Lot 61QUEEN-A DAY AT THE RACES-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI-NMINT/NMINT

BONEY M-EVE DANCE-1985-First Press GERMANY - HANSA 42448-1. A rare original of the cult album.  Eye Dance is the eighth and final studio album by the vocal group Boney M., released in 1985. The cover was a symbol of the state the band was in at the time, as neither the famous "Boney M." logo nor the band members appeared on the cover, but were replaced by an anonymous drawing. The Dance with Eyes was recorded with several session singers. Original band members Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett only appeared on a few tracks, focusing on Reggie Cibo. The singles "My Cherie Amour" and "Young Free and Single" were released by Boney M. as a quintet, in which former band member Bobby Farrell returned; both these singles and the album suffered a resounding failure, both critically and commercially, and in early 1986, the band and producer Frank Farian parted ways after a special television release "10 years of Boney M.", dedicated to the anniversary. ...more

PINK FLOYD-FINAL CUT-1983-FIRST PRESS USA-COLUMBIA - QC38243 Matrix A-G1A/B-G1A. A rare American original of the cult album. This is the last Pink Floyd album that Roger Waters participated in. The album is dedicated to Roger Waters' father who died in World War II. The Final Cut was released in the UK on March 21, 1983, and in the US on April 2, it reached number one in the UK, surpassing The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. It was less successful in America, peaking at number six on the Billboard album charts. With over 1,000,000 units shipped in the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America certified Final Cut Platinum in May 1983. In 1997, he received a double platinum certification. ...more

STEVE VAI- PASSION AND WARFARE - 1990- FIRST PRESS UK-FFT- GRUB17. A rare British original. Passion and Warfare is the second studio album by guitarist Steve Vai, released on May 22, 1990 on Relativity and Epic Records. He received a gold certificate from the RIAA. Passion and Warfare was written based on a series of episodes of dreams that Vai had when he was younger, and in the album's guitar notes book Vai summarizes it this way: "Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that Ben Hur arranged for Mel Blanc." It was all recorded at Mothership Studios in his Hollywood Hills home, a 1,600-square-foot (150 m2) building that also recorded his guitar parts for Whitesnake's 1989 album Slip of the Tongue. Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has small spoken parts on the album; Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg and Rudy Sarzo are credited with backing vocals. Vai claims that planning for the album began back in 1982, but was postponed after joining David Lee Roth's band and was not resumed until the breakup with Roth in 1989. ...more

STEPPENWOLF-LIVE-1970-FIRST PRESS USA-DUNHILL-SDSD-50075.A rare original of the concert album of the cult guppa . Steppenwolf Live is, first of all, a collection of recordings from one concert in early 1970 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium by Steppenwolf, organized in support of their 1969 album "Monster". Released in April 1970 on Dunhill Records, it contains Steppenwolf's well-known hits: "Born to Be Wild", "Flying on a Magic Carpet" and "The Pusher", as well as most of the songs from "Monster", including three previous top 40 hits, as well as the top 40 hit "Hey Lawdy Mama" from this album ...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