Lot 103C.C. CATCH-WELCOME TO THE HEARTBREAK HOTEL-1986-FIRST PRESS (EXPORT) GERMANY-MEGA-NMINT/NMINT

SHOCKING BLUE-3RD ALBUM-1971-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-METRONOME-MLP15410. A very rare cult album. Third Album is the fourth studio album by the Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released in 1971 on the Pink Elephant label. Despite the name, this is the band's fourth album, but it is the third with the participation of vocalist Mariska Veresh.At the beginning of 1971, having enjoyed the success of the previous album Scorpio's Dance and the single "Never marry a railroad man", which took high positions in the European charts, Shocking Blue started recording a new album in Blarikum, near Amsterdam. For a few months, guitarist Leo Van Der Kettery joined the band, mainly engaged in the compilation and production of records. After releasing the singles "Blossom lady" and "Out of sight out of mind", the band went on a world tour, and on July 28-30, 1971, the band's live album "Live in Japan" was recorded in Japan.  ...more

BEATLES-1 (2 LP)-2000-FIRST UK/EU PRESS-APPLE number 724352932511."1" is a compilation album of Beatles songs, an attempt by Capitol Records to release the best—selling album of all time. The CD contains 27 Beatles singles, which at one time (1962-1970) reached the first line of the British or American charts. "1" was released on November 13, 2000 on the Apple/Parlophone label. ...more

SADE-PROMISE-1985-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC- EPC86318. Rare European original. Promise is the second Studio album by Sade. Almost every second song on the album took the top of the billboards ("Is It a Crime" and "Fear"), several songs became hit singles ("Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo"). Promise became four times platinum in U.S., double platinum in the UK and Canada and platinum in Germany. ...more

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH MAND-NIGHTINGALES AND BOMBERS-1975-CONTRACT PRESS UK-BRONZE- ILPS 9337. Matrix A-4/B-4, a rare British original of the CBS contract factory. The pinnacle of the group's creativity. Nightingales AND Bombers is the sixth studio album by British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on August 22, 1975 on Bronze Records. The CD rose to #120 on the Billboard 200 of All Rock Albums hierarchy.      ...more

DIRE STRAITS-MAKING MOVIES-1980-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-VERTIGO-6359034 . A rare Scandinavian original.  Making Movies is the third studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on October 17, 1980 by Vertigo Records International, Warner Bros. in the United States and Mercury in Canada. The album includes the single "Romeo and Juliet", which reached number 8 on the UK Singles chart, the album reached number one on the album charts in Italy and Norway, number 19 in the United States and number 4 in the UK. It was later certified platinum in the United States and double platinum in the United Kingdom. It is considered one of the best Dire Straits albums. ...more