Lot 86JACKSON, MICHAEL-THRILLER-1982-FIRST PRESS USA-EPIC-NMINT/NMINT

JOURNEY-DEPARTURE-1980-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-COLUMBIA-AL36339. A rare American original of the cult album.  Departure is the sixth studio album by American rock band Journey. It was released on February 29, 1980 by Columbia Records. Department became Journey's highest-paid album at that time, which allowed them to appear in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album charts for the first time, peaking at number 8. The album includes "Any Way You Want It", the lead track and the top 25 single. ...more

EXTREME-III SIDES TO EVERY STORY (2LP)-1992-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-A?M - 540006-1. A very rare original of hard rock monsters mixed with glam and funk. III Sides to Every Story is the third studio album by American rock band Extreme, released in 1992. This is a concept album with a conditional division into three sections or "sides", called "Yours", "Mine" and "The Truth", each of which has its own sound and lyrical images. Despite the fact that fans and music critics consider the album Extreme one of the best, III Sides to Every Story suffered a commercial failure (it sold only about 700,000 copies compared to the double platinum Pornograffitti), because it did not have a hit single such as "More Than Words" (which took first place in the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1991), from its predecessor Pornograffitti (although the single "Rest in Peace" reached number one on the mainstream rock chart). ...more

GENESIS- ...CALLING ALL STATIONS...(2 vinyl)-1997-FIRST PRESS UK-VIRGIN - 724384460716 Mega rare double cult album by the British band.  Calling All Stations is the fifteenth and final studio album by the British progrock band Genesis, released on September 2, 1997. The CD became the only album recorded by the band after Phil Collins left it in 1996. The lead vocals in this recording were performed by Ray Wilson, who replaced Collins. AllMusic and Rolling Stone noted that Ray Wilson was a worthy replacement for Collins as a vocalist, but the album as a whole lacks good material. Both of them noted the strange combination of art rock and pop music on the album. ...more

SLADE-SLADE IN FLAME-1974-THE FIRST UK-POLYDOR PRESS- 2442-126. A rare British original. Slade in Flame is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Slade. It was released on November 29, 1974, ranked 6th in the UK and was certified gold by the BPI in February 1975.  ...more

KANSAS-LEFTOVERTURE-1976-FIRST PRESS USA-KIRSHNER-PZ34224. A very rare American original of the cult album.  Leftoverture is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Kansas, released in 1976. The album was re-released in a remastered format on CD in 2001. It was the band's first album to be certified by the RIAA, and it remains their best-selling album, being 5 times platinum in the United States. The album was also ranked 32nd in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "50 Greatest prog-rock albums of All Time".  ...more