Lot 95SANDRA-MIRRORS-1986-FIRST PRESS GERMANY RCA-NMINT/NMINT

DIRE STRAITS-MAKING MOVIES-1980-FIRST PRESS CANADA-MERCURY-SRM1-8857 . A rare American original.  Making Movies is the third studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on 17 October 1980 by Vertigo Records International, Warner Bros. in the United States and Mercury in Canada. The album includes the single "Romeo and Juliet", which reached number 8 on the UK singles chart, the album reached number one on the album charts in Italy and Norway, number 19 in the United States, and number 4 in the United Kingdom. It was later certified platinum in the United States and double platinum in the United Kingdom. It is considered one of the best Dire Straits albums. ...more

PINK FLOYD-OBSCURED BY CLOUDS-1972-FIRST UK PRESS-HARVEST- SHSP4020 matrix A1/B1 A very rare British original of the iconic album. Obscured by Clouds is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on June 3, 1972, the soundtrack to the French film La Vallée by Barbé Schroeder. He also directed the film "More", for which Pink Floyd also recorded the soundtrack. The CD was recorded in six days in France, at the Chateau d’Erouville. As in the case of the soundtrack to the movie "More", several modified versions of the tracks can be heard on the album. "Obscured by Clouds" reached number six on the charts in the UK and number 46 in the US.  ...more

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL-BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-CBS-S63699. A rare British original of the iconic album.Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by folk-rock duo Simon and Garfunkel, released in January 1970 on Columbia Records. Bridge consists of two of the duo's most critically and commercially successful songs, "Bridge over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer", which was included in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Critically and commercially successful, the album topped the charts in more than ten countries and won two Grammy Awards, plus four more for the title song. About 25 million records were sold, and the album was included in various lists, including 51 places in the 500 greatest albums of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine. ...more

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

GABRIEL, PETER-SAME II-1978-THE FIRST UK PRESS- CDS4013. A rare British original of the iconic album. Is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on June 2, 1978 by Charisma Records. Gabriel began recording the album in November 1977, the same month he completed a tour in support of his debut solo release. He hired former King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, who was part of Gabriel's early touring band, to produce the album and incorporated its Frippertronic effects into his co-written composition "Exposure". The album was released in the USA under the name Peter Gabriel II. Later, he became informally known as Scratch, referring to the design of the Hipgnosis album. The album reached number 10 on the UK Albums chart and number 45 on the US Billboard Pop Albums chart. ...more