Lot 5SPIRIT-THE FAMILY THAT PLAYS TOGETHER-1968-FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-NMINT/NMINT

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

HARRISON, GEORGE-BEST OF (1976-1989) -1989-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY - WARNER-925726-1. A rare collection from GEORGE HARRISON. Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989 is a compilation album by English musician George Harrison, released in October 1989. His second compilation, after the Capitol/EMI compilation The Best of George Harrison (1976), contains songs from Harrison's releases on his Dark Horse label between 1976 and 1987. The album also includes the 1989 single "Cheer Down", which became Harrison's contribution to the soundtrack to the movie "Lethal Weapon 2", and two tracks recorded specifically for the compilation: "Poor Little Girl" and "Cockamamie Business". Despite the popularity of Harrison's work during this period – both as a solo artist with his album Cloud Nine (1987), and as a member of The Traveling Wilburys – the compilation failed to achieve commercial success. The album remains the only official release to include "Poor Little Girl" and "Cockamamie Business". ...more

BONEY M-TAKE THE HEAT OFF ME-1976-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-HANSA - 27573OT Rare original of the first album of the disco legend in a complete set (large poster) Take the Heat Off Me is the debut album by Euro-Caribbean band Boney M. The album became a big seller in Europe, especially in the Scandinavian countries (number 1 in Sweden and Finland, number 2 in Norway), but in the US the album simply did not make the album chart. The tracks include the hits "Daddy Cool" (number 1 in eight European countries, number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 11 on the US Club Play Singles chart), "Sunny" (top 5 in many European countries) and the debut single "Baby Do You Wanna Bump". ...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

DEF LEPPARD-ADRENALIZE-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU HOLLAND-PHONOGRAM-510978-1. A very rare original of the cult album. Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on March 31, 1992 through Mercury Records. The album was the band's first album since the death of guitarist Steve Clarke in 1991. Adrenalize debuted at No. 1 on the UK albums chart, and the following week on the US Billboard 200. It remained at No. 1 on the Billboard chart for five weeks, keeping Bruce Springsteen's Human Touch at number one, and spent a total of 65 weeks on the charts. ...more