AC/DC-HIGHWAY TO HELL-1979-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC--ATL50628. Rare American original. Highway to Hell is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC, released in 1979. Undoubtedly the most popular AC/DC album at the time of release, Highway to Hell significantly expanded the group's audience and became a springboard for a dizzying takeoff the following year with the album Back in Black. This is the last album of the band featuring vocalist Bon Scott, who died suddenly in 1980. The album took the 20th position in the rating of "100 best rock albums of all time" according to Classic Rock magazine. The album became the first work of the group to enter the top hundred of the Billboard 200 chart. Songs such as" Highway to Hell"," Shot Down in Flames "and" If You Want Blood (You've Got It) " were a success among fans and were regularly performed at the band's concerts. Rolling Stone magazine listed the album as one of the"500 Greatest Albums of All Time". This edition was sold in the United States with a circulation of 7 million copies and reached 7x platinum status. At the moment, the album is the second best-selling AC/DC album, after Back in Black.
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The cover is matte in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Labels as new - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 5500 ₽
METALLICA-SAME-1991-First press HOLLAND-VERTIGO SWIRL-510022- A very rare original of the cult album on a collector's label. Metallica is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. Released on August 12, 1991 by Elektra Records, it is commonly referred to as the Black Album due to its packaging design. His recording took place in a one-on-one studio in Los Angeles for eight months, during which Metallica often clashed with its new producer Bob Rock. The album marked a change in the band's music from the thrash metal style of their previous four albums to a slower, heavier and more refined sound. Metallica performed Metallica in full during the 2012 Black Albums European Tour. In 2020, the album was ranked 235th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest Albums of all time. In December 2019, Metallica became the fourth release in American history to reach the 550-week milestone on the Billboard 200 chart. It also became the second longest-running traditional title in chart history and the second to spend 550 weeks on the album charts. ...more
Lot sold: 15000 ₽
Estimate: 17000—19000 ₽
ENIGMA-MCMXC a.D.-1990-THE FIRST UK/EU GERMANY-VIRGIN PRESS number 211-209. A mega rare original of the iconic album. MCMXC a.D. is the debut and most popular album of the Enigma project, released in 1990. Reaching the No. 1 position in 41 countries, it garnered 57 platinum awards, including triple platinum in the United States, where it remained on the Billboard 200 album chart for five years. ...more
Lot sold: 3200 ₽
Estimate: 8000—10000 ₽
FITZGERALD, ELLA AND ARMSTRONG, LOUIS-ELLA AND LOUIS-1956-THE FIRST PRESS USA-VERVE-MGV-4003.A rare American original of the cult album. .Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet, released in October 1956. Having previously collaborated in the late 1940s on the Decca label, it was the first of three albums that Fitzgerald and Armstrong were to record together for Inspirational recordings, later followed in 1957 by It's Ella and Louis Again, and in 1959 by "Porgy and Bess". In 2000, it was ranked 636th on Colin Larkin's list of the 1000 best albums of all time. ...more
Lot sold: 15000 ₽
DEEP PURPLE-DEEP PURPLE-1969-THE FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-SHVL759 Matrix A-1/B-1 Stamper 1G/1G (Dream!) A very rare British original of the cult group. Deep Purple (also known as April) is the third studio album by the British band Deep Purple. The last album created by the original line-up of the band, known as "Mark I". Recorded between January and March 1969) at De Lane Lea Studios in London. It was released in the US in June on the Tetragrammaton Records label, and in the UK in September 1969 on the Harvest Records label. The most famous composition of the album (after which the entire album is often called) is the final 12-minute piece "April", recorded with the participation of specially hired musicians playing wind and string instruments. ...more
Lot sold: 25000 ₽
LED ZEPPELIN-PRESENCE-1976-FIRST PRESS USA-SWAN SONG number SS8416. A rare American original of the cult album. Presence is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on March 31, 1976. While the album was a commercial success, reaching the top of both the UK and US album charts and receiving triple platinum certification in the United States, it received mixed reviews from critics and was the band's best-selling studio album while they were still active. ...more
Lot sold: 3100 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
