Lot 79JACKSON, MICHAEL-THRILLER-1982-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-EPIC-NMINT/NMINT

SADE-DIAMOND LIFE1984-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC 26044 . Rare European 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

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-AFTER BATHING AT BAXTER'S-1967 - FIRST PRESS USA-RCA-LSO1511. Very rare original cult album. After Bathing at Baxter's is the third Studio album by American rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in 1967 on RCA Records. Unlike the album Surrealistic Pillow, released in the same year earlier, After Bathing at Baxter's has a stronger psychedelic sound and does not contain commercial pop songs like "Somebody to Love" appearing on the second album and a fully formed first. Jefferson Airplane began playing rock much harder than what was played earlier.The album is divided into five parts, includes a few experimental tracks such as the nine-minute instrumental "Spare Chaynge" and the song grace slick "rejoyce", a homage to the James Joyce novel "Ulysses". Most of the songs of the album reflect the intensive use of group of drugs, in particular LSD. The album cover was drawn by Ron Cobb, the artist.The year of release of the album took 17 th place the hit parade Billboard. The first single, "The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil", nearly entered the top forty singles, left on 42 place, while a second release, "Watch Her Ride", won the 61st place. However, both singles appeared in the list of forty first singles, according to Cash Box. The following year the band released another successful album Crown of Creation. ...more

MCCARTNEY, PAUL-DRIVING RAIN-2001-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-MPL PARLOPHONE - 724353551018. Mega rare original in new condition.Driving Rain is the twelfth solo Studio album by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 2001. This is the first album after a public announcement about the relationship McCartney to former model and activist against landmines, Heather mills, whom he married in 2002. Album cover made based on a photo taken Floors, built-in camera of his wristwatch. Two songs in the album are co-written Floors and his son James.The album Driving Rain was released 12 November 2001; the reviews were mostly very good, but many were struck by the low number of sales, especially considering that the previous album McCartney with "svezhenanesennyj" songs (and not as Run Devil Run, which were recorded mostly rock-n-roll of the late 1950-ies), Flaming Pie, got to the list of top 20 albums both in the US and UK. Perhaps due to the fact that it was not released hit single to support the album, Driving Rain got in the British albums chart is only up to the 46th position[9] and became the most poorly sold album McCartney in the UK. The public reaction in the U.S. was a bit better, though without enthusiasm, and the album climbed into the American charts until the 26th position and was certified gold. In the United States in support of the album was not released a single single with "hit" song. ...more

WINGS-VENUS AND MARS-1975-FIRST UK PRESS-CAPITOL -PCTC254 of the matrix A-1U/B-1U PORKY/ROOM . Venus and Mars is the fourth Studio album by Wings, released in 1975. The CD was released after the extraordinary success of Band on the Run and also became very popular. First album of Paul McCartney with the label Capitol Records. After the album Band on the Run part Wings in 1974, also included Jimmy McCulloch (lead guitar) and Geoff Britton (drums). After McCartney wrote some new songs for the forthcoming album, the band in January 1975, flew to New Orleans, where he was scheduled to record Venus and Mars.Britton, quarreled with McCulloch left the group, having to take part in the recording of only three songs of the album. He urgently picked up a replacement, American Joe English, with whom he continued recording. McCartney did the song Venus and Mars transition smoothly into each other, and the album in this sense was similar to The Beatles ' Abbey Road. The album was received very warmly in all the countries of the continent he ranked in the Top 10 of the charts. According to the results , the album of the year, place too high in Britain 5, USA - 1 place on Billboard-200. ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-A NEW WORLD RECORD-1976-FIRST UK PRESS-UA-UAG30017. Matrix A-3U/B-1U. Rare British original cult album. A New World Record is the sixth Studio album by the British band Electric Light Orchestra, released in September 1976. The album was remastered and reissued in 2006 with the addition of six bonus tracks. A New World Record became their first album, ranked in the top ten in the UK (three previous albums had a great success in USA, but not in the homeland of musicians). The album received platinum status in the UK and in the United States, during the first year after it sold five million copies. Like the previous album A New World Record was recorded at Munich's Musicland studios recording Studios. ...more