Lot 89PROCOL HARUM - THE PRODIGAL STRANGER-1991-First press UK/EU-GERMANY-BMG-NM/NM

WATERS, ROGER-RADIO K.A.O.S.-1987-THE FIRST PRESS OF EU-HOLLAND-EMI 0642407831. A rare European original. K. A. O. S. is the second solo studio album by English rock musician and former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters. Released on June 15, 1987 in the United Kingdom and June 16 in the United States, it was Waters' first solo album since his official split from Pink Floyd in 1985. Like his previous and future studio albums, as well as many of his works while working with Pink Floyd, the album is a concept album based on a number of key topical themes of the late 1980s, including monetarism and its impact on citizens, popular culture of the time, as well as the events and consequences of the Cold War ...more

KEITH MOON (EX-WHO) -TWO SIDES OF THE MOON-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-POLYDOR- 2442134. Two Sides of the Moon is the only solo studio album by English rock musician Keith Moon, drummer of the Who. The album reached number 155 on the Billboard 200. The title of the album belongs to Ringo Starr. Instead of using the album as a chance to showcase his drumming skills, Moon performed lead vocals on all tracks and played drums on only three of them ("Crazy Like a Fox", "The Kids Are Alright" and "Move Over Ms. L"), although he played percussion on "Don't Worry Baby". The album was recorded by Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, Joe Walsh from the Eagles, Jim Keltner, Bobby Keys, Klaus Woermann, John Sebastian, Flo and Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan from the Turtles), Spencer Davis, Dick Dale, Suzy Quatro's sister Patti Quatro, Patti's bandmates from Fanny Gene Millington and Nikki Barclay and future actor Miguel Ferrer. Despite the fact that the album received modest reviews, it did not allow it to become a cult in Britain. ...more

BLACK SABBATH-BLACK SABBATH -1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1970 UK-VERTIGO-VO6/847903VTY. Matrices A-1/B-1. A mega rare original of the second press of the first album, which is one of the icons in rock music. Black Sabbath is the debut album by the rock band Black Sabbath, released in the United Kingdom on February 13, 1970. On March 7, 1970, the album rose to #8 on the UK Albums Chart and to #23 on the Billboard 200. Recorded in just three days (8 hours of studio work) and costing the band only 1,200 pounds, Black Sabbath's debut album is now considered a heavy metal classic. In the IGN Music list (Top 25 Metal Albums), he is in 13th place (the band's second album, Paranoid, is second here, behind Master of Puppets (Metallica)).  ...more

SANDRA-INTO A SECRET LAND-1988-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-VIRGIN -209371-630. Into a Secret Land is the third Studio album by German singer Sandra, released in 1988. This album was produced by Michel Cretu. The album achieved great success and reached number 9 in Switzerland, number 13 in Austria, number 14 in Germany, number 14 in France, number 18 in Norway, and number 22 in Sweden, ...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