Lot 83DEEP PURPLE-MACHINE HEAD-1972-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-PURPLE-NMINT/NMINT

BON JOVI-NEW JERSEY-1988-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-VERTIGO - 836345-1. Rare European original. New Jersey is the fourth Studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on 19 September 1988. The album reached 1 on the Billboard 200. New Jersey was especially noted for the fact that it was released on 5 singles in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, the most top 10 singles from a hard rock album. The album got platinum certificate 7 times in the US and twice in the UK. In 2002, the album was ranked 80-th place in the rating "100 best rock albums of all time" by the magazine Classic Rock. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN II-1969-ORIGINAL 1976 UK PRESS-ATLANTIC K40037. Rare British press cult album. Music critics have regularly noted the Led Zeppelin II among the greatest and most influential rock albums of all time. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-THE HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT-1987-FIRST USA PRESS-MERCURY-422831-318-1. Rare American original iconic group. The House of Blue Light is the twelfth Studio album by British rock band Deep Purple and the second, recorded by the reunited "classic lineup" of the group, published in January 1987. In the Soviet Union was released by the record label "Melody" in 1988. The group gathered to record 12 APR 1986 in Massachusetts, USA, but has already finished recording in Vermont. According to Ritchie Blackmore, recording this album was a long and painful process, many tracks had to be rewritten. September 26, 1986 Roger Glover started mixing the album at Union Studios in Munich. It was assumed that all group members will be present at the same time, in order to make the last adjustments, however, the musicians appeared in the Studio, and left with it when they please: the contradiction between group members increased again, especially intense was the old conflict between Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Gillan. So out of all the members of the group only Gillan recorded several smaller parties. Had various disputes over the album, such as title (pace offered to call the album the title of one song — Black and White; also considered options such as The Acid Test, and It's Not That Bad!), by song (challenge the inclusion in the album of the song "Mitzi Dupree"). In connection with the complexities of entry and disputes a test version of the master disk appeared only on 18 December 1986, and, for example in the US, the album was planned (and announced) at the end of October of the same year. Accordingly, the release date of the album was postponed to January 12, 1987. ...more

PETTY, TOM-INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN-1991-First press UK/EU GERMANY-MCA-MCA 10317. Into the Great Wide Open is the eighth Studio album by the rock group Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1991. As a solo petty album Full Moon Fever, Into the Great Wide Open was produced by fellow musician by the Traveling Wilburys Jeff Lynne. The album was moderately successful, certified gold in Germany and Switzerland, platinum in the UK and Sweden, and 2×multi-platinum in Canada and the United States. The song "Out In The Cold", "Learning To Fly", "King's Highway" and "Into The Great Wide Open" took the leading position in the Mainstream Rock chart. In the last music video starred johnny Depp who had free time on the set of the film "Arizona dream" by Emir Kusturica. ...more

ROCKETS-GALAXY-1980-FIRST PRESS ITALY-ROCKLAND -RKL20208. Very rare original. According to critics (and themselves Rockets) -album "Galaxy" - were the best in their history. With this album, which went platinum (over 1 million copies), the group reached the peak of its success. ...more