Lot 67MERCURY, FREDDIE/CABALLE, MONTSERRAT BARCELONA-1988-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-NMINT/NMINT

SADE-DIAMOND LIFE1984-FIRST UK PRESS-EPIC - 26044. Rare British original. Diamond Life is the debut Studio album by English group Sade .The album spawned four singles, including the singles "Your Love Is King" and " Smooth Operator ". Diamond Life was met with recognition from music critics and subsequently won a Brit Award for best British album in 1985. From a commercial point of view, the album was a success, receiving high praise in the UK and the USA , and then was certified multi-platinum in both regions. Diamond Life sold over six million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling debut recordings of the era, and became the best selling debut British singer, which lasted twenty-four years. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-HOUSES OF THE HOLY-1973-FIRST UK PRESS-ATLANTIC - K50014 matrix A2/B2 STERLING. Very rare British original with the first matrix .Houses of the Holy is the fifth Studio album by the British rock group Led Zeppelin released 28 March 1973 on Atlantic Records. Paige described the concept of the cover as "a symbol of innocence, the expression of the idea that we are all beings who aspire to the heavens promised". Posed six-year-old Samantha gates and her four year old brother Stefan. The photo on the cover is a collage of over thirty shots. The cover of the album did not contain any information about artists or the title. In the US the title was written on ribbons that were taped children's buttocks. Despite this precaution, the album was banned in many States in the Bible belt. "Anything like that today we would do not allowed, immediately would be accused of propaganda of pedophilia, says Powell. But we were hippies, walking around naked was quite ordinary". In 2011, the cover of the album took 28 th place in the list of best album covers of all time according to the online edition Music Radar. The musical rating of the album immediately took the 1 to 10 place in the charts of countries in all continents, becoming immediately multiplatinovymi. ...more

YES-FLY FROM HERE-2011-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-FRONTIERS -FRLP520 . Rare original cult prog group. Fly from Here is the twentieth Studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in 2011. Fly from Here — the name of the multipart composition, the basis of which ("We Can Fly from Here") was established in 1980 in preparation for the Drama album (the first rehearsal was held with the participation of bill Bruford on drums). It was recorded the demo, but the song in album of the 80-year were not included. Despite this, it was performed in concert tour in support of the album Drama, and the live version included in the live box set the Word Is Live. Later Trevor horn and Geoff Downes recorded a new demo song (this time in the form of a two-part Suite) for inclusion in the second The Buggles album Adventures in Modern Recording (1981), however, the Suite was not included there. In the end, a demo of the Suite was released in 2010 as a bonus track on disc Adventures in Modern Recording label ZTT 2010. ...more

SADE-PROMISE-1985-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC- EPC86318. Rare European original. Promise is the second Studio album by Sade. Almost every second song on the album took the top of the billboards ("Is It a Crime" and "Fear"), several songs became hit singles ("Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo"). Promise became four times platinum in U.S., double platinum in the UK and Canada and platinum in Germany. ...more

WATERS, ROGER-RADIO K. A. O. S.-1987-FIRST PRESS USA-COLUMBIA FC40795. Rare American original. K. A. O. S. Is the second solo Studio album by English rock musician and former Pink Floyd member Roger waters . Released on 15 June 1987 in the UK and 16 June in the United States, it was the first solo album waters after his official split with Pink Floyd in 1985. Like his previous and future Studio albums and many of his works during his work with Pink Floyd, the album is a concept album, based on a number of key topical issues in the late 1980-ies, including monetarism and its impact on citizens, the popular culture of the time, as well as events and consequences of the cold war ...more