Lot 72BUDGIE-NIGHTFLIGHT-1981-FIRST PRESS UK-RCA-NMINT/NMINT

NOTTING HILLBILLIES (EX-DIRE STRAITS)-MISSING... PRESUMED HAVING A GOOD TIME-1990-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO - 842671-1.A rare British original by guitarist and vocalist DIRE STRAITS. The Notting Hillbillies is a British rock band formed in 1986 by Mark Knopfler (guitar, vocals), who invited old acquaintances to perform music in the style of blues, country rock. The band released a single album. ...more

SAVOY BROWN-A STEP FUTHER-1969-THE FIRST PRESS UK-DECCA-SKL5013 Matrix A-1W/B-1W. A rare British original of the cult blues-rock band. A Step Further is the fourth album by Savoy Brown. It was released by Decca in the UK and Parrot in the US in September 1969. This is the last album recorded with longtime pianist Bob Hall. The album track "Made Up My Mind" first appeared as the B-side of an American single on Parrot Records 45-40039 (released in June 1969), accompanied by "Train to Nowhere" from their album Blue Matter. The track "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove" would later be released as the B-side of the British Decca single F 13019 (released in May 1970) "A Hard Way To Go" from their album. Raw siena. Side Two was recorded live at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, on May 12, 1969. It performed significantly better in the United States, where it spent 10 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 71. ...more

COCKER, JOE-ONE NIGHT OF SIN-1989-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-CAPITOL-064-791828-1. European original cult album. One Night Of Sin is the twelfth Studio album of British singer Joe Cocker, released by Capitol Records in June 1989. It contains the hit single "When the Night Comes" (US #11), which was the last hit Coker in the US Top 40. The song is notable for the fact that it was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance . In addition, the first plays rhythm guitar on the song. Other notable songs on the album include a cover version of "One Night" (here as "One Night Of Sin"), hit No. 1 Elvis Presley 1958 and "I'm Your Man" by Leonard Cohen. The album also features "Another Mind Gone", which became the band's first in sixteen years, co-authored by the Coker. The song was dedicated to B. Jay Wilson, a former friend of the Coker group and other. ...more

DIRE STRAITS-COMMUNIQUE-1979-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO- 9102031. A rare British original of the cult album.Communiqué is the second studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1979. Communiqué was recorded in November-December 1978, at Compass Point Studios, Nassau and produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett. The album was the first to debut in the German charts at number 1 in the first week of sales (their debut album Dire Straits was still at number 3 in this country). In total, it has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. In Europe, 3,600 thousand copies were sold, and in the USA it reached gold status. ...more

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