Lot 59QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-ORIGINAL PRESS 1997 UK-EMI-NMINT/NMINT

BON JOVI-KEEP THE FAITH-1992-FIRST PRESS UK & EUROPE-JAMBCO - 517197-1. Very rare original monsters of hard rock. Keep the Faith - the beginning of a new Chapter in the history of Bon Jovi, in which they changed from glam metal to hard rock. The album has sold 2 million copies in the U.S., ranked # 5 on the Billboard 200 and spent on the charts for 49 weeks. The album contains three hit, reached the Top 40. "Keep the Faith" took 1st place in the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks, "Bed of Roses" hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "In These Arms" - the Top 40. In the UK the album debuted at No. 1 and spent 24 weeks in the Top 20. Keep the Faith spent 70 weeks within the Top 75 UK Albums Chart. All six singles from the album reached the Top 20, including three in the Top 10. Keep the Faith was also very successful in Canada, Germany, Australia, Japan, and sold well in Asia and South America, two growing markets. At the moment, the album has sold over 12 million copies worldwide. ...more

RENAISSANCE-ASHES ARE BURNING-1973-ORIGINAL PRESS 1974 UK-SOVEREIGN-SVNA7261. A-2U/B-5 matrices. A rare British early edition of the cult prog band.  Are Burning is the fourth Studio album by English progressive rock band Renaissance , released in 1973. This was the first of several Renaissance albums in which (in some songs) the orchestra played with the band. It was the band's first album to chart on the Billboard 200 at number 171. ...more

SADE-STRONGER THAN PRIDE-1988-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC- EPC4604971. Rare European original. Third Studio album Sade, released in 1988.In September 2018 Pitchfork placed the album at number 37 in its list of 200 best albums of the 1980-ies. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-SAME-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1969 UK-ATLANTIC-588171. One of the icons in rock music, mega rare second pressing with the matrix of the original A-1/B-1. Led Zeppelin is the debut Studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded in October 1968 at London's Olympic Studios and released by Atlantic Records on January 12, 1969. The album initially garnered mostly negative press reviews, but was a great commercial success and was subsequently highly acclaimed by rock critics. Album release date, January 12, 1969, Kerrang magazine! in a special issue marked as the birthday of heavy metal In total, the band spent 1,782 pounds on recording the album, and collected about 3.5 million pounds in total for 1969-70, thereby exceeding the amount paid by 2,000 times. In the charts, the album also did not lag behind, placing from 1 to 20 places in different countries. In Britain, it reached a maximum of 6th place in two years. ...more

BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST-BABY JAMES HARVEST-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-SHSP4023. Matrix A-1/B-1, Stamper 1G/1G (Dream!)  A rare British original of the cult prog band. Baby James Harvest is the fourth album in the discography of British rock band Barclay James Harvest, the last on Harvest Records. It was released on November 10, 1972. The album is fixed on the high positions of the charts. And at this high position, the band moves to POLYDOR, building on their success with each subsequent album. The album turned out to be complex , Mature and very advanced conceptual, due to the diversity of musical genres.  ...more