Lot 86NAZARETH-FOOL CIRCLE-1980-FIRST PRESS UK-NEMS-NMINT/NMINT

BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS-NO SWEAT-1973-FIRST UK PRESS CBS-S65275. Rare British original. ...more

URIAH HEEP-ABOMINOG-1982-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-BRONZE-204532-270. Abominog - the 14th Studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep , released in March 1982 on Bronze Records in the UK and in September 1982 on Mercury Records in the United States. It was their first album without keyboardist Ken Hensley. The album was commercially successful, partly due to the fact that the group has converted and updated their sound to the modern style and put the "more elegant, breathalyse the era of pop-metal". ...more

JETHRO TULL-BROADSWORD AND THE BEAST-1982-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CDL1380. The Broadsword and the Beast is the 14th studio album by the rock band Jethro Tull, released on April 10, 1982. The album is a cross between the dominant synthesizer sound of the 1980s and the folk-influenced style that Jethro Tull used in the previous decade. Thus, the band's characteristic acoustic instruments are complemented by electronic soundscapes provided by the new keyboardist Peter-John Vettese. The electronic aspects of this album will be further explored by the band in their next release, In Secret. In the notes to the remastered version of the album, Ian Anderson expresses the opinion that Broadsword contains some of the best music of Jethro Tull. ...more

MOODY BLUES-OCTAVE-1978-UK FIRST PRESS-DECCA-TXS129. Rare British original. Octave is the ninth album by the Moody Blues , released in 1978, and their first release after a substantial hiatus, and the success of the bestselling Seventh Sojourn in 1972. The album was the last for the group with keyboardist Mike Pinder, who left during the sessions of the album, and turned down the offer to tour with the band. Octave reached # 6 in the United Kingdom and was certified platinum in the United States, where the album reached # 13. The album produced the hit single " Steppin 'in a Slide Zone," which got to number 39 in the US, in addition to "Driftwood" ...more

QUEEN-GREATEST HITS-1981-FIRST UK PRESS-EMI-EMTV30. The collection of the British rock group Queen, released November 2, 1981. The album includes most cash songs released by the band until 1981. Greatest Hits is the most-selling album in UK history and got 11 times platinum status. 23 may 2006 the American recording industry Association awarded the album eight-times platinum status. ...more