Lot 67QUEEN-THE WORKS-1984-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI-NMINT/NMINT

SCORPIONS-VIRGIN KILLER-1976-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-RCA PPL1-4225. Very rare original cult album. Virgin Killer is the fourth Studio album by the German band Scorpions, released in 1976, the band's first album, known outside Europe. The title song, Virgin Killer, illuminates the subject of human depravity, it gave the idea covers with naked young virgin who was banned in the United States and several other countries. As with the previous album, In Trance, the cover was censored in some countries the album was released with an alternative version of the cover. The artwork was Steffan Böhle, Manager of RCA Records. He depicted a naked minor girl on black background; broken glass effect covering her genitals. In Japan, the album reached the 32nd line in the hit parade. It was another step the group on the way from psychedelic rock to hard rock. ...more

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – ASSAULT ATTACK-1982-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-CHRYSALIS -CHR1393. Rare original third Studio album, The Michael Schenker Group , and the only album featuring former Rainbow vocalist Graham Bonnet. In 2005, Assault Attack was ranked 481-e a place in the book of Rock Hard magazine 500 greatest rock metal albums of all time . ...more

WINGS-RED ROSE SPEEDWAY-1973-UK FIRST PRESS-APPLE - PCTC251. matrix A-3/B-3!!! Stamper 1RG/2RMP Rare British original cult album. Red Rose Speedway is the second album by Paul McCartney and his group Wings (is the fourth in the discography of Paul McCartney's out and after his participation in the Beatles), released in 1973 label Apple Records after the relative commercial failure of their debut album Wings Wild Life (perhaps one reason for this failure was that the authors-performers of the album was still a little-known group of Wings without mentioning — the name of the group — that this group McCartney). The album reached the 1st position in the Billboard 200. ...more

McCARTNEY, PAUL-RUN DEVIL RUN-1999-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-MPL - 724352235117. Very rare eleventh Studio album recorded at ABBEY ROAD studios in 1998. Run Devil Run is the eleventh solo Studio album Paul McCartney, released in 1999. The album includes cover versions of known and lesser-known songs of the 1950-ies in the style of "rock-n-roll" and three new songs written by McCartney in the same style. Since this album was created after the death of his first wife Linda McCartney, who died in 1998, Paul felt the need to "return to the roots" and play the music he loved as a teenager. 14 Dec 1999, Paul McCartney took the stage of the Liverpool club the Cavern Club where he began his career in the early 1960s, along with other members of The Beatles, and played a programme consisting of all the songs on the album. ...more

FREE-TONS OF SOBS-1968-ORIGINAL UK PRESS 1970-ISLAND ILPS-9089. Matrix A-3U/B-3U. Rare early edition of the iconic album Blues and prog. Tons of Sobs is the debut Studio album by British rock band Free, released by Island Records on 14 March 1969. One of the first albums in the style of Blues-rock. The album hit the UK charts, but reached #197 in the Billboard Hot 200 in the United States.At the time of the recording of the album the band Free was very young: none of them are under the age of twenty, and bass player Andy Fraser was sixteen. They have had some success through constant touring, and their debut album was composed mostly of songs performed at concerts. The budget allocated for the recording of the album was only 800 pounds[2]. Much of the album was recorded over several days in October 1968. The original release of the album was scheduled for November 1968, but then postponed to early 1969 due to late add a cover version of Blues songs "The Hunter" by albert king ...more