FLEETWOOD MAC-RUMOURS-1977-THE FIRST UK PRESS-WARNER BROS. -K56344. A rare British original with a poster. Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on February 4, 1977 on the Warner Bros. label. Most of the record was recorded during 1976, and was produced by the band itself, together with Ken Kailatt and Richard Deschat. Four singles were released in support of the CD: "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop" and "You Make Loving Fun". Rumours became Fleetwood Mac's most successful album: in 1978, it was awarded the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and its sales amounted to more than 40 million copies worldwide — one of the highest figures in the history of recording.
The vinyl record is in excellent condition with conditional traces, a couple of headlines only visually - NMINT. The cover is matte in top condition with minimal traces of storage - NMINT (strictly). Labels in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE
Lot sold: 5600 ₽
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
Lot sold: 5100 ₽
Estimate: 8000—10000 ₽
BLACK SABBATH-HEADLESS CROSS-1989-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-IRS-064-241005-1 A mega rare European original. Headless Cross is the fourteenth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1989. Headless Cross is the band's first CD with drummer Cozy Powell. Bass guitarist Lawrence Cottle took part in the recording of the album, but was never officially part of the band. ...more
Lot sold: 7500 ₽
Estimate: 13000—15000 ₽
A-HA-HUNTING HIGH AND LOW-1985-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY- WARNER-925300-1. A rare original of the cult album of the pop-rock wave . Hunting High and Low is the debut studio album by Norwegian band a-ha, released on June 1, 1985 in the United States and October 28, 1985 in the United Kingdom by Warner Bros. Records. The album was a huge commercial success, reaching high chart positions around the world. Hunting High and Low became a-ha's breakthrough album. After its release in October 1985, the album Hunting High and Low reached number 15 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. The album brought a-ha international recognition. Hunting High and Low has received 3x Platinum status in the UK, Platinum status in the United States and Germany, and Gold status in Brazil and the Netherlands. The album reached number 11 on the European Top 100 Album sales chart. ...more
Lot sold: 4000 ₽
Estimate: 4500—5500 ₽
MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-THE ROARING SILENCE-1976-CONTRACT PRESS UK-BRONZE -ILPS9357 matrix A1/B1 . A rare British original. CBS contract press. The Roaring Silence is the seventh studio album by the rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on August 27, 1976 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records" in the USA. The album rose to #10 on the Billboard 200 and is the most commercially successful of the band's entire existence. ...more
Lot sold: 2500 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
BON JOVI-SLIPPERY WHEN WET-1986-UK FIRST PRESS-VERTIGO-VERH38. Rare original British cult rockers. Slippery When Wet is the third Studio album by Bon Jovi, released in August 1986 on Vertigo Records. The album includes songs that are now considered the most famous Bon Jovi songs, such as "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer" and "Wanted Dead Or Alive". The album spent eight weeks at No. 1 The Billboard 200. Slippery When Wet is the best-selling album. The U.S. has sold 12 million copies worldwide — more than 28 million. The album received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. He was named the best selling album of 1987 by Billboard, and is currently 21st all-time. The album also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. ...more
Lot sold: 2700 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
