BLACK SABBATH-BLACK SABBATH -1970-ORIGINAL PRESS 1974 USA-WARNER-WS1871. Winchester pressing. A rare early American edition of the first album being one of the icons in rock music. Black Sabbath is the debut album by the rock band Black Sabbath, released in the UK on February 13, 1970. On March 7, 1970, the album rose to #8 on the UK Albums Chart and to #23 on the Billboard 200. Recorded in just three days (8 hours of studio work) and costing the band only 1,200 pounds, today Black Sabbath's debut album is considered a heavy metal classic. In the IGN Music list (Top 25 Metal Albums), he is in 13th place (the band's second album, Paranoid, is second here, behind Master of Puppets (Metallica)).
Vinyl record in top condition -NMINT/ARCHIVE . The cover is matte in new condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Labels in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 2900 ₽
NAZARETH,NO MEAN CITY-1978- THE FIRST HOLLAND-VERTIGO PRESS number 6370428. A rare European original. The tenth studio album by the band Nazareth. The album cover was drawn by Rodney Matthews, a famous English fantasy illustrator who created covers for the works of many other artists (Scorpions, Thin Lizzy and others) The name of the disc is borrowed from the novel "No Mean City" (1935) by Alexander MacArthur and Kingsley Long. With this album, the band's sound has become heavier, given the addition of guitarist Zal Cleminson from Sensational Alex Harvey Band. The popularity of the album allowed the band to perform with several big names, such as Thin Lizzy, on their 1978/79 tour. ...more
Lot sold: 2200 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
GABRIEL, PETER-PASSION-1989-THE FIRST EU-GERMANY-REAL WORLD PRESS number RWLP1. A rare European original. It was originally written as the soundtrack to the film "The Last Temptation of Christ", but Gabriel spent several months after the film's release developing the music, finally releasing it as a full-fledged album instead of the soundtrack to the film. It is considered a milestone in the popularization of world music and won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1990. ...more
Lot sold: 2700 ₽
Estimate: 5500—6500 ₽
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG -DEJA VU - 1970-THE FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-SD-7200. PR - Presswell Pressing, Faux-Leather Gatefold Rare American original cult album. Déjà Vu is the second studio album by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, their first album as a quartet with Neil Young. Released in March 1970 on Atlantic Records. Déjà Vu topped the pop albums chart for a week, three singles from it ("Woodstock", "Teach Your Children" and "Our House") hit the top 40, while the album's presales alone brought in $2 million. By 2021, the record had been certified platinum by the RIAA seven times, and the number of copies sold exceeded 8 million, which is the best result for both the band and all its members individually. ...more
Lot sold: 4000 ₽
Estimate: 10000—12000 ₽
PRINCE -LOVE SYMBOL(2LP'S)-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-WARNER-WX490/936245037-1. A very rare original of the cult album. Love Symbol Album is the fourteenth studio album by American singer Prince, released on October 13, 1992 on the Warner Bros. label. Records. Prince logo.svg reached number one on the UK chart (for the 4th time in his career), Austria and Australia and number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, received platinum status in the UK and in the USA ...more
Lot sold: 7000 ₽
Estimate: 16000—20000 ₽
JEAN MICHEL JARRE-LES CONCERT EN CHINE-1982-FIRST PRESS FRANCE-DREYFUS-DLP2200. A rare original of the cult concert. The Concerts in China is a live album by Jean-Michel Jarre recorded in 1981 and released in 1982 on the label Dreyfus. The album was recorded during Jarre's tour in China in the fall of 1981, which consisted of five concerts in China in Beijing and Shanghai; it was the first performance by a Western pop artist in China after the Cultural Revolution. One of the original compositions of the album – "Arpégiateur" – was used in the soundtrack to the movie "9½ weeks", as well as in several episodes of the mid-1980s American soap opera "Santa Barbara". The opening track "The Overture" is the first slow-motion part of "Magnetic Fields Part 1". The album reached number 6 in the UK charts, No. 1 in Portugal and No. 76 in Australia. ...more
Lot sold: 2600 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