INXS-LISTEN LIKE THIEVES-1985-THE FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-MERCURY-824957-1. A rare European original of the cult group. Listen Like Thieves is the fifth studio album by the Australian rock band INXS, released on October 14, 1985. It is considered the breakthrough album in the band's career, it was on it that the single "What You Need" was released, which hit the Top 5 of the US charts (the best result for INXS at that time). This album also marked the beginning of the band's successful collaboration with producer Chris Thomas, who had a hand in recording the band's next most successful albums, Kick (1987) and X (1990). In the USA, the album received double platinum status. The album had a circulation of 2 million copies.
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The front cover is matte in top condition - NMINT.ARCHIVE. Labels as new - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 2000 ₽
ABBA-MORE ABBA GOLD (2LP'S) -1993-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-POLYDOR-519353-1. A very rare original double compilation of the cult band with unrealized tracks, among others. The ABBA Gold album featured 19 of the most notable hits on an international scale, but some equally well-known songs like "Summer Night City" and "Angeleyes" remained "overboard". He also did not include a number of other songs by the band (recordings from the early 1980s: "Head over Heels" and "The Day Before You Came"; b-sides of famous singles and just tracks from albums, as well as "I Am the City", recorded in 1982, but never released). All this was released on the album More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits. ...more
Lot sold: 8000 ₽
Estimate: 16000—20000 ₽
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-SECRET MESSAGES-1983-THE FIRST UK PRESS-JET-JETLX527. A rare British original of the iconic album. Secret Messages is the tenth studio album by the British rock band Electric Light Orchestra, released in 1983 by Jet Records. It was the band's last commercially successful album. ...more
Lot sold: 3000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
VAN MORRISON (EX-THEM)-HYMNS TO THE SILENCE- 1991-THE FIRST EU-HOLLAND-POLYDOR PRESS-649027-1. A very rare European original of the cult album. Hymns to the Silence is the twenty-first studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was his first studio double album. Morrison recorded the album in 1990 in Buckington at The Wool Hall Studios and in London at the Townhouse and Westside Studios. When Hymns to the Silence was released in 1991, it reached number five on the UK Albums Chart and received positive reviews from critics. Morrison's use of various musical styles was well received, as were the more mundane songs from the album, with an otherwise spiritual content. ...more
Lot sold: 5000 ₽
Estimate: 10000—12000 ₽
SADE-PROMISE-1985-THE FIRST UK PRESS-EPIC - EPC86318. A rare British original. Promise is the second studio album by the band Sade. Almost every second song from the album reached the top of the billboards ("Is It a Crime" and "Fear"), several songs became singles ("Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo"). Promise became four times platinum in the USA, twice platinum in the UK and Canada, and platinum in Germany. ...more
Lot sold: 5000 ₽
Estimate: 4500—5500 ₽
TRAFFIC-JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-ISLAND- ILPS-9116 Matrices A/2 UAS 5504 A 6.3.70 RC sterling ,B/2 UAS 5504 B 6.3.70 AM sterling (A Dream!) A very rare British original of the iconic album. John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Traffic, recorded between February and April 1970 and released in July of the same year by Island Records in the UK, United Artists Records in the USA and Polydor Records in Canada. It reached #5 on the Billboard 200 and received gold status (the band's first "golden disc"). The single "Empty Pages" from this album reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the musicians' homeland, in the UK, the album reached #11 on the UK Albums Chart. ...more
Lot sold: 5000 ₽
Estimate: 10000—12000 ₽
