Lot 16JAMES GANG-STRAIGHT SHOOTER-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-PROBE-NMINT/NMINT

GEORGE MICHAEL-LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-EPIC-467295-1. A rare original of the cult album pop lyrics of Britain. Listen Without Prejudice is the second Studio album by British pop singer George Michael, released on 3 September 1990 on the Columbia and Epic labels. This is the singer's first album in three years after his successful Faith, which was released in 1987. The album won the BRIT Awards in the Best British Album category in 1991 and was included in the book "a Thousand and one music albums worth listening to before you Die" (1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die) The album reached number two on the us Billboard 200 chart. The first single released from the album was "Praying for Time", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single "Freedom' 90 " reached number 8 in the US, and in the early spring of 1991, "Waiting for That Day" reached number 27 in the US. The album went double platinum reaching sales of two million.  ...more

VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY ( VISOTSKY VLADIMIR) -SELF PORTRAIT-1981-FIRST PRESS BULGARIA - BALKANTON-BTA10795. Very rare album released in Bulgaria.  ...more

DEEP PURPLE-DEEP PURPLE-1969-First press UK-HARVEST -SHVL759 Matrix A-1/B-1 Stamper 1G/1G (Dream!) A very rare British original of the cult band. Deep Purple (also known as April and Deep Purple III) is the third Studio album by British band Deep Purple. The last album created by the band's original line-up, known as "Mark I". Recorded between January and March 1969) at De Lane Lea Studios in London. Released in the United States in June on Tetragrammaton Records, and in the United Kingdom in September 1969 on Harvest Records. ...more

URIAH HEEP -WAKE THE SLEEPER-2008-FIRST PRESS UK/EU -SANCTUARY-1767594. Mega rare original of the cult group.  Wake The Sleeper is the 21st Studio album by rock band Uriah Heep, released on June 2, 2008 in Europe and August 26, 2008 in the United States. The announced release in September 2007 was postponed (initially to March 2008) as a result of the purchase of Sanctuary Records by Universal Music. This was to ensure that the album was properly promoted, not that it was "lost" during the shift, and although this was unpleasant for them, the band members supported it. This is their first Studio album since 1998's Sonic Origami. It is also their first album since 1980's Conquest without long-time drummer Lee Kerslake, who was forced to leave the band due to ill health in 2007, ending the band's longest-running line-up of 21 years. Wake The Sleeper was nominated by the British Classic Rock magazine as Album of the year. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-BANANAS-2003-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-EMI-724359101812. Mega rare original cult album of this great band DEEP PURPLE. Bananas — the seventeenth Studio album by British rock band Deep Purple, released in 2003, and their first Studio album, recorded without Jon Lord on keyboards. David Jeffries from the site Allmusic.com gave the album four stars out of five. A critic noticed that the CD "has all the signs of frustration": it is missing the keyboard parts of Jon Lord, always give sound Deep Purple special color, and the title and cover too eccentric. However, he said, surprisingly, really amazing album: Lord successfully replaced don Airey, the songs perfectly listen to the vocals of Ian Gillan are still good and the sound quality doesn't cause complaints. Jeffries especially praised the songs "Picture of Innocence", "I Got Your Number", and "Doing It Tonight". ...more