Lot 71OSBOURNE, OZZY-ULTIMATE SIN-1986-FIRST PRESS UK-EPIC-NMINT/NMINT

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

HENSLEY, KEN-PROUD WORDS ON A DUSTY SHELF-1973-ORIGINAL PRESS 1976 - GERMANY-BRONZE-28770ET. Early original edition of the first solo album by KEN HENSLEY (URIAH HEEP). ...more

NAZARETH,NO MEAN CITY-1978 - FIRST GERMANY PRESS-VERTIGO- 6370428. Rare German original. The tenth Studio album by Nazareth. The cover artwork was painted by Rodney Matthews, the famous English Illustrator in fantasy style, created covers for works by many other artists (Scorpions, Thin Lizzy and others) the Title is borrowed from the novel by Alexander McArthur and Kingsley long's "No Mean City" (1935). With this album the band's sound became heavier, given the addition of guitarist Zal Cleminson of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. The popularity of the album allowed the group to come up with a few big names such as Thin Lizzy, in their round of 1978/79. ...more

METALLICA-LOAD-1996-First press UK/EU - VERTIGO SWIRL - 532618-1. Mega rare original cult album giants of metal. Load is the sixth Studio album metal band Metallica, released June 4, 1996 by Elektra Records. For the first week, it sold 680 000 copies (first place among all albums in sales for the week). Load debuted and remained for four consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200. The album went on to sell over seven million copies worldwide. The album got platinum status five times. ...more

MARILLION-HOLIDAYS IN EDEN-1991-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-EMI-064-796822-1. Rare original cult prog group. Holidays in Eden is the sixth Studio album by British neoprogressive rock band Marillion, released in 1991. Recorded at Hook End Manor in Oxfordshire and Westside Studios in London, it was the group's second album with vocalist Steve Hogarth and the first written entirely without the old singer Fish . Partly due to producer Christopher Neil , many of the songs have a basic pop-rock sound, in contrast to the progressive rock of previous works, and Hogarth said that is the best album MARILLION ever recorded. The album was ranked 7th in the British chat albums of the year. ...more