Lot 80COVERDALE, DAVID-WHITESNAKE-1976-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-POLYDOR-NMINT/NMINT

HENDRIX, JIMI-CRASH LANDING-1975-FIRST UK PRESS - POLYDOR-2310398. Very rare British original . Crash Landing is a posthumous compilation of American guitarist Jimi Hendrix .Was released in March and August 1975 in the United States and the United Kingdom respectively. It was the first Hendrix album, produced by Alan Douglas . Hendricks made many recordings in the Studio in 1969 and 1970, has accumulated a lot of songs close to completion and release. After the death of Hendrix Manager in 1973, Alan Douglas began to appreciate the hundreds of hours of remaining material that was not used on earlier posthumous albums. "Peace in Mississippi", "Somewhere" and "Stone Free" was recorded with the original lineup of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, while the rest of the material consisted of recordings Hendrix originally made with Billy Cox on bass and Mitch Mitchell or buddy miles on drums and once rocky Isaacs. ...more

DIO-HOLY DIVER-1983-FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO-VERS5. Very rare original British cult album of famous singer Ronnie James Dio. Holy Diver is the debut Studio album by Dio, released in 1983. After leaving Black Sabbath, Ronnie James dio assembled a new band, which included drummer Vinnie Appice, bassist Jimmy Bain and guitarist Vivian Campbell. The debut album Holy Diver was recorded in the style of the last works of Black Sabbath that attracted many fans of this group to a new team Ronnie. Holy Diver has occupied 13-e a place in the UK charts and 56th in the U.S. (but here it went gold and later platinum). Critics appreciate the album, and many songs from him are the hymns and classic hard rock. Himself Ronnie James dio has been recognized by the readers of Kerrang! magazine's best vocalist, and his band is the best new team in 1983. In a 2005 interview the leader of the group said that it has three flawless albums: Rainbow Rising, Heaven and Hell and Holy Diver. ...more

BRAND X-UNORTHODOX BEHAVIOUR-1976-FIRST UK PRESS-CHARISMA - CAS1117 Matrix A-4/B-3. Is the first album by British jazz fusion group Brand X . It peaked on the Billboard 200 in 1976, the same year, when it was released. This album combines jazz fusion and progressive rock. ...more

SCORPIONS-IN TRANCE-1975-ORIGINAL PRESS 1976 GERMANY-RCA PPL1-4128. Very rare early edition of the third cult album SCORPIONS. In Trance is the third Studio album . On this album the band developed their hard rock style, which are subsequently modified with the arrival of Matthias ABSA, "brand" — powerful ballads.. the album was attended by: Klaus meine — vocals; Ulrich Roth — guitar, vocals; Rudolf Schenker — guitar, vocals; Francis Buchholz — bass guitar; Rudy Lenners — drums. As a session musician was made by the keyboardist Achim Kirking. It was the first commercially successful album.It is noteworthy that on the cover of the album was submitted to new logo group, which with minor modifications remained in it until today. The original version of the album cover included a photo of the model with a slightly open chest. This led to criticism and accusations by the censors. The foreground was greatly lightened, and the background was radically black. In subsequent editions of the group foreground images had to darken, hiding the chest and the background lightened for contrast. ...more

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