Lot 67DIRE STRAITS-COMMUNIQUE-1979-ORIGINAL PRESS 1980 UK-VERTIGO-NMINT/NMINT

JACKSON, MICHAEL-BAD-1987-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-EPIC-4502901. A rare European original of the king of pop music. Bad is the seventh Studio album by Michael Jackson. Released on Epic Records on August 31, 1987, the album was produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones-Bad was their third and final collaboration. The songs on the album are composed in the genres of funk, rhythm and Blues, gospel, pop rock, hard rock, swing and Blues. Jackson wrote nine of the eleven songs on the final track list. In September 1987, Bad debuted at the top of the us Billboard 200 chart and the UK albums Chart, and the album topped the charts in 25 countries. Between 1987 and 1989 . Worldwide sales of the record according to various sources range from 30 to 45 million copies. Bad received two Grammy awards in 1988 and 1990. ...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

SNOWY WHITE'S BLUES AGENCY-OPEN FOR BUSINESS-1989-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-BELLAPHON - 26007128. Rare original single edition on vinyl. In the group Snowy White's Blues Agency, which in addition to Snowy White included veterans of the English scene: Graham Bell, Jeff Allen and Kuma Harada. The release of two records of the group-Change My Life and Open for Business-did not make a lot of noise, but gave true connoisseurs of the genre two masterpieces in the style of "white Blues". Stunning cover versions plus original material formed the backbone of perhaps two of the most underrated records of the turn of the 80's-90's  ...more

BOY GEORGE-CHEAPNESS AND BEAUTY-1995-FIRST PRESS UK-VIRGIN-V2780. Mega rare British original by the founder of the British pop wave. Cheapness and Beauty is the fifth Studio album by Boy George, released in 1995. It reached number 44 on the UK albums chart. After achieving his biggest solo success in the US and Canada with the theme song for the film the Crying Game in 1992, George decided to move away from the electronic sound and record some rock-oriented tracks with a glam rock edge. One of the reasons he took this step was to revisit his teenage years while writing his autobiography Take It Like A Man, which was released around the same time as the album. The album also marked the first time that George did not hide his homosexual sexuality in the lyrics. The tracks "Genocide Peroxide" and "Il Adore" were later included in the musical taboo. The album opens with a cover version of Iggy Pop's"Funtime", which was released as a single and reached number 45 on the UK singles chart. Another single was the ballad "Il Adore", which peaked at number 50, and" Same Thing in Reverse", which reached number 56 in the UK and number 28 on the us Billboard dance chart. ...more

CHRISTINE PERFECT-SAME-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-BLUE HORIZON-S7-63860. Of The Matrix A-1/B-1. A very rare British original by iconic Blues rockers FLEETWOOD MAC and CHICKEN SHACK. Christine Perfect is the self-titled debut solo album by former Chicken Shack keyboardist and singer Christina perfect (later known as Christina McVie). The album was released immediately after Perfect left Chicken Shack, but before she joined Fleetwood Mac. It featured Etta James ' "I'd Rather Go Blind", which was previously a hit single for Chicken Shack. Released in 1970, the album was originally intended to be called "I'm on My Way", as evidenced by copies of the single "I'm Too Far Gone (to Turn Around)". it was re-released in 1976 as the legendary Christine Perfect album.  ...more