Lot 47DEEP PURPLE-IN ROCK-1970-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-HARVEST-NMINT/NMINT

SHADOWS-FROM HANK BRUCE BRIAN AND JOHN....-1967-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-COLUMBIA-SCX6199.  A rare British original rock beat band. From Hank, Bruce, Brian and John is the seventh rock album by the British instrumental (and sometimes vocal, half tracks with vocals) band The Shadows, released in 1967. It was their last album released in mono and stereo versions. Highly appreciated by critics and got to the 30th place in the charts. ...more

GABRIEL, PETER-SO-1986-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-VIRGIN-207587-630. Rare European original.So is the most successful album of Gabriel's entire career, it reached the top of the UK chart, and became #2 in the United States. The CD was certified platinum three times in the UK and five times in the USA. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it 14th in its list of the "100 Best Albums of the eighties" ...more

  Concerto for Group and Orchestra (translated from English — "Concert for Group and Orchestra") is a live album by the British rock band Deep Purple, recorded together with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. One of the first attempts to harmoniously combine classical music and rock music in one piece. It was released in the USA in December 1969, and in the UK in January 1970. By the time the second line-up of Deep Purple was formed, there was a confrontation in the band between the art-rock ambitions of John Lord and the hard-rock ambitions of Richie Blackmore. Lord considered the possibility of creating a work that would combine the features of classical and rock music. Deep Purple manager Tony Edwards decides to go all-in and reserves the Albert Hall for September 24, leaving John Lord about six months to write the score. Richie Blackmore was later terribly jealous of Lord that such an idea did not come to him ...more

FLEETWOOD MAC-RUMOURS-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-WARNER BROS. -K56344. A rare British original with a poster.  Rumours is the eleventh studio album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on February 4, 1977 on the Warner Bros. label. Most of the record was recorded during 1976, and the band itself was engaged in producing it together with Ken Kailatt and Richard Deshat. Four singles were released in support of the CD: "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop" and "You Make Loving Fun". Rumours became Fleetwood Mac's most successful album: in 1978, it was awarded the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and its sales amounted to more than 40 million copies worldwide — one of the highest figures in the history of recording. ...more

STING-THE SOUL CAGES-1991-FIRST PRESS-HOLLAND-AM number 396405-1. A very rare European original is the original of the cult album. The Soul Cages is the third studio album by British rock musician Sting, released on January 22, 1991. It became the singer's second album to reach the top of the national chart in his homeland. Four singles were released in support of the album: "All This Time", "Mad About You", "Why Should I Cry For You" and "The Soul Cages", the latter won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1992. ...more