Lot 19WOODSTOCK - PART ONE AND PART TWO (BOX 5LP)- 1969/70- ORIGINAL PRESS 1985 -USA-MFSL-NMINT/NMINT

BLACK SABBATH-BLACK SABBATH VOL 4-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-6360071. Matrices 1Y-1/2Y-1. Stamper 1-21-9 PORKY/11-11 PESKO. A very rare original of the cult album . The album rose to 8 on the UK Albums Chart and 13 on the Billboard 200. Kerrang Magazine! ranked the album at number 48 on the list of the "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".In 2000, Q magazine delivered Vol.4 at number 60 on the list of the "100 Greatest British Albums". ...more

BEATLES-ABBEY ROAD-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-PCS7089 Matrix A2/B1. stamper 4GLO/2GOH . A very rare British original of the iconic album. Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Abbey Road took place from February to August 1969 and was the last joint project of all four members of the ensemble (the last numbered album of the group Let It Be, released in 1970, was mostly recorded in January 1969). The record was produced by George Martin, who had worked with the band since 1962. Abbey Road sold four million copies in its first two months. In the UK, the album debuted at the top of the national chart, where it remained for 11 weeks, before being pushed out by The Rolling Stones ' Let It Bleed for one week. It then returned to # 1 again (in the Christmas week) and stayed there for another six weeks (17 weeks in total), until it was displaced by Led Zeppelin's second record, Led Zeppelin II. In total, Abbey Road spent 81 weeks on the UK albums chart. The situation was similar abroad. The album held the top spot on the Billboard Top LP chart for 11 weeks, becoming the best-selling album of 1969 according to the National Recording Industry Association, and also one of the record holders of the Japanese chart, appearing in its Top 100 for 298 weeks throughout the 1970s. ...more

JUICY LUCY-SAME-1969-FIRST HOLLAND-FONTANA PRESS-847901VTY. A very rare Dutch original of the cult album of the blues-progressive British band. Juicy Lucy is the debut album by the English-American rock band Juicy Lucy, released in 1969. This music is a surprisingly heavy form of blues rock, often played at breakneck speed. The album was a moderate success, peaking at number 41 on the UK albums chart, but became a hit single with their version of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?".  ...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

ABBA-RING RING-1973-THE FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR - POLS 242-Matrix A/B2. Reduced label without arrows. A rare Swedish original of the legendary band's first album. Ring Ring is the debut studio album by Swedish band ABBA, originally recorded simply as Björn and Benny, Agnetha and Frida. It was released in Scandinavia and a limited number of other territories, including Germany, Australia, South Africa and Mexico, on March 26, 1973 on the Polar Music label. The album topped the charts in Belgium and was a great success in the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa. ...more