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DIRE STRAITS-DIRE STRAITS-1978--FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO - 9102021.Dire Straits is the debut studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released in October 1978. On October 7, 1978, the album "Dire Straits" was officially released on the Phonogram label. Since 1979, the album has been released under the Vertigo label. The album's sales results are quite impressive — four million copies were sold in Europe, two million copies in the USA. The fate of singles is diametrically different — Sultans of Swing was accepted by the public, reached the 8th position in the UK chart. Water of Love was released in some countries and the best achievement was the 54th position in the Australian chart. ...more

WHAM (GEORGE MICHAEL AND ANDREW RIDGELEY) - THE FINAL-1986-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND -EPIC-EPC88681. The Final album in 1986, British Duo Wham!. In the UK was the third and last Studio album. (In North America and Japan did not come out. There instead then issued a single album Music from the Edge of Heaven. The Final included many of the same songs that were on Music from the Edge of Heaven, and in addition the biggest hits.) In his (modern) review on the website AllMusic music critic Jose F. promis praises this album as the "most accurate/precise (accurate) hits duet", noting that it contains exactly those versions that were released on singles and some of which albums to buy was impossible. (As on the albums of the songs appeared in a different version or Remix. ...more

MANHATTAN TRANSFER - MACCA FOR MODERNS -1981-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-ATLANTIC-ST-A-814701.A rare promo original of the cult album.  MACCA FOR MODERNS is the sixth studio album by the Manhattan Transfer. It was released in 1981 by Atlantic Records.This album became the band's highest-paid album to date, peaking at number 22 on Billboard magazine's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart. With this album, the Manhattan Transfer became the first band to win Grammy Awards in both pop and jazz categories in the same year. ...more

 RAINBOW-RICHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW-1975-The first UK-POLYDOR OYSTER press- OYA2001 KENDUN A-1U/B-1U matrices. Stamper 1MP/3OR. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is the debut album by the British-American band Rainbow, released in May 1975. This CD took 11th place in the UK charts, and 30th in the USA. The album was a favorite for vocalist Ronnie James Dio, according to him.  ...more

ALICE COOPER-HEY STOOPID-1991-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-EPIC- 4684161 Rare European original of the cult album.  Hey stoopid is the twelfth solo studio album by American rock singer Alice Cooper, released on July 2, 1991 on Epic Records. After his high-profile 1989 hit album "Trash", Cooper tried to follow up his success with the next album, which featured Lance Bulen, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars (both from Motley Crüe). Hey Stoopid was Cooper's last album featuring bassist Hugh McDonald before he joined Bon Jovi in 1994.  According to Cooper's assistant Brian Renfield, an alternative cover was initially considered, which Renfield described as "hardcore with syringe needles, pills ..." It is noteworthy that in the track "Feed My Frankenstein" the famous guitar duo of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani plays together accompanied by Nikki Sixx on bass. The album reached high places in the charts of many countries. Australian albums (ARIA) -15th place, Austrian albums (Ö3 Austria)-5th place, Dutch albums (Top 100 albums)-54th place, German Albums (Offizielle Top 100-7th place,UK Albums (OCC) - 4th place, USA Billboard 200- 47th place. ...more