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| Paternoster - Paternoster
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(Ohrwaschl OW004-1 Ger-15 EX 300:-)
Paternoster was an Austrian underground, progressive rock band that originated from Vienna, Austria.
Inspired by Soft Machine and the likes, they existed approximately two years in the early 1970's, and disbanded shortly after the release of their 1971 eponymously entitled album, of which only some 270 copies were sold. An original copy was sold at around $8,000 on eBay in Sept 2015.
German re-issue on BROWN vinyl.
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| Pet Shop Boys - Discography
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(Parlophone PMTV-3 UK-91 VG+ 1250:-)
Pet Shop Boys formed in London in 1981 and consists of Neil Tennant (main vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar) and Chris Lowe (keyboards, occasional vocals). They are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records.
"Discography" is a collection of the Pet Shop Boys’ hit singles. Only six of the eighteen songs had previously appeared on an album in their single versions.
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| Petty & the Heartbreakers, Tom - same
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(Shelter SRL-52006 US-7? VG+ 375:-)
On November 9, 1976, an album containing two of the most widely beloved and unavoidable rock radio staples ever recorded was released, and nearly a year went by before anyone noticed.
It’s not that the music was difficult or short on power-pop hooks or songs about rockin’ — all the elements that later made Tom Petty one of America’s most enduring artists were clear and present on the debut.
2nd US issue on the "moon face" label with ABC distribution.
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| Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
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(EMI EMD-1003 UK-87 VG+ 500:-)
Though many predicted that Roger Waters's acrimonious split with the band after 1983's aptly named "Final Cut" would ultimately spell the end of Pink Floyd, the remaining band members confounded pundits by extending their status as classic rock's most ponderous dinosaurs into the 1990s and beyond.
And if the title was a gentle jab at Waters after a years-long legal struggle over the Floyd moniker, the music was all too familiar; some would say even formulaic. And lest anyone doubted that the absence of Waters's dour soul would lighten things up a bit, guitarist and post facto leader Dave Gilmour gamely took on the Mantle of Conscience for topics ranging from the Cold War to yuppie self-indulgence.
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| Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds
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(Harvest SHSP-4020 UK-72 VG+ 800:-)
"Obscured By Clouds" provided the musical backdrop of the French film 'La Vallée' by director Barbet Schroeder. With many shorter, rockier pieces and with the renunciation of sound experiments it offers at first sight unusual material, the band shows itself here (for many for the last time...) as a real rock band.
1st UK pressing with "A1/B1" matrix which was quickly rejected because of too much high-end EQ (see "Pink Floyd in Pompeii" film).
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| Pink Floyd - The Wall
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(Harvest 7C-15663.410/11 Swe-79 VG+ 400:-)
Pink Floyd’s "The Wall" is one of the most intriguing and imaginative albums in the history of rock music.
Aurally explosive on record, astoundingly complex on stage, and visually dynamic on the screen, "The Wall" traces the life of the fictional protagonist, Pink Floyd, from his boyhood days in post-World-War-II England to his self-imposed isolation as a world-renowned rock star, leading to a climax that is as cathartic as it is destructive.
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| Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
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(Harvest SHDW-1/2 UK-69 VG/VG+ 500:-)
Pink Floyd's first double album from 1969 featured live recordings from concerts at Mothers Club in Birmingham and the College of Commerce in Manchester on disc one, and solo compositions and performances by each member of the band on the second disc (including Roger Waters' timeless Grantchester Meadows and the ambitious David Gilmour suite The Narrow Way), recorded at Abbey Road studios.
First issue without a boxed EMI logo on the label. On the D-side label, there is the misspelling: "The Gand Vizier's Garden Party."
On the back of the sleeve is another misspelling: "Printed and made by Ernest J Day & Co. Ltd. Londen".
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| Pop, Iggy - Brick by Brick
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(Virgin America VUSLP-19 Aus-90 VG+ 500:-)
"Brick by Brick" refined Iggy's gifts without watering them down, adding a polish that focused his talents rather than blurring them.
Working with a mixture of L.A. session heavyweights, "Brick by Brick" leans to tough, guitar-based hard rock, leavened with a few more pop-oriented tunes that still speak of a hard-nosed lyrical approach. This was Iggy Pop's strongest work since "Lust for Life", and marked a new high point in his career as a songwriter.
Australasian pressing on YELLOW vinyl.
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| Pop, Iggy - Brick by Brick
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(Virgin America VUSLP-19 EU-90 VG+ 300:-)
"Brick by Brick" refined Iggy's gifts without watering them down, adding a polish that focused his talents rather than blurring them.
Working with a mixture of L.A. session heavyweights, "Brick by Brick" leans to tough, guitar-based hard rock, leavened with a few more pop-oriented tunes that still speak of a hard-nosed lyrical approach. This was Iggy Pop's strongest work since "Lust for Life", and marked a new high point in his career as a songwriter.
