Lot 87MADONNA-IMMACULATE COLLECTION (2LP'S)-1990-FIRST PRESS USA-SIRE/WARNER-NMINT/NMINT

PAICE,ASHTON,LORD-MALICE IN WONDERLAND-1977-First UK press - POLYDOR OYSTER 2391-269 matrix A1/B1.Rare British original. Solo album from DEEP PURPLE . The album was recorded in autumn 1975, and was released in February 1977. The album got good reviews, but sales were not as high as planned. This is not surprising - the music of the new group was not similar to the music of "Deep Purple" , the style is more reminiscent of a heavy funk with roots of DEEP PURPLE. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-PRESENCE-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-SWAN SONG - SSK59402. Matrices A-2/B-2 . A rare British original.  Presence is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on March 31, 1976 on the Swan Song label. The CD was recorded at a difficult time for the band, when Robert Plant was recovering from serious injuries sustained in a car accident and was in a cast, it was unknown if he would be able to walk at all, and the future of the band was in doubt. In addition, the group was in time pressure. The album was made in 18 days and on average the musicians worked 18-20 hours a day. Highly appreciated by the public and critics, 1st place in the UK Chart, 1st place in the US Billboard 200. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-SAME-1969-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-SD8216 One of the icons in rock music, a mega rare original with a matrix ST-A-681461-PR-2S / ST-A-681462-PR-4S. Label variant: (Atco) stereo purple/brown, which were released only on Atlantic releases after pressing at the RCA Records plant in Indianapolis.  This label is very rare and appeared on only a few editions from about 8130 to 8200. (mid-1968- early 1969) Errors of this edition  Led Zeppelin are constantly raising the ratings of this publication, because not only the label is different, but also side 1 of the album differs in the mix from the usual pressure. Also side 2 sounds a bit different than the standard edition. There is a long pause between "Black Mountain Side" and "Communication Breakdown", when there was no silence at all in the standard release. And there is an unusually long silence between "Communication Breakdown" and "I Can't Quit You Baby", much longer than in the standard release. The B5's playing time is listed on the back cover as 3:30, but it actually plays 8:30.  Led Zeppelin is the debut studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded in October 1968 at London's Olympic Studios and released by Atlantic Records on January 12, 1969. Initially, the album garnered mostly negative press reviews, but was a great commercial success and was subsequently highly appreciated by rock critics. The release date of the album, January 12, 1969, Kerrang magazine! in a special issue, he celebrated as the birthday of heavy metal In total, the band spent 1,782 pounds to record the album, and collected about 3.5 million pounds in total for 1969-70, thereby 2,000 times exceeding the amount contributed. In the charts, the album also did not lag behind, placing from 1st to 20th place in different countries. In Britain, he reached a maximum of 6th place in two years.  ...more

HENDRIX, JIMI-MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING-1975-FIRST PRESS UK - POLYDOR-2310415. A very rare British original . Midnight Lightning is the posthumous ninth studio album by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, released in November 1975. The album reached number 43 in the US, and 46 in the UK. Midnight Lightning is the sixth studio album by Hendrix, which was released after the death of the great musician and the second album by Alan Douglas. The songs included in the album were written by Jimi Hendrix after the breakup of the band "Jimi Hendrix Experience". ...more

NIRVANA-IN UTERO -1993-FIRST PRESS UK/EU -GEFFEN - GEF-24536. Mega rare original of NIRVANA's iconic third and final album. On September 13, 1993, In Utero was released in the UK, and the next day in the United States. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and in the first week the sales mark reached 180 thousand. ...more