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

C.C. CATCH-WELCOME TO THE HEARTBREAK HOTEL-1986-FIRST PRESS (EXPORT) GERMANY-MEGA-MRLP3052 Rare export press of the cult disco album. Welcome to the Heartbreak Hotel is the second album by C. C. Catch. Like the debut album, it was a success, and almost all the tracks from the album are well known ...more

DIRE STRAITS-LOVE OVER GOLD-1982-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-VERTIGO - 6359109 . Love over Gold is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on September 20, 1982 on Vertigo Records and Warner Bros. Records in the USA. The presence of detailed musical compositions with long instrumental passages in the album brings it closer in style to progressive rock. This is the last CD of the band recorded with the participation of the original drummer Peak Withers. The singles from the album, "Private Investigations", reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Industrial Disease" reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The album topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and the UK, and peaked at No. 19 in the US. Love over Gold was later certified gold in the US, platinum in France and Germany, and double platinum in Canada and the UK. ...more

B.B. KING-TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU-1973-FIRST PRESS USA-ABC-ABCX-794. A rare American original of the cult album. . To Know You Is to Love You is an electric blues album by B.B. King, released in 1973. Produced by Dave Crawford in Philadelphia, it features the participation of Stevie Wonder, the Memphis Horns and members of MFSB, a Philadelphia International Records house band in the early and mid-1970s. The album was highly praised by critics and music agencies.   ...more

DOORS-MORRISON HOTEL-1970-ORIGINAL PRESS 1971 USA-ELEKTRA-EKS75007. Matrices A-CPI/B-CPI PITMAN PRESS.  A rare American original press of a cult album.. Morrison Hotel is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Doors. On the front side of the album cover there is a photo of the band through the glass in the lobby of the Morrison Hotel, which really existed in Los Angeles at 1246 South Hope Street, on the back there is a photo of a diner called "Hard Rock Cafe" The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and performed better abroad than the previous album (it was the band's highest charting studio album in the UK, where it peaked at No. 12). ...more

INXS-WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE-1992-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-MERCURY-512507-1.  A rare European original of the cult group. Welcome to Wherever You Are is the eighth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on August 3, 1992.Taking a course on the grunge and alternative rock that was relevant in the first half of the 90s, INXS tried to find a new direction for themselves, a la U2 (Achtung Baby), the use of a sitar, a 60-string orchestra and a much more "raw" sound. Producer Mark Opitz described the writing process as follows: "There's a lot of Michael, Andrew and me on the album. The opinion of everyone and everyone is not present here, because some of them were busy with significant changes in their personal lives." The mixing was handled by Bob Klimauntin.While working on the album, INXS performed at the Concert for Life in March 1992, performing some of the songs to the accompaniment of the orchestra[8] and presenting two new songs - "Taste It" and "All Around".The CD took 1st place in the UK chart, 16th place in the US Billboard 200 chart and was among the top ten albums of the year according to Q and The Independent magazines. However, due to insufficient promotion of the album by the record company and the lack of a tour in support of the album (after successful tours in support of Kick and X, the band took a vacation with the intention of returning with a tour in support of two albums), the album sold worse than its predecessors - gold in Britain in 1992, platinum in the USA in 1997. The band performed at the 1993 Australian Record Industry Awards (nominated for "Best Band"), performing "Heaven Sent" to the soundtrack of instruments, but with live vocals. ...more