Lot 17SHOCKING BLUE-BEST-1973-FIRST PRESS-METRONOME-NMINT/NMINT

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

QUEEN-AT THE BEEB-1973-FIRST UK PRESS 1989-QUEEN PROD.-BOJLP001. Rare British original released only in 1989. At the Beeb is a live album by English rock band Queen, released in 1989. The album At the Beeb was released on vinyl, cassette and CD. In the USA the album was released under the title Queen at The BBC on compact disc and with a different cover. The album includes recording 8 songs that were recorded on the program "Sound of the 70s" Radio station BBC Radio 1. The first four were recorded February 5, 1973, the remaining 3 December the same year. All tracks, except one, from the album "Queen", only the song "Ogre Battle" from the album "Queen II". The songs are not performed as they then appeared on the albums. They played in this variant, which they later performed at concerts. The recording of "Ogre Battle" was a corrupted entry, so in the beginning minute of the song had to be cut. ...more

SPOOKY TOOTH-YUO BROKE MY HEART-1973-THE FIRST PRESS USA-AM-SP-4385 .A rare American original of the cult group. The album was first released in 1973 on AM Records . It was the first album to be released after the band's reorganization, following their breakup in 1970. Founding guitarist Luther Grosvenor did not return to the band, as he joined Mott the Hoople as a guitarist, adopting the stage name Ariel Bender . Grosvenor was replaced by Mick Jones, who later co-founded Foreigner, and drummer Mike Kelly was replaced by Bryson Graham . Critically acclaimed, the album reached number 84 on the Billboard 200. ...more

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

MAGMA-MEKANIK DESTRUKTIW KOMMANDOH-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-A/M-AMLH 64397. Mëkanik Dëstruktiw Kömmandoh is the third Studio album by the French zeuhl band Magma, recorded and released in 1973. It is the third (first recorded) part of the "Theusz Hamthaak" trilogy. ...more