, the newly compiled “Heroes” E.P., collecting together both the German and French long and single versions of “Heroes”, and the exclusive new compilation of single versions, non-album singles and B-sides, ‘Re:call 3’. Also included exclusively is a brand new remix of the 1979 album ‘Lodger’ by long time Bowie producer Tony Visconti.
Also included is a 128 page hardback book.
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| Bowie, David - Glastonbury 2000
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(Parlophone 0190295-570453 EU-18 EX 600:-)
Driven by an entirely deeper dynamic than most pop artists, David Bowie inhabited a very special world of extraordinary sounds and endless vision. Unwilling to stay on the treadmill of rock legend and avoiding the descent into ever demeaning and decreasing circles of cliché, Bowie wrote and performed what he wanted, when he wanted.
This 3LP-set documents Bowie's legendary Sunday night headline performance on June 25, 2000 at the most famous festival on earth.
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| Bown Set, Alan - Alan Bown!
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(Deram SML-1049 UK-69 VG+ 600:-)
Alan Bown was a trumpet player whos
main interests were jazz and American rhythm & blues. His first group made it to the performing mecca of Hamburg, Germany, playing at venues such as the Star-Club and crossing paths with the Beatles, Tony Sheridan, etc. He formed the Alan Bown Set in 1964.
From late 1967 the group go through a complete transformation, into a psychedelic band known simply as the Alan Bown, which was signed to the Deram label. Originally released in the US with Jess Roden on vocals, the UK version was re-recorded with Robert Palmer replacing Roden.
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| Budd & Brian Eno, Harold - Pearl
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(Editions EG EGED-37 US-84 VG+ 600:-)
This sublime, tranquil recording features 11 haunting ambient tone poems for treated piano. They are crafted from simple chords, arpeggios, or melodies that are frequently trailed by delicate electronic whispers to produce dreamy results.
Beautifully understated, "The Pearl" is a piece of striking ambient impressionism that was highly original in its day, well before the myriads of New Age imitators its composers spawned, and it remains fresh and vital four decades later.
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| Buffalo Springfield - Expecting to Fly
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(Atlantic 2464.012 UK-70 VG+ 300:-)
Buffalo Springfield's time was short - they formed in 1966 and split in 1968 - but their legacy was vast. Nominally a folk-rock band, Buffalo Springfield also showed a facility with country-rock, psychedelia, soul, and hard rock, all the while embracing the possibilities of the recording studios of Los Angeles.
1970 compilation on the plum/red Atlantic label '99' series, fully laminated picture sleeve with notes by John Peel printed on the reverse. Both sleeve and viny are graded VG+.
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