Lot 13ANIMALS-ANIMALISMS-1966-FIRST PRESS UK-DECCA-NMINT/NMINT

BLACK SABBATH-MASTER OF REALITY-1971-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-VERTIGO SWIRL-6360050. A rare Scandinavian original of the cult album. Master of Reality is the third studio album by the British rock band Black Sabbath, recorded by producer Roger Baingiep at the Record Plant Studio (Los Angeles, California) and released on July 21, 1971. The album rose to number 5 on the UK Album Charts and to number 8 on the Billboard 200. It is ranked 298th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 best albums of all time. ...more

NAZARETH-SNAZ (2LP'S)-1981- THE FIRST UK- NEMS-NELD102 PRESS. A rare British original of the iconic live concert. The full name of the disc is It's Naz: only part of the inscription "'SNAZ" is depicted on the front side of the record, which many mistakenly indicate as the name of the album; there is an assumption (including due to the lack of a space) that this is a "provocation".The album is a recording of a concert at the Pacific Colisium in Vancouver in May 1981, held as part of a tour of North America. Several more concerts of that tour were recorded on tape, but this one, according to the band, was the best. In 2005, the album at number 430 was included in the list of the 500 greatest rock and metal albums of all time by Rock Hard magazine ...more

QUEEN-A DAY AT THE RACES-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI number EMTC104 Matrix A-4U/B-4U.A rare British original. A Day at the Races is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on December 10, 1976 in the UK and December 18, 1976 in the USA.The title of the album — "A Day at the Races" — as well as the previous one, is taken from the repertoire of American comedians of the 1930s by the Marx brothers. A Day at the Races immediately came under fire from critics. Queen was accused of an unsuccessful attempt to repeat A Night At The Opera. The album turned out to be really very similar to the previous one, but this was never hidden by the musicians. May said that both records were being prepared at the same time, but one was recorded earlier and the other later. ...more

COCKER, JOE-UNCHAIN MY HEART-1987-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-CAPITOL-064-748285-1 .  The European original of the cult album. Unchain My Heart is the eleventh studio album by British singer Joe Cocker, released in 1987.  In Canada, Germany and France, the album received gold sales status, in Switzerland — platinum. The Australian Recording Industry Association placed the album at the 48th position in the list of the "50 best albums" for 1988. The album's title song "Unchain My Heart", followed by "Two Wrongs", took the 11th place on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album itself reached the 89th position in The Billboard 200 ...more

LIME-A BRAND NEW DAY-1988-THE FIRST PRESS OF CANADA-KARISMA-MLP-017. A rare original of a Canadian disco band. Lime is a Canadian disco band from Montreal, Quebec. The band originally consisted of married couple Denis and Denise Lepage, who had a number one dance hit in the US in 1981 with the song "Your Love". Lime released their debut album Your Love in 1981. The title track became a gold record and a No. 1 hit on the Billboard disco chart in the United States. In 1982, Lime Lime II's second album was released with the support of the single "Babe We're Gonna Love Tonight", which reached No. 6 on the Billboard dance chart. ...more