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| Pop, Iggy - Nightclubbing
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(Swingin' Pig TSP-067-2 Lux-90 VG+ 500:-)
James Newell Osterberg, known professionally as Iggy Pop, was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band The Stooges. He had a long collaborative and personal friendship with David Bowie over the course of his career, beginning when both musicians relocated to West Berlin to wean themselves off their respective drug addictions and Pop began his solo career by collaborating with Bowie on the 1977 albums "The Idiot" and "Lust for Life". Throughout his career, he is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics, poetic lyrics, and distinctive voice.
This set from the "Lust for Life Tour" was recorded at the Montezuma Hall, San Diego CA November 16, 1977.
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| Presley, Elvis - Behind Closed Doors
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(Audifön AFNS-66072-4 [bootleg] VG+ 600:-)
Elvis Presley was rock 'n' roll. He sang like a dream, he was sexy enough to send girls swooning, and he exuded enough cool not to have the boys resent him.
Totally bizarre 4LP Box Set, with unpolished takes, some even complete with what sounds like tape-splicing. How cool is that? And the 10-minute version of Dylan's 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright' is one of the wicked-coolest things The King ever recorded! Amazingly weird, but in a good way - Long live The King!
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| Presley, Elvis - Elvis Aron Presley
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(RCA CPL8-3699 US-80 VG+ 500:-)
Released in 1980, this 8LP set - often referred to as "The Silver Box" - was the first attempt at a serious box set devoted to Elvis Presley. It was also the first career-wide survey on a rock & roll star's music, concentrating on rarities and outtakes; in other words, totally unknown territory for a major label.
8LP-box set in slipcase with embossed front, "Limited Edition" numbered sticker affixed to back cover. Includes a 12" × 12" gatefold booklet with photographs, notes and credits.
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| Pretty Things - Parachute
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(Rare Earth RS515 US-70 VG+ 500:-)
Very dark work from The Pretty Things – an even more complicated, heavier-sounding album than "S.F. Sorrow"!
The album's hardly got the lightness you might guess from its title – and instead, really shows the band moving into darker corners – both musically and lyrically, as they work in a heady brew of sophisticated guitar lines and adult song themes.
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| Proby, P.J. - Three Week Hero
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(Liberty LDL-83219E UK-69 VG+ 375:-)
James Marcus Smith was an American singer born 6 November 1938, Houston, Texas. Although he was initially based in the US, he later moved to the UK and found more success there.
Rare 1969 UK 12-track vinyl LP produced and arranged by John Paul Jones and featuring all members of Led Zeppelin as backing band. The medley 'Jim's Blues'/'George Wallace Is Rollin' In This Morninˈ', features all four members with Robert Plant playing harmonica and tambourine. Fully laminated pinched spine picture sleeve. Apart from a bit of laminate lift at the spine the sleeve is in wonderful condition - the vinyl has a few small marks and is rated Very Good+. A great copy of the rarest Proby Liberty LP!
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| Professionals - I didn't see it Coming
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(Virgin V2220 UK-81 VG+ 350:-)
Give guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook credit: Instead of resting on their 1977-era laurels, they reasserted themselves on what wound up being their only joint post-Sex Pistols album.
The band's approach is direct as its music. Jones upholds his reputation as punk's answer to Chuck Berry, while Cook's support is steady and unflinching. Former Subway Sect bassist Paul Meyers and guitarist Ray McVeigh lend quiet, unassuming support.
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| Public Image Ltd - Second Edition
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(Virgin VD2512 UK-80 VG+ 500:-)
One of the greatest moments ever from the mighty John Lydon – a record that maybe blows away all other albums by Public Image – and which also stands strongly next to the work of the Sex Pistols, but in a very different way!
Lydon is quite far from punk rock roots here – and instead works in this bassy, dubby, trippy blend that's served up strongly by the bass work of Jah Wobble – very influenced by Jamaican music, but playing in a style that's got a very different vibe – and quite different from more familiar late 70s attempts to mix punk and reggae. Instead, Wobble and Lydon use the mode as this dark wash of sound – sparkling with weird guitar sounds from Keith Levine, and layered with these haunting lyrics on madness and paranoia – much more dark poetry than anything Lydon ever gave us.
Originally released in the UK in 1979 as 'Metal Box', a limited edition 3 x 12", 45 RPM, packaged in a faux 16mm film canister box.
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| Pulsar - Strands of the Future
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(Decca TXS-R-119 UK-77 VG+ 400:-)
Pulsar was one of the finest symphonic progressive rock bands from France. They were masters of mood and atmosphere and have often been compared to early Pink Floyd. The music is drawn out and extremely cinematic, with sparse percussion, mournful vocals and liberal utilization of moog and mellotron for a positively haunting effect.
Their second album, “The Strands Of The Future”, is a French progressive rock classic that vaulted Pulsar into the big leagues of French rock, selling 40.000 copies within its first six months, behind only Ange at the time.
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| Pungent Stench - For God Your Soul...
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(Nuclear Blast NB-029 Ger-90 EX 1000:-)
Pungent Stench's debut album finds the band at its most perverse; from the extremely disturbing cover art to the lyrics, this is the sort of stuff that is downright corruptive! It is a monumental album in the growth of the European death metal scene, and while it may be still underappreciated compared to its peers, this is a bonafide classic to the ones who adore it.
Original German pressing; still sealed with a small cut-out hole in upper right.
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