Lot 28COLOSSEUM-DAUGHTER OF TIME-1970-FIRST PRESS UK -VERTIGO SWIRL-NMINT/NMINT

MANFRED MANN-FACE FACES OF MANFRED MANN-1964-FIRST PRESS UK-HMV-CLP1731 Rare original of the cult album..FACE FACES OF MANFRED MANN is the debut British and second American studio album by Manfred Mann. It was first released in the United Kingdom on September 11, 1964, by the voice of Its Owner. In late October/early November, the album was released in Canada by Capitol Records. The Canadian track listing was almost the same as the British version, except that it included the hit "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" instead of "I've Got My Mojo Working". The record has been called "one of the great blues albums of British invasion; it's a hot, rousing record that also features virtuoso playing." ...more

WISHBONE ASH-NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE(+SINGLE)-1978-THE FIRST UK PRESS-MCA-MCG3528.Matrix A-2U/B-2U. A rare British original of the cult prog band. NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE is the ninth studio album by English rock band Wishbone Ash. It was the first album since Argus 1972, produced by Derek Lawrence. The album reached number 43 on the UK Albums Chart. ...more

ABBA-VOULEZ-VOUS-1979-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR - POLS282.A rare Swedish original of the cult album.  Voulez-Vous is the sixth studio album by Swedish pop band ABBA, released in 1979. The release is characterized by a large number of dance-oriented tracks, but it is wrong to define the genre of the album as exclusively "disco"; for example, the song "Does Your Mother Know" has quite definite rock motifs. The work on the album went on for more than a year, and during this time the participants had accumulated more material than what they managed to put on the album. Among the works of that period published much later, it is worth mentioning the composition Dream World, included as a bonus track on the 2010 reissue. In 1981, the album "Voulez-Vous" was released in the USSR by the company "Melody" and became the last numbered album "ABBA", released in the Soviet Union. The album, like the previous one, was a huge success, placing in the charts of all countries in the top ten. It became multi-platinum in just one year.  ...more

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

BAUHAUS-IN THE FLAT FIELD-1980-THE FIRST UK-4AD-CAD13 PRESS. A rare British original of the iconic post-punk band. IN THE FLAT FIELD is the debut studio album by the English Gothic rock band Bauhaus. It was recorded between December 1979 and July 1980 and released on November 3, 1980 by the 4AD record label, the first full-length release on that label. The cover is a reproduction of a 1949 Duane Michals photograph, a tribute to Puvy de Chavannes. The album is considered one of the first albums in the Gothic rock style. the Flat Field was ranked 4th in its list of "10 Key Albums for the Gothic Scene" ...more