Lot 72ABBA-ALBUM-1977-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR-NMINT/NMINT

WAITS, TOM-CLOSING TIME-1973-FIRST PRESS 1979 GERMANY-ASYLUM-ASK53030 A rare German original of the first album from the master of tavern blues. Closing Time is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released on March 6, 1973 on the Asylum Records label. Produced and arranged by former Lovin 'Spoonful member Jerry Yester, Closing Time was the first of Waits' seven major releases from Asylum. The album was moderately successful in the United States, and although it did not chart and received little attention from the music press in the UK and other countries too. This explains that the album began to be re-released in Europe in the second half of the 70s when Tom became a super star. The album was certified gold in the UK only in 1979 and has acquired a modern cult significance among rock fans. ...more

SADE-PROMISE-1985-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC- EPC86318. Rare European original. Promise is the second Studio album by Sade. Almost every second song on the album took the top of the billboards ("Is It a Crime" and "Fear"), several songs became hit singles ("Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo"). Promise became four times platinum in U.S., double platinum in the UK and Canada and platinum in Germany. ...more

SAXON-SAXON-1979-THE FIRST PRESS GERMANY-CARRERA-2934110. A rare original of the cult British band. Saxon is the debut studio album by the English heavy metal band Saxon, released in 1979. Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five and in his mixed review described it as "the silence before the storm" in terms of the band's subsequent success and the growing New Wave of British heavy metal. ...more

FOREIGNER-INSIDE INFORMATION-1987-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-ATLANTIC--781808-1 Rare original of the cult album. Inside Information is the sixth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on December 8, 1987. The album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and was certified platinum in the United States with sales of over a million copies. Even though it was a huge standard for any country, the band's sales have certainly plummeted since the release of 4 in 1981. This was the last album to feature the main line-up of the 80s-Gramm, Jones, Wills and Elliot. ...more

BRAND X-MASQUES-1978-THE FIRST PRESS UK-CHARISMA-CAS1138. A rare British original. Brand X is a musical group including a member of ex GENESIS (Phil Collins), who performed in the style of jazz fusion.  ...more