Lot 17SHADOWS-JIGSAW-1967-FIRST PRESS(STEREO) UK-COLUMBIA-NMINT/NMINT

RAINBOW-DOWN TO EARTH-1979-FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR-POLD5023. Matrix A-1/B-1. A rare British original of the cult album. Down to Earth is the fourth studio album by British hard rock band Rainbow. This is their last album with drummer Cozy Powell and the only album with vocalist Graham Bonnet. Released in 1979, it contains Rainbow's first hit single "Since You've Been Gone", marking the band's more commercial sound direction. In 2005, Down to Earth was ranked 431st on Rock Hard Magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Rock and Metal Albums of All time  ...more

FISH-VIGIL IN A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS-1990-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-EMI-064-793634-1. A rare European original . Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors is the debut solo album by Scottish vocalist Marillion, released in 1990. Fish left Marillion in 1988. Although the recording sessions for this album ended in June 1989, EMI Records decided to postpone the release until early 1990 to avoid a clash with the Marillion Seasons End album released in September. However, the track "State of Mind", featuring guest musician John Keeble of Spandau Ballet on drums, was released as a single on October 16, 1989, more than three months before the album's release.  The only Fish album released by EMI), it was also his most commercially successful. In February 1990, the album peaked at number 5 in the UK, as well as placing in the top fifteen places of all European charts.  ...more

CRUISE - CRUISE 1-1987-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6026141004. A rare original of the cult album. "Cruise-1" is the first album of the rock band "Cruise" in its updated format of a heavy metal trio. Recorded in June 1986 in Moscow and distributed as a tape album called " Rock Forever!". Released in 1987 by the company "Melody" on vinyl under the name "Cruise-1" and without the song "Rock forever" The most famous of all the albums of "Cruise", the first "metal" album and the only longplay of the group, officially published in the USSR. The CD "Cruise-1" was a huge success in the USSR: by the middle of 1988, its circulation exceeded one million copies, and the total circulation was about 12.5 million copies. ...more

COCKER, JOE-COCKER-1986 - FIRST PRESS EEC-CAPITOL -064 24 0424 1. Cocker is the tenth Studio album by Joe Cocker, released in April 1986, and his second album on the Capitol label. It includes the hit singles " You Can Leave Your Hat On "and" Don't you Love Me Anymore", the former of which became popular after its use in the famous strip scene in the movie 9 1/2 Weeks . Released as a single, Cocker's version of the song reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.  ...more

ALPHAVILLE-FOREVER YOUNG-1984-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-ATCO-240481-1. A rare original of the cult album of one of the founders of the new wave.Forever Young is the debut studio album by the German synthpop band Alphaville, released on September 27, 1984 by Warner Music Group. The release of the CD was preceded by the release of several singles — "Big In Japan" in January, Sounds Like A Melody in May and Forever Young in September, just before the release of the record. The album has sold over 2,000,000 copies. The song Forever Young did not initially become a popular hit, but has been considered a classic of the 1980s for some time.  ...more