Lot 40FOCUS- FOCUS 3 (2LP'S)-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR-NMINT/NMINT

DIRE STRAITS-ON EVERY STREET-1991-First HOLLAND press-VERTIGO - 510160-1 On Every Street is the sixth and final Studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1991. Reached the highest positions in the UK charts becoming double-platinum. It is worth noting that the album was kept in 20 countries to 44 weeks everywhere received platinum or double platinum, and in France received a diamond status. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-NOBODY'S PERFECT-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-POLYDOR-835897-1. Rare original European cult album. Nobody's Perfect - a double live album by the British band Deep Purple, released in 1988. Nobody's Perfect is composed of live recordings from 1987-1988, made during the European tour that the group made after the recording of the album The House of Blue Light. The album includes the song "classic" period of Deep Purple 1970-1973 years, and songs from the two latest (at the time) album Perfect Strangers (1984) and The House of Blue Light (1987), written after a reunion of the band in its classic lineup. In addition, included a new Studio version of the song "Hush" from their first album Shades of Deep Purple. During a concert performance from Deep Purple included in many of his compositions are fragments of other works. For example, the song "Hard Lovin' Woman" contains a guitar solo of Ritchie Blackmore from "Under The Gun", and in the performance of "Strange Kind of Woman" has been used fragments from the rock Opera Jesus Christ Superstar in which Ian Gillan played the lead role. ...more

THE ROLLING STONES-GOAT''S HEAD SOUP-1973-FIRST UK PRESS-RS-COC59101. Matrix A-5/B-1. Rare British original cult album. Goats Head Soup is the eleventh Studio album by The Rolling Stones, was published in 1973 on the band's own label. Major hit records was the song "Angie" which reached the top of the hit parade of the USA and was fifth in the UK. ...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

MARILLION-FUGAZI-1984-FIRST UK PRESS-EMI-EMC2400851. Rare British original. This is the second Studio album by British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, and was the first which introduced drummer Ian Mosley. Fugazi was in the top five in the UK and went gold. ...more