DIRE STRAITS-DIRE STRAITS-1978--FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO - 9102021.Dire Straits is the debut studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released in October 1978. On October 7, 1978, the album "Dire Straits" was officially released on the Phonogram label. Since 1979, the album has been released under the Vertigo label. The album's sales results are quite impressive — four million copies were sold in Europe, two million copies in the USA. The fate of singles is diametrically different — Sultans of Swing was accepted by the public, reached the 8th position in the UK chart. Water of Love was released in some countries and the best achievement was the 54th position in the Australian chart.
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The cover is matte in top condition with minimal traces of storage - NMINT. Labels as new - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 2000 ₽
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
Lot sold: 2000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
HENSLEY, KEN (EX-URIAH HEEP) -EAGER TO PLEASE-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-BRONZE-ILPS9307. Matrices A-1/B-1 Rare British original of KEN HENSLEY's second solo album (URIAH HEEP) Eager To Please is the second solo album by Ken Hensley, known as the leader of the English rock band Uriah Heep, released in 1975 on Bronze Records and on Warner Bros. Records. Encouraged by the success of his debut solo album Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf (1973), Ken Hensley recorded his second solo work in 1975, calling it Eager To Please, which means "Trying to please" or "Trying to please". Everyone can judge how much Hensley tried to please the public. But based on the tastes of the average Uriah Heep fan, it is clear that something similar was expected from Ken. ...more
Lot sold: 2900 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
PRINCE -SING "O" THE TIMES (2LP'S)-1987-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-WARNER-WX88/925577-1. A very rare original of the cult album. Sign "☮" The Times (pronounced Sign of the Times) is the 9th album by American singer and musician Prince. Released on March 31, 1987. The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) called the album "Prince's best album, the most holistic example of the breadth of his artistry, and perhaps the best album of the 1980s." The reviewer of Afisha Daily in a retrospective review gave the album a similar assessment. In 2017, the album Sign "☮" the Times was inducted into the Grammy Award Hall of Fame. The album reached number six on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) four months after its release. It also entered the top 10 in Austria, France, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the UK and took first place in Switzerland. "Sign o' the Times", "U Got the Look" and "I Can never Take Your Man's Place" all made the top 10 hits of the Billboard Hot 100. After Prince's death in 2016, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 20. ...more
Lot sold: 6000 ₽
Estimate: 10000—12000 ₽
BEATLES-SGT.PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-1967-PICTURE-FIRST PRESS 1978 USA-CAPITOL-SEAX-11840 Original Picture 1978. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth album by the British rock band The Beatles. Many critics call Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is among the most influential rock albums of all time. In particular, it was named the best album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine (2003). According to a vote conducted by the BBC radio station among its listeners for the fiftieth anniversary of the British charts in 2006, the album ranks first in popularity in the UK. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ranks ninth in the list of albums — world leaders in sales with a result of more than 30 million copies.The album was recorded over a 129-day period beginning on December 6, 1966, and released on June 1, 1967 in the UK (on June 2 of the same year, the album went on sale in the USA). The record has won 4 Grammy Awards in the following categories: 1. Album of the Year, 2. The best contemporary performance by the band, 3. The best sound engineering work of the album, 4. The best album cover. ...more
Lot sold: 5000 ₽
Estimate: 10000—12000 ₽
ROLLING STONES-SOME GIRLS-1978-FIRST PRESS UK-ROLLING STONES-CUN39108. A1u/B-3U matrices. A rare British oiginal in the sixth color version of the cover. Some Girls is the fourteenth British and sixteenth American Studio album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1978 on the band's own label. The longplay reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and became one of the band's most successful albums in the United States, with over six million copies sold. The CD received rave reviews from the press, with many reviewers calling it the rolling stones ' return to their roots and their best album since Exile on Main St. ...more
Lot sold: 3400 ₽
Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽
