Lot 77SWEET - IDENTITY CRISIS-1982-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-POLYDOR-NMINT/NMINT

ALAN PARSONS PROJECT-PYRAMID-1978-First Press UK-ARISTA-SPART1054 matrix A1/B1 Pyramid is the third studio album by the English art rock band "The Alan Parsons Project", released in 1978. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1978 in the category "Best Production Work in the genre of Modern Music". The main theme of the album was the Great Pyramid of Giza and ancient Egyptian culture, which were at the peak of popularity in the USA and Great Britain in those years ...more

DIRE STRAITS-LOVE OVER GOLD-1982-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO - 6359109 . A rare British original of the cult group. Love over Gold is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on September 20, 1982 on Vertigo Records and Warner Bros. Records in the USA. The presence of detailed musical compositions with long instrumental passages in the album brings it closer in style to progressive rock. This is the last CD of the band recorded with the participation of the original drummer Peak Withers. The singles from the album, "Private Investigations", reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Industrial Disease" reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The album topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and the UK, and peaked at No. 19 in the US. Love over Gold was later certified gold in the US, platinum in France and Germany, and double platinum in Canada and the UK. ...more

OUT OF FOCUS-WAKE UP!-1971-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-KUCKUCK- 2375006. One of the best prog albums in Germany on a prestigious label. Out Of Focus is a German krautrock-rock fusion band formed at the end of 1968 in Munich: Hennes Herring - keyboards (mainly Hammond organ), Remigius Drexler - guitar, Hans-Georg Neumuller - vocals and brass, Klaus Speri - drums and Stefan Visheu - bass. Out of Focus got their name from the track Blue Cheer, but were also influenced by Soft Machine and Xhol Caravan and quickly created a special style mixing rock, jazz and psychedelic overtones. The band's music was known for the socio-political propaganda present in Moran Neumuller's songs. Despite the typical Munich style, they are often compared to the Canterbury fusion of Britain and Scandinavian jazz-rock.  ...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

 RAINBOW-RICHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW-1975-The first press UK-POLYDOR OYSTER- OYA2001 matrix KENDUN A-1U/B-1U. Stamper 1MO/3OL. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is the debut album by the British-American band Rainbow, released in May 1975. In the UK charts, this cd took 11th place, in the US - 30th. The album was a favorite for vocalist Ronnie James Dio, according to him.  ...more