Lot 10JOHN, ELTON-ONE-1992-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-ROCKET RECORD COMPANY-NMINT/NMINT

STATUS QUO-IN THE ARMY NOW-1986-THE FIRST EU/HOLLAND-VERTIGO PRESS-830049-1.A rare European original of the iconic album.  In the army now is the seventeenth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, released on August 29, 1986 on the Vertigo label. Recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire and Jacobs Studios in Surrey, it was the first album with a post-Live Aid lineup that included bassist Reno Edwards and drummer Jeff Rich, both joined in March 1986. The album has reached high places in the charts of many countries. Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)- 12th place, Dutch albums (Top 100 albums)- 50th place, French albums (SNEP) - 16th place, German albums (Offizielle Top 100) -14th place, Swiss albums (Schweizer Hitparade)- 1st place, UK Albums (OCC) - 7th place. ...more

PLANT, ROBERT-PRINCIPLE OF MOMENTS-1983-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-ATLANTIC- 7-0101-1 Rare only edition in Europe. Principle of Moments album of lead singer of Led Zeppelin. The disc entered the Top 10 in the US and the UK. The album includes his first solo hit the Plant in the Top 40 -"Big Log". The most popular track on AOR radio in the US was "Other Arms", which reached the first position in the Top Tracks chart of Billboard magazine. Genesis drummer Phil Collins played in six of the eight songs of the album. In the other two tracks played by the former Jethro Tull drummer Barrie Barlow. ...more

SEAL-SEAL -1991-THE FIRST PRESS OF GERMANY-ZTT- 903174557-1.  Matrices A-4/B-3 (original standard mixes). A rare European original of the modern king of soul-funk. It is the eponymous title of Seal's debut studio album, released in 1991. It contains the singles "Crazy", "Future Love Paradise", "The Beginning", "Killer" and "Violet". The album debuted at number one in the UK and won Best British Album at the 1992 Brit Awards. There are two versions of the album, with minor and significant differences in the three songs. The shorter version of "Wild" is more rock-oriented and heavy than the original. The abridged version of "Violet" does not contain dialogues during the performance. ...more

VENTURES- GUITAR FREAKOUT-1967-FIRST UK PRESS-LIBERTY-SLBY1345 Rare original of the cult album..The Ventures is an American instrumental rock band formed in Tacoma, Washington in 1958 by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. The band, which was a quartet for most of its existence, helped popularize the electric guitar around the world in the 1960s. Although their popularity in the United States waned in the 1970s, the band remains especially revered in Japan, where they tour regularly. The classic line-up consisted of Wilson (rhythm guitar), Bogle (originally lead guitar, later bass), Noki Edwards (originally bass, later lead guitar) and Mel Taylor (drums). Their first widely released single, "Walk, Don't Run" (1960), brought the band international fame and is often cited as one of the best songs ever recorded for guitar. In the 1960s and early 1970s, 38 of the band's albums charted in the United States, peaking at number 6 on the Best Albums charts of the 1960s, and the band had 14 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. With over 100 million records sold, the Ventures are the best-selling instrumental band of all time.The Ventures is an American instrumental rock band formed in Tacoma, Washington in 1958 by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. The band, which was a quartet for most of its existence, helped popularize the electric guitar around the world in the 1960s. Although their popularity in the United States waned in the 1970s, the band remains especially revered in Japan, where they tour regularly. The classic line-up consisted of Wilson (rhythm guitar), Bogle (originally lead guitar, later bass), Noki Edwards (originally bass, later lead guitar) and Mel Taylor (drums). Their first widely released single, "Walk, Don't Run" (1960), brought the band international fame and is often cited as one of the best songs ever recorded for guitar. In the 1960s and early 1970s, 38 of the band's albums charted in the United States, peaking at number 6 on the Best Albums charts of the 1960s, and the band had 14 singles on the Billboard Hot 100. With over 100 million records sold, the Ventures are the best-selling instrumental band of all time. ...more

THE WHO-ODDS AND SODS-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-TRACK-2406116. Matrix A-1/B-1. A very rare British original, in a closed tab version, including two posters. Odds and Sods is a studio album by the British rock band the Who. It was released by Track Records in the UK and Track/MCA in the USA in October 1974. Ten recordings of the original eleven-song album have not been previously released. The album reached number 10 in the UK charts and number 15 in the USA. ...more