Lot 47BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS-NO SWEAT-1973-FIRST PRESS UK CBS-NMINT/NMINT

DURAN DURAN-ARENA-1984-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL-SWAV-123741984. Rare American original in the complete set ( booklet) . Arena - the first official live album by British new wave group Duran Duran. The album was released on 12 November 1984 and took 6th place in the UK Albums Chart and 4th on the Billboard 200. The album contains live recordings from concerts held in the framework of the Sing Blue Silver tour 1983-84 years taken for promotion of the third Studio album of the group — Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983). To promote the album, the group released two singles — "Wild Boys" (the only Studio recording on the album was produced by Nile Rodgers) and a live version of the song "Save a Prayer" (published in US only). ...more

MERCURY, FREDDIE/CABALLE, MONTSERRAT BARCELONA 1988-FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR-POLH44. Barcelona is the second Studio album by Freddie Mercury, released 10 October 1988. Recorded with Opera singer Montserrat Caballe. The second and last lifetime solo album Freddie Mercury. The disc is recorded in 1987-1988, the Studio Mountain Studios. The idea of Freddie Mercury with the involvement of the Symphony orchestra was not implemented because of lack of time, and in the end the album was partially arranged synths and drum machine. The song "Barcelona", which gave the name to the album, became the anthem of the city hosting the Summer Olympics in 1992 in Spain. ...more

STING BEST OF FIELDS OF GOLD (1984-1994)-1994-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-A&M-540307-1. Mega rare original double compilation album STING. Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 is the first official greatest hits collection by British rock musician sting, contains the singles from the album: The Dream of The Blue Turtles, ...Nothing Like the Sun, The Soul Cages and Ten Summoner's Tales. The compilation includes two new songs: "When We Dance" and "This Cowboy Song" — both were released as singles (however, this version of "This Cowboy Song" was released as the b-side; the a side was released a reggae version of the song, which sting wrote in collaboration with Pato Benton). Also on the disc featured an alternate version of "We'll Be Together" and the new version of "Why Should I Cry for You", which is different from the original, from The Soul Cages. The European version contains five additional tracks that aren't on the American edition of the disc. During 1994, the album was from 2 to 17 in the charts in countries all over the world. ...more

JETHRO TULL-TOO OLD TO ROCK N ROLL -1976-FIRST UK PRESS-CHRYSALIS-CHR1111. 1ST matrix A1/B2 EG. Too Old to Rock ’n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! is the ninth Studio album by British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1976. The band's first album, which is the bass guitarist John Glascock[en] (1951-1979). The only full-length release Jethro Tull 1970-ies, has not received the status of gold album neither in Britain nor in the United States. ...more

RETURN TO FOREVER FEATURING CHICK COREA-MUSICMAGIC-1977-FIRST UK PRESS-CBS-S81959. Rare British original. ...more