Lot 27GROUNDHOGS-HOGWASH-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-UA-NMINT/NMINT

ROXETTE-LOOK SHARP!-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-PARLOPHONE - 7910981. A rare European original of the legendary band. This is Roxette's breakthrough album, featuring songs such as "The Look", "Dressed for Success", "Dangerous" and "Listen to Your Heart", which were released as singles and became popular hits worldwide. The cover depicts Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson breaking through a crowd of fans to get into a black Cadillac limousine. It took the police 25 minutes to "clear" the way for the popular duo to get into the car.  ...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

URIAH HEEP-FIREFLY-1977-FIRST PRESS UK-BRONZE ILPS9483. matrices A-1/B-1 . A very rare British original of the iconic album. Firefly is the 10th studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep, released in February 1977 on Bronze Records in the United Kingdom and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It was the band's first album without David Byron, the former lead vocalist and founding member of the band, who was replaced by John Lawton. Bassist Trevor Bolder made his debut with Uriah Heep on this album and, apart from an 18-month hiatus in the early 1980s, he was a member of this band until his death in 2013. The album was successful and placed in the top 20 of the European charts. In the Billboard 200 Rock Albums of All Time, it ranks 166th. ...more

SYD BARRETT (EX-PINK FLOYD)-BARRETT-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-SHSP-4007.Matrices A-1G/B-1G. Stamper 1M/1A (Dream) is a very rare original of the iconic album by one of the founders of PINK FLOYD. Barrett is the second and last studio album with new material released by former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett.Recording began at Abbey Road Studios on February 26, 1970 and lasted 15 sessions until July 21. The album was produced by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Richard Wright, who also played bass and keyboards respectively, along with previous Madcap member Jerry Shirley on drums. Barrett was released in November 1970 on Harvest in the United Kingdom, but unlike his debut album The Madcap Laughs, it did not chart ...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