Lot 66DEPECHE MODE-SPEAK & SPELL-1981-FIRST PRESS UK-MUTE-NMINT/NMINT

FOREIGNER-4-1981-first press UK-ATLANTIC - K50796.matrix A-4/B. Foreigner 4 is the fourth Studio album by the hard rock band Foreigner, released in 1981 by Atlantic Records. The songs "Waiting for a Girl Like You", "Urgent" and "Juke Box Hero", released as the album's main singles, became hits. The CD seems to have completed the band's transition to hard rock, started in Head Games. Ian MacDonald, al Greenwood left the band before recording 4, they were not permanently replaced, and the sound of the album changed. As a result, all the songs on the album were written by Lou Gramm and/or Mick Jones. MacDonald and Grievor played saxophone and keyboards, respectively, thus needed musicians who would be able to replace them. Junior Walker's saxophone solo on "Urgent" was probably the best thing on the album. The album was also recorded by a young Thomas Dolby, who later had a successful solo career. "Urgent" was re-released in 1991. Juke Box Hero went gold in the United States, and the single peaked at number 26 on the Billboard 200 ...more

BULAT OKUDJAVA (OKOUDJAVA, BOULAT)-SAME-1978-FIRST PRESS FRANCE-LE CHANT DU MONDE-LDX74358. Rare original, French edition of the Soviet poet and songwriter BULAT OKUDZHAV.   ...more

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-THE GOOD EARTH-1974-First press UK-BRONZE -ILPS9306. matrix A-2U/B-2U, Stamper 1GO/2GM.(Very early!!!!) The Good Earth is the fifth Studio album by British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on 11 October 1974 by Bronze Records in the United Kingdom and Warner Bros. Records" in the USA.  The CD rose to #157 on the Billboard 200 of all rock albums hierarchy. ...more

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CLAPTON, ERIC-BACKLESS-1978-FIRST UK PRESS-RSO RSD5001 Rare album in the English edition. Backless is the sixth Studio album by Eric Clapton, released through Polydor Records in November 1978. Although Backless could not repeat the success of the album Slowhand, it was silver in UK and platinum in Canada and the United States, and also reached position 8 on the Billboard 200. ...more