Lot 12FLEETWOOD MAC-BEHIND THE MASK-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-WARNER BROS-NMINT/NMINT

GILMOUR, DAVID-SAME-1978-First UK press-HARVEST -SHVL 817, OC 064/60774. First solo album of the guitarist of PINK FLOYD, rare British original.David Gilmour is the first solo Studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-vocalist David Gilmour . The album was released in may and June 1978 in the UK and United States, respectively. The album reached number 17 in the UK and number 29 in the charts of US Billboard albums; it was certified gold in the US by the RIAA . The album was produced by Gilmour, and consists mostly of bluesy , guitar oriented rock songs except for the piano ballad "So Far Away". ...more

IF-THREE-1973-FIRST UK PRESS-UNITED ARTISTS-UAG29158. Matrix A-1U/B-1U. Stamper 1A/1R (a Dream!) Rare original cult British prog group. If 3 is the third release by the English jazz rock band If . It was released in 1971 and reached #171 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The track "Forgotten Roads" appeared in a live band on German TV Beat-Club in September 1971. The track "Here Comes Mr. Time" was included in a promotional sampler United Artists Records All Good Clean Fun (1971). ...more

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH-VELVET DARKNESS-1976-FIRST UK PRESS-CTI 6068. Rare British original cult album on collectible label. Velvet Darkness is the first Studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 1976 through producer Creed Taylor's CTI Records . The tracks for the album were initially recorded by engineer Rudy van Gelder at his Studio in Van Gelder in new Jersey. According to Holdsworth, this was done during a rehearsal session, after which the records were released by CTI without his or the other members of the group consent. None of the participating musicians had never received royalties for his work. Therefore, Holdsworth believed the album the unauthorized release and not part of his discography. But the album is interesting with a stunning entry and immediately became a coveted specimen in the collections of music lovers. ...more

RAINBOW-RISING-1976-ORIGINAL 1977 UK PRESS-2490137. Matrix A-2/B-3 . Rare original press which followed the matrices A-1/B-1. Cover marked with gold stamp ( Limited edition, special price). The album Rising (also known as Rainbow Rising) is the second Studio album by Rainbow, released in 1976. Most critics say this is the best album among all the albums released by the group. The album went on sale in may of the same year, rising to 48th place in The Billboard 200 and up to 11th place in the UK. Over the next few years Rising has become a classic in hard rock. In 1981 Rising topped the reader's list of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time, compiled by the magazine Kerrang!. In 2002, the album was ranked 22nd position in the ranking "100 best rock albums of all time" by the magazine Classic Rock ...more

PETTY, TOM-INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN-1991-First press UK/EU GERMANY-MCA-MCA 10317. Into the Great Wide Open is the eighth Studio album by the rock group Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1991. As a solo petty album Full Moon Fever, Into the Great Wide Open was produced by fellow musician by the Traveling Wilburys Jeff Lynne. The album was moderately successful, certified gold in Germany and Switzerland, platinum in the UK and Sweden, and 2×multi-platinum in Canada and the United States. The song "Out In The Cold", "Learning To Fly", "King's Highway" and "Into The Great Wide Open" took the leading position in the Mainstream Rock chart. In the last music video starred johnny Depp who had free time on the set of the film "Arizona dream" by Emir Kusturica. ...more