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DONNA SUMMER - ONCE UPON A TIME.. (2LP) - 1977-FIRST PRESS UK-CASABLANCA-CALD5003-1. A rare British original of the queen of soul disco. Once Upon a Time is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer. It was released on October 31, 1977, and peaked at number 26 on the US Billboard 200, number thirteen on the Top R/B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart, and number 24 on the UK Albums Chart. Placed at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart. Once Upon a Time includes the singles "I Love You", "Fairy Tale High"," Once Upon a Time "and"Rumour Has It". ...more

INXS-X-1990-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-MERCURY-866668-1.  A rare European original of the cult group. X is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on 25 September 1990. After a massive seller hit, X scored hits with "Suicide Blonde" and "Disappear" (both Top 10 in the US). Both singles were later used on the soundtrack to the 1991 American teen comedy Mystery Date. X was the third consecutive INXS album produced by Chris Thomas. The name, Roman numeral "10", represents the band's tenth year of existence since the release of their debut album in 1980.  The album was certified platinum in January 1991 by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 300,000 copies. X proved successful across Europe, reaching number 5 in Switzerland, number 7 in France, number 9 in Germany, number 10 in Sweden, and number 13 in Norway. The album quickly gained gold accreditation in all of these regions, subsequently reaching platinum status in both France and Switzerland. In the United States, Album X peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top 200 chart on October 20, 1990. As in the UK, the album spent a total of 43 weeks on the charts.Less than two months after its release, the X was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 13, 1990 for shipments of 500,000 units. The album eventually went double platinum on December 16, 1997, with sales of two million copies in the United States alone. The X was also certified double platinum in Canada in February 1991 for shipments of 200,000 units. ...more

JETHRO TULL-SONGS FROM THE WOOD-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CHR1132 Matrix A/B 10TH SET. A rare British original of the cult prog band.Songs from the Wood is characterized by a bright folk-rock sound (according to many music critics — the standard of the genre). The first CD to feature David Palmer as a full member of the band. Jethro Tull's first long-playing studio album to receive positive critical acclaim since Thick as a Brick. ...more

GILMOUR, DAVID-SAME-1978-First Press UK-HARVEST-SHVL 817, OC 064/60774. The A-2U/B-1U Stamper matrices are 1M/3AM (Very early!). The first solo album by the PINK FLOYD guitarist, a rare British original.David Gilmour is the debut solo studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour . The album was released in May and June 1978 in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. The album reached number 17 in the UK and number 29 on the US Billboard album charts; it was certified gold in the US by the RIAA . The album was produced by Gilmore and consists mainly of blues, guitar-oriented rock songs, with the exception of the piano ballad "So Far Away". ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-A NEW WORLD RECORD-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-UA-UAG30017. Matrices A-3U/B-1U. A rare British original of the iconic album. A New World Record is the sixth studio album by the British band Electric Light Orchestra, released in September 1976. The album was remastered and re-released in 2006 with the addition of six bonus tracks. A New World Record was the band's first album to reach the top ten in the UK (the previous three albums were very successful in the US, but not in the musicians ' home country). The album was certified platinum in both the United Kingdom and the United States, selling five million copies in its first year of release. Like the previous album, A New World Record was recorded at Munich's Musicland Studios. ...more