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ABBA-GREATEST HITS -1975-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS266. A very rare original collection of the cult group. Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Scandinavia on November 17, 1975 and in other parts of the world in 1976, notably in the UK on April 10 and September 18 in the USA and Canada. The release of Greatest Hits coincided with the beginning of ABBA's huge popularity in the UK in the second half of the 1970s, becoming the first of eight consecutive number one albums for the band. It spent eleven consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart and became the best-selling album of 1976 and the second best-selling album of the 1970s. As of July 2016, it is the 46th best-selling album of all time in the UK, with sales of over 2.6 million Greatest Hits was released in the USA and Canada in September 1976, but record sales peaked only in April 1977, when the song "Dancing Queen" took first place in both countries. "Dancing Queen" was not included in the Greatest Hits, but it was the lead single from the new studio album Arrival, and it aroused interest in the ABBA back catalog. Greatest Hits has been certified platinum in the USA and five times platinum in Canada. ...more

GROUNDHOGS-THANK CHRIST FOR THE BOMB-1970-FIRST UK PRESS-LIBERTY-LBS83295. Matrix A1/B1 is a very rare British original of the cult prog blues band. It is the third studio album recorded by The Groundhogs, originally released by Liberty Records in 1970. It was developed by Martin Birch, who previously worked on albums by Deep Purple, Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green. On June 20, 1970, the album reached number 27 on the UK Melody Maker Albums Chart, and it had only 3 positions. ...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

KINKS- KINKS-1964-ORIGINAL PRESS 1965 (STEREO) UK-PYE-NSPL18096 Matrix A-3/B-3 . A very rare second press of the iconic Kinks album is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. It was released on October 2, 1964 in the United Kingdom by Pye Records. The original American release, released by Reprise Records on November 25, 1964, does not contain three tracks and is instead called You Really Got Me. UK Melody Maker- 4th (place), UK Record Retailer LPs Chart-3rd (place), US Billboard Top LPs-29th(place), US Record World 100 Top LPs- 20(place), West German Musikmarkt LP Hit Parade- 7(place) ...more

VAUGHAN, STEVE RAY AND DOUBLE TROUBLE-SOUL TO SOUL-1985-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-EPIC-26441. Soul to Soul is the third Studio album by American Blues-rock band Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released 30 September 1985 Epic Records. The album went to # 34 on the Billboard 200. ...more