Lot 11SHOCKING BLUE-3RD ALBUM-1971-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-METRONOME-NMINT/NMINT

TRAVELING WILBURYS-VOL.3-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-WILBURY- 075992632416. The second and last album of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys (the stellar line-up), recorded and released in 1990. Released in October 1990, the album was less positively received than Vol. 1, but still had a fair success. In the United States, "She's My Baby" (with guest guitarist Gary Moore) and "Inside Out" became radio hits, charting 2nd album rock and 16th album rock respectively. The album peaked at number 14 in the UK and number 11 in the US, where it was certified platinum by the RIAA. ...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

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

CHILLY-SHOWBIZ-1980-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-POLYDOR-2417137.Mega rare disco album of the highest standard. Released in 1980, the Showbiz album became the pinnacle of the Chilly band's career. The singles Come Let's Go and We are the pop kings are the most famous songs of the quartet in the former USSR, which have become their calling card. When recording the second track, many innovative sound engineering techniques were used, since a young Romanian electronic music technology specialist Michel Cretu, the future husband of singer Sandra (also known for her work in the Arabesque disco trio) and the creator of the Enigma project, continued to work with the group. ...more

URIAH HEEP -LOOK AT YOURSELF-1971-ORIGINAL PRESS 1978 UK-BRONZE-BRNA169.  A rare British edition of the cult album.Look at Yourself is the third studio album by the British rock band Uriah Heep, recorded by the band with producer Gerry Bron at Lansdown Studious in July 1971 and released in October 1971 by Bronze Records, in the USA the album was released on Mercury Records. The CD rose to #39 on the UK Albums Chart and to #93 on the Billboard 200. The title track was released as a single in the US, UK and several European countries in 1971. In 1973, a live version of "July Morning" was released as a single in the United States. The original version of the cover provided for a slot and a "mirror" made of foil, in which the viewer saw his distorted image.  ...more