Lot 16MONTROSE-MONTROSE-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-WARNER-NMINT/NMINT

LED ZEPPELIN-IV-1971-ORIGINAL 1976 UK PRESS-ATLANTIC - K50008. Rare early British edition of the iconic album. Led Zeppelin IV is the fourth Studio album by the British rock group Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 label Atlantic Records. Sales of Led Zeppelin IV represent more than 37 million copies, making it not only the most commercially successful album in the band's history, but also one of the best selling albums in the world. In particular, Led Zeppelin IV is the most commercially successful hard rock plate of all time, and it released the song "Stairway to Heaven" is still the most played piece of music, any genre on American radio and one of the most famous songs in music history.Led Zeppelin IV regularly features in various lists of "best albums ever". So, in 2003 the American magazine Rolling Stone put him on 66-th place in its ranking of "the 500 greatest albums of all time". In turn, the British newspaper New Musical Express said it on 106-th row the same vote. In addition, Led Zeppelin IV takes 1st place in the rankings of Classic Rock magazine's "100 greatest British rock albums" "100 greatest rock albums ever", and also 4th position in the list of "200 greatest albums of version of Hall of fame rock n 'roll", compiled with the participation of the Association of the music business of the United States . In 1999 the record was included in the Hall of fame award "the Grammy" became the first album of the group, awarded this privilege. ...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

BAKER-GURVITZ ARMY-HEART ON FIRE-1976-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) UK-MOUNTAIN-TOPS111. Rare British original Blues-rock band. In 1976 he released his third album "Hearts On Fire". Album was high-quality rock songs, but sometimes the team was moved down to funk ("Smiling") and pop ("Tracks Of My Life") and even flirted with disco ("Dancing The Night Away"). No sooner had the public taste "Hearts On Fire" as the band broke up. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-IN ROCK-1970 - UK FIRST PRESS-HARVEST room SHVL777. Matrix A-2/B-1. Rare British original . Deep Purple in Rock the first Studio album by the classic lineup known as "Mark II". On this album the band's style changed to a hard-and-heavy. ...more

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-ANGEL STATION-1979-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-BRONZE - 200367-320. One of the best albums of the giants of British rock . Angel Station is the ninth album by the rock group Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on March 9, 1979 label "Bronze Records" in the UK and the label "Warner Bros. Records" in the United States. Recorded at "The Workhouse Studios" (London) and "Noel's House" (Clonakilty) in August 1978 – January 1979. Rose to #144 on the Billboard 200 and to #30 in the UK. ...more