Lot 27VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-STILL LIFE-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-CHARISMA-NMINT/NMINT

QUEEN-QUEEN II-1974-THE FIRST PRESS UK-EMI- EMA767 Matrix A-4U/B-4U . A rare British original in top condition. Queen II is the second studio album by the British rock band Queen, released in 1974. The disc is divided into "White" and "Black" sides instead of the usual "A" side and "B" side. The fantasy theme of the album echoes the work of Led Zeppelin of those years, although the fairies and Queen trolls were a more mannered gathering than the queens and giants of Led Zeppelin. ...more

SADE-BEST OF-1994-FIRST PRESS UK-EPIC- EPC477793 1. A very rare double original of the best SADE tracks.  The Best of Sade is the first greatest hits album by the English band Sade, released on Epic Records in the United Kingdom on October 31, 1994 and in the United States on November 4, 1994. The compilation contains tracks from Sade's first four studio albums, and also includes unreleased tracks "Jezebel", "Like a Tattoo" and "Pearls", as well as "Please Send Me Somebody to Love", which was included in the soundtrack to the film "Philadelphia". The album was placed in the top 20 charts of all countries of Europe and America. ...more

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

REA, CHRIS-WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BENNY SANTINI?-1978-FIRST PRESS UK-MAGNET-MAGL5021. A rare British original. Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? is the debut album by Chris Rea, released in 1978. The album's first single, "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", is justifiably considered Chris' most famous song and remains his best hit in the US, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and number 1 on the Adult Contemporary Singles charts. This success was also facilitated by the extensive broadcasting on Radio Caroline, as it was dedicated to the British Home Office, which tried to stop broadcasting the radio station. The next single is "What Happened to Benny Santini?" It reached number 71 on the Hot 100 chart and stayed there for four weeks. ...more

QUEEN-A NIGHT AT THE OPERA-1975-FIRST PRESS USA-ELEKTRA-7E-1053 SP Specialty pressing. A rare American original. A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the rock band Queen, released on December 2, 1975. The record was a great success: its sales reached three million, and in the UK charts it held the first position for four inconsistent weeks. The title of the album — "A Night at the Opera" — as well as the subsequent one, is taken from the repertoire of American comedians of the 1930s by the Marx brothers, namely from the film of the same name. At each Queen concert, several songs from A Night at the Opera were necessarily performed (while "Love of My Life" was never performed in the album version). It is considered that the song "Death on Two Legs" is dedicated to the former producer of the band. "Bohemian Rhapsody" brought the band a resounding success and in 2000 was recognized in Britain as the "song of the millennium". The final album, "God Save the Queen", is the anthem of Great Britain arranged by Brian May; it was this composition that invariably completed each concert of the band. The album was ranked 230th on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and 128th on the 2020 list. ...more