Lot 52OSBOURNE, OZZY-DOWN TO EARTH-2001-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-EPIC-NMINT/NMINT

UMBERTO TOZZI-GLORIA-1979-FIRST PRESS ITALY-CGD-20144. Rare Italian original cult album master of Italian pop hits."Gloria"- a song about love 1979, which became an international hit . The song was originally written and composed in Italian by Umberto Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi , and then translated into English by Jonathan king . Cover version of the 1982 American singer Laura Brenigan have sold over a million singles only in the United States. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-BURN-1974-FIRST PRESS (CLUB) GERMANY-PURPLE-27452-2. Very rare German original cult album. Burn is the eighth Studio album by the British band Deep Purple and the first recorded composition of "Mark 3", was released in February 1974 on EMI/Purple (UK) and Warner Bros. in the United States. ...more

MARK KNOPFLER-SCREENPLAYING(2LP'S)-1993-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY -VERTIGO SWIRL-518492-1. Very rare original guitarist of DIRE STRAITS. ...more

U2-the JOSHUA TREE-1987-FIRST UK PRESS-ISLAND- U26. Rare British original cult album.The Joshua Tree is the fifth Studio album Irish rock band U2. Released on 9 March 1987 on Island Records label. The Joshua Tree received rave reviews from critics, topped the charts in 20 countries and has sold record numbers. The album brought musicians of international fame — they have become the fourth group, whose picture was placed on the cover of Time magazine, which called them "the highlight of the season." In turn, the editors of Rolling Stone noted that The Joshua Tree turned the band "from heroes to superstars". The album spawned several hit singles that have become the hallmark of the group — "With or Without You", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "Where the Streets Have No Name". In 1988, the album received two Grammy awards in the categories "album of the year and Best vocal rock performance by a Duo or group". The Joshua Tree is regularly featured among the most important records in rock history and is one of the best selling albums in the world - more than 25 million copies. According to the decision of the National Academy of art and science of sound recording of the USA the album was included in "the Grammy Hall of fame", a solemn ceremony was held in 2014. In the same year, the album entered the archive of the us Library of Congress — national registry of iconic musical works of the twentieth century. ...more

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