Lot 51BLACK SABBATH-BLACK SABBATH -1970-ORIGINAL PRESS 1974 USA-WARNER-NMINT/NMINT

A-HA-STAY ON THESE ROADS (+POSTER) - 1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-925733-1. A rare original of the cult pop-rock wave album with a promo poster. Stay on These Roads is the third studio album by Norwegian music group A-ha. It was released on May 3, 1988. The album was certified platinum in Brazil, and gold in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The album was recorded in 1987 and released on May 3, 1988. In 1987, the single "The Living Daylights" was released, which became the theme to the film "Sparks from the Eyes" about James Bond and was later included in the album. Of the singles, the most popular was "Stay on These Roads", which reached number one on the Norwegian chart, and performed well in other European countries. Less popular was the single "Touchy!" and even less popular were "The Blood That Moves The Body" and "You Are The One". The latest single There's Never A Forever Thing didn't make it to any of the national charts at all. In 1992, a remix of the single "The Blood That Moves The Body"was released. The album peaked at number 148 on the US Billboard 200, [5] but none of the singles reached the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified platinum in Brazil, and gold in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Switzerland.  ...more

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-WHO AM THE ONLY ONE-1970-ORIGINAL PRESS 1976 UK-CHARISMA- CAS1027. Matrices A-2/B-2 . A rare early edition of the cult album of the British prog rock legend. H to He, Who Am the Only One is the third album by British progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. The album was released in 1970 on Charisma Records. The band recorded the album in several stages in the mid-1970s at Trident Studios with producer John Anthony. The album failed to chart in the UK, and initial reviews were mixed, but critics have since considered it a good example of high-quality progressive rock albums. ...more

ROLLING STONES-BLACK AND BLUE-1976-THE FIRST USA PRESS-ROLLING STONE number COC79104.A rare American original of the cult album.  Black and Blue is the thirteenth British and fifteenth American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1976 on the band's own label. It was the first studio album of the Rolling Stones, in which Ronnie Wood, who replaced Mick Taylor, took a full part. Released on April 23, 1976 with the single "Fool to Cry", which entered the world top 10, as the lead single — "Black and Blue" reached number 2 in the UK and spent an interrupted four—week period at number 1 in the United States, becoming platinum there. ...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

PROCOL HARUM-PROCOL'S NINTH-1975-THE FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-CHR1080. Matrices A-1U/B-1U Stampkra 2RR/2RR. Procol's Ninth Rare British original is the eighth studio album (ninth, including live) Procol Harum, released in August 1975. Produced by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Procol's Ninth album was slightly different from the previous album, with a much brighter sound than Chris Thomas' more elaborate works. According to an interview with guitarist Mick Grabham, taken by Roland Clare for the 2009 reissue, Leiber and Stoller paid less attention to the producer sound, and more to the "structure of the songs". The band appeared on the album cover in a simple, unassuming photograph reflecting the sound of the album itself. The signatures of each band member were reproduced on the cover. ...more