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

ATLANTIS-SAME-1972-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-VERTIGO-6360609. A rare original continuation of the cult prog group FRUMPY. Atlantis was formed at the end of the summer of 1972 by Inga Rumpf (vocals), Jean-Jacques Kravets (keyboards) and Karl-Heinz Schott (bass). These musicians previously played in the band Frumpy. The founding members also included guitarist Frank Dees and drummer Kurt Kress (formerly of the band Emergency). After several live performances in Germany, the first LP was released at Island Records Studio in London, which was widely recognized, especially in the United States, where Rumpf's bluesy vocals were appreciated. Diz and Kress left the band after recording. For a four-week tour of England with Procol Harum and Traffic, George Meyer joined Atlantis as guitarist and Udo Lindenberg joined Atlantis as drummer. After the tour, they were replaced by Dieter Bornschlegel (who had previously worked with the band Dreamtorte) and Ringo Funk (who had previously worked with Geronimo), with whom the second album It's Getting Better (1973) was recorded. ...more

BEATLES-ABBEY ROAD-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-PCS7089 Matrix A2/B1. stamper 4GLO/2GOH . A very rare British original of the iconic album. Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Abbey Road took place from February to August 1969 and was the last joint project of all four members of the ensemble (the last numbered album of the group Let It Be, released in 1970, was mostly recorded in January 1969). The record was produced by George Martin, who had worked with the band since 1962. Abbey Road sold four million copies in its first two months. In the UK, the album debuted at the top of the national chart, where it remained for 11 weeks, before being pushed out by The Rolling Stones ' Let It Bleed for one week. It then returned to # 1 again (in the Christmas week) and stayed there for another six weeks (17 weeks in total), until it was displaced by Led Zeppelin's second record, Led Zeppelin II. In total, Abbey Road spent 81 weeks on the UK albums chart. The situation was similar abroad. The album held the top spot on the Billboard Top LP chart for 11 weeks, becoming the best-selling album of 1969 according to the National Recording Industry Association, and also one of the record holders of the Japanese chart, appearing in its Top 100 for 298 weeks throughout the 1970s. ...more

NAZARETH-HAIR OF THE DOG-1975-First press SWEDEN-VERTIGO-6370405. A rare Scandinavian original .Hair of the Dog is the sixth studio album by the Scottish rock band Nazareth, released in 1975. Released in April 1975 by Mooncrest in the UK, A/M Records in North America. The band's most commercially successful album, with over two million copies sold worldwide. In 2002, he took the 51st position in the ranking of the "100 best rock albums of all time" according to Classic Rock magazine. ...more

TRAFFIC-SHOOT OUT AT THE FANTASY FACTORY-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-ISLAND-ILPS9224. Matrix A-1U/B-1U Stamper 2GR/1GO (Very Early) . A rare British original of the cult prog band. Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory is the sixth studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in 1973. It followed their 1971 album The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and contained five songs. Shoot Out, although it received worse reviews than its predecessor, still reached number six on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, one line higher than Low Spark, which peaked in 1972. ...more

VARIOUS – THE BODYGUARD (WHITNEY HOUSTON/ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM)-1992-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-ARISTA-07822186991. The Bodyguard is a soundtrack from the movie The Bodyguard, released on November 17, 1992 under the Arista Records label, includes both Whitney Houston songs and compositions by various artists. The album was co-executive produced by Whitney Houston and Clive Davis. Bodyguard is the best-selling soundtrack album of all time, selling 45 million copies worldwide.  ...more