Lot 25ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND-BROTHERS AND SISTERS-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-CAPRICORN-NMINT/NMINT

ELTON, JOHN-MADE IN ENGLAND-1995-FIRST PRESS USA-ROCKET-314-526-915-1.  Mega rare original of the cult album from Maestro . Made in England is the twenty-fifth Studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John, released on 20 March 1995. The CD is dedicated to John's future husband David Furnish, as well as such famous personalities as Peter William and Denis Gowder. When Elton John finished his work on the Lion King soundtrack, and immediately started recording his new album, called it Made in England. Also by this time, his new single Believe was released. And as soon as it came out, it immediately gained huge popularity, taking also the 15th place in the UK and the 13th place in the US. In November 1994, the singer's Grand tour took place in the UK, France, Chile, USA, Argentina, Poland, Switzerland, Peru, Italy and Japan. And while it lasted, three more singles were released. This is Made in England, Blessed and Pain. When the tour ended and John returned home, by this time the album was slowly going on sale and the sales results exceeded all expectations.  The album just blew up the music market. The album went multi-platinum in more than 30 countries. And the list of positions in 1995 is not surprising.  Austria - 1st place.Austria - 1st place.Switzerland - 1st place.France - 2nd place.Spain -3 place.Canada - 3rd place.Great Britain - 3rd place.Italy - 4th place.Germany - 4th place.Denmark - 5th place.Australia-6th place.Portugal - 6th place.Belgium - 8th place.New Zealand-10th place.Netherlands - 11th place.USA-13th place. Japan-13th place. ...more

DIRE STRAITS-COMMUNIQUE-1979-ORIGINAL 1980 UK PRESS-VERTIGO - 9102031. Rare early British edition of the iconic album.Communiqué is the second Studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1979. Communiqué was recorded in November-December 1978, at Compass Point Studios, Nassau and was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett. The first album, debuted in the German charts at number 1 in its first week of release (their debut album Dire Straits was still at number 3 in the country). Total has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. In Europe it sold 3,600 thousand copies, and in the U.S. it reached gold status. ...more

SINATRA, FRANK-STRANGERS IN the NIGHT-1966-FIRST PRESS (MONO) USA-REPRISE-F1017. Rare American original of the cult album. At the 1967 Grammy awards, Sinatra won two Grammy awards for his efforts on this album, including Record of the year for the title track, and best male vocal performance for the same song. (In the same year, he won another Grammy award - "Album of the year for a man and his music"). Ernie Freeman's arrangement of the title track earned him a Grammy award for best arrangement accompanied by a vocalist or instrumentalist.this is the last album Sinatra performed with longtime arranger / conductor Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. "Strangers in the Night" went platinum for one million copies sold in the United States. ...more

GOTAN PROJECT-LUNATICO (2LP) - 2006-FIRST PRESS UK-YA BASTA-XLLP 195.  A very rare original of the cult album. Lunático is the second album by Gotan Project . It was released in 2006 by Paris-based Ya Basta Records, under the management of Philippe Cohen Solal. The album is named Lunático after the racehorse of the legendary tango master Carlos Gardel. The album is a collaboration with the American band Calexico, recorded in Tucson, Arizona, and a cover of the song by Ry Cooder in Paris, Texas . The rest of the album was recorded in Paris and Buenos Aires . The first single from the album was "Diferente", and the second was "Mi Confesión". The third single was "La Vigüela". The album so captured the hearts of listeners and critics that it was at the top of the charts in 25 countries for a year. And the results of the year were expected-multi-gold in 20 countries, and as the album of the year placed the US (Billboard)- 2nd place, Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)- 3rd place, Italian albums (FIMI) - 4th place. and so on.  ...more

PRETTY THINGS-GET THE PICTURE-1965-FIRST PRESS (MONO) - UK-FONTANA-687359. A very rare original of one of the cult albums  Great Britain.  It is the second album by English rock band Pretty Things, released in 1965.   ...more