Lot 5STARR, RINGO-BLAST FROM YOUR PAST-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-NMINT/NMINT

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

QUEEN-INNUENDO-1991-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-PARLOPHONE-058-7958871. A very rare German original of the cult album. Innuendo is the fourteenth studio album by the British rock band Queen. Released on February 4, 1991. The last album "Queen", recorded and released during the life of Freddie Mercury. The name Innuendo contains an "indirect hint" that the band will not last long in this line-up. The last songs were very difficult for Freddie, who was already seriously ill. Nevertheless, the album was finished and well received by the public. Several music videos were made in support of him, one of which, "These Are The Days of Our Lives", was the last video featuring Mercury.Despite mixed reviews from critics, Queen's new album peaked at number one on the album charts in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and her native United Kingdom, going double platinum. ...more

DEEP PURPLE-MACHINE HEAD-1972-THE FIRST UK-PURPLE- TPSA7504 matrix A-1U/B-1U PRESS. A rare British original. Machine Head is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple, released in 1972. The album is often cited as having had a major influence on the development of early metal and heavy metal in particular; in 2002, it was ranked 10th in the "100 Best Rock Albums of All Time" by Classic Rock magazine. Commercially, it is Deep Purple's most successful album, topping the charts in ten countries, including the UK. The album remained in the top 40 of this country for 20 weeks, and in the top of the Billboard 200 for 118 weeks, peaking at number 7.  ...more

SWEET-DESOLATION BOULEVARD-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-RCA-LPL1 5080 Rare British Original . Desolation Boulevard is the third studio album by the British glam rock band Sweet, originally released in the United Kingdom in November 1974. Two markedly different versions of the album were released: one by RCA Records in Europe, and the other by Capitol Records in the United States, Canada, and Japan.The RCA version contains the single "Turn It Down" and the original recording of "Fox on the Run"." The Capitol version, released in the United States in July 1975, includes the 1973 hit single "The Ballroom Blitz "and the single version"Fox on the Run"." In the United States, the album peaked at number 25 on October 25, 1975.Desolation Boulevard is considered by many to be the band's best album. Andy Scott, Sweet's guitarist, said of Desolation Boulevard: "Such diversity only proves that the band never intended to be just a template, giving this album a definitive place in Sweet's history." ...more

PLANT, ROBERT-NOW AND ZEN-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU/GERMANY-ES PARANZA- 790863-1 A rare European original of one of the best solo works by R. PLANT. Now and Zen is the fourth studio album by Robert Plant, released on February 29, 1988 on his own label Es Paranza. The album became one of the most successful in Plant's solo discography, reaching the top ten in the US (No. 6) and UK (No. 10) charts and receiving triple platinum certification in the USA in 2001.   ...more