Lot 71LYNNE, JEFF-ARMCHAIR THEATRE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-REPRISE-NMINT/NMINT

PINK FLOYD-OBSCURED BY CLOUDS-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-SHSP4020 matrix A2/B2 stamper 1GP/1RA (Very Early) .A very rare British original of the iconic album. Obscured by Clouds is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 3 June 1972, as the soundtrack to the French film La Vallée by Barbet Schroeder. He also directed the film "More", for which Pink Floyd also recorded the soundtrack. The CD was recorded in six days in France, at the Chateau d’Erouville. As in the case of the soundtrack to the film "More", you can hear several modified versions of the songs on the album. "Obscured by Clouds" reached number six on the UK charts and number 46 in the US.  ...more

CAMEL-MOONMADNESS-1976-FIRST UK PRESS-DECCA-TXS-R115. The Matrix A-P2W/B P2W. Moonmadness is the fourth Studio album by the British prog-rock band Camel, released in 1976, the last CD released by the original line up. The album was ranked 18th in the list of Top 25 best albums of progressive rock version Progarchives.com. ...more

DIRE STRAITS-COMMUNIQUE-1979-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-VERTIGO-6360170. A rare Scandinavian original of the cult album.Communiqué is the second studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1979. Communiqué was recorded in November-December 1978, at Compass Point Studios, Nassau and produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett. The album was the first to debut in the German charts at number 1 in the first week of sales (their debut album Dire Straits was still at number 3 in this country). In total, it has sold over 7 million copies worldwide. In Europe, 3,600 thousand copies were sold, and in the United States it reached gold status. ...more

GUNS N' ROSES - USE YOUR ILLUSION -1 - 1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GEFFEN-GEF24415. Very rare original cult album. Use Your Illusion I is the third Studio album by American rock band Guns N’ Roses, released in 1991. Drive the first of two albums released in conjunction with the tour Use Your Illusion Tour. The second album titled Use Your Illusion II. The disc climbed to the second place of the Billboard. For the first week, it sold 685, 000 copies, Use Your Illusion II was the slightly more successful (770 000 for the first week). Use Your Illusion I in the United States has sold 5 502 000, says Nielsen SoundScan..Each of the albums Use Your Illusion became seven-times platinum (RIAA). The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992 ...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