Lot 52BLACK SABBATH-MASTER OF REALITY-1971-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-VERTIGO SWIRL-NMINT/NMINT

JOHN, ELTON-CAPTAIN FANTASTIC-1975-FIRST UK PRESS-DJM-DJLPX1. A rare British original . This album is one of the peaks of ELTON JOHN's creativity . Complete set ( two booklets and a large poster).Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth studio album by British singer Elton John, released in 1975. The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart and remained there for seven weeks; Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the first album to reach this chart. It was certified gold in May 1975, and was certified platinum and triple platinum in March 1993 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In Canada, the album also debuted at #1 on the national RPM Top Albums chart. The UK Albums Chart reached #2. In 2003, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy was ranked at #158 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All time. ...more

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-STILL LIFE-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-CHARISMA - CAS1116. Matrices A-1// 1-2-1/ B-1// 1-1-1 . A rare original of the British prog rock legend. Still life is the sixth album by the English progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator, originally released in 1976. It was their second album after reforming in 1975, the first was Godbluff. The album received very high marks, and many music critics wrote"This is the best thing we listened to from Van der graaf"  ...more

ELOY-PERFORMANCE-1983-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-HARVEST-1C064-46714. A rare German original. The eleventh album of a prog band from Germany. Since the appearance of the album "Performance" on the shelves of stores, a barrage of accusations from critics immediately fell on the heads of the musicians. Eloy was accused of imitating and repeating themselves! According to critics, there was nothing new in this album, but just a repetition of the previous Time To Turn! But, despite the attacks on the band, the audience received the album quite warmly! Perofrmance is a disc very characteristic of Eloy in the first half of the 80s, Bornemann seems to still not be able to decide what to play for them: either metal, or space rock. The melodies, as always, are pleasant, but there are no particularly bright ones, and the performance, again, as always, is excellent. Dominant keyboards with (increasingly rare) guitar solos. The line-up did not change in comparison with Time to Turn, and there was only one thing - the drummer Randow returned. After a seven-year break. ... ...more

THIN LIZZY-NIGHT LIFE-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO -6360116. A rare British original of the cult album. NIGHT LIFE is the fourth studio album by the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released on November 8, 1974 on Vertigo Records. It was produced by Ron Nevison and band leader Phil Lynott and was the first album on which the band performed as a quartet with newcomers Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson on guitars. ...more

SADE-PROMISE-1985-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-EPIC - EPC86318. Promise is the second studio album by Sade. Almost every second song from the album took the top lines of billboards ("Is It a Crime" and "Fear"), several songs became singles ("Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo"). Promise became four times platinum in the USA, twice platinum in the UK and Canada, platinum in Germany. ...more