Lot 17FAMILY-A SONG FOR ME-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-REPRISE-NMINT/NMINT

SCORPIONS-VIRGIN KILLER-1976-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-RCA PPL1-4225. Very rare original cult album. Virgin Killer is the fourth Studio album by the German band Scorpions, released in 1976, the band's first album, known outside Europe. The title song, Virgin Killer, illuminates the subject of human depravity, it gave the idea covers with naked young virgin who was banned in the United States and several other countries. As with the previous album, In Trance, the cover was censored in some countries the album was released with an alternative version of the cover. The artwork was Steffan Böhle, Manager of RCA Records. He depicted a naked minor girl on black background; broken glass effect covering her genitals. In Japan, the album reached the 32nd line in the hit parade. It was another step the group on the way from psychedelic rock to hard rock. ...more

JACKSON, MICHAEL-THRILLER-1982-FIRST UK PRESS-EPIC-EPC85930. Rare British original king of pop. Thriller (with eng. — "Thriller") is the sixth Studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Released on the label Epic Records on 30 November 1982.Thriller explores such genres as pop, rock, postdisco, rhythm and Blues and funk. All seven singles released from the Thriller, got into top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Just over a year, Thriller became the best selling album of all time and remains so still.At the ceremony "Grammy" in 1984 the album received eight awards. In 2003, Thriller was ranked 20th place in the list of "the 500 greatest albums of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine. The album was included in the Library of Congress as "culturally significant"entry.In 2012, critics Slant Magazine put sport in first place in its list of "Best albums of the 1980s". ...more

WAR-DELIVER THE WORD-1973-FIRST PRESS USA-UNITED ARTISTS UA-LA128-f Rare original sealed condition. Deliver the Word is the sixth album by War , released in 1973 on the United Artists label. The album received the highest ratings, according to Billboard ranked No. 1 all 1973 as the best album R&B. ...more

EAGLES-HOTEL CALIFORNIA-1976-FIRST PRESS USA-ASYLUM -7E-1084. Rare American original. In 2001, the album Hotel California was 15th in the list of the greatest albums of all time, VH1 version. In 2002, the album took the 11th line of "100 best rock albums of all time" by the magazine Classic Rock. The song from the album- "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California" -topped the U.S. sales chart (Billboard Hot 100), the latter was also awarded a Grammy. ...more

HUBBARD, FREDDIE-STRAIGHT LIFE 1971-FIRST PRESS USA-CTI-CTI6007. Master disk Van Gelder. Freddie Hubbard - American jazz musician, trumpeter, known since 1960-ies as a musician, playing in the styles of bebop, hard BOP and post-BOP. His unique style has influenced many jazz musicians and has opened up new prospects-BOP. In the 1970's Hubbard had achieved the greatest popularity, connected with a series of albums recorded in collaboration with Creed Taylor and his CTI Records Studio. Albums the beginning of the decade — "Red Clay", "First Light", "Straight Life" and "Sky Dive" — was well received by the audience and was among his best works. Straight Life is a jazz album under the influence of soul / funk, recorded in 1970 by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard . It was recorded 16 November 1970 and released between the albums Red Clay (1970) and First Light (1971). It is also the eighteenth album Hubbard. ...more