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LENNOX, ANNIE-DIVA-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-RCA-PL75326. A rare Oscar-winning album of the 90s, vocalist EURYTHMICS. The debut solo album by Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, released in 1992. The album debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and has since sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, being certified quadruple platinum. It was also successful in the US, where it was a top 30 hit and was certified double platinum. DIVA won the Brit Award for Album of the Year at the 1993 Brit Awards. The album received the nominations "Album of the Year", "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" and "Best Long Form Music Video", winning the last award at the Grammy Awards. in the same year. ...more

DEE D. JACKSON-THUNDER AND LIGHTNING-1980-THE FIRST PRESS OF GERMANY-JUPITER-202089-320. A mega rare original of the cult disco album. After the overwhelming success of her first album Cosmic curves, she is releasing a second album that includes five top hits. But still, the album was less popular compared to Cosmic curves.   ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-PHYSICAL GRAFFITI-1975-THE FIRST UK PRESS-SWAN SONG-SSK89400 matrix A1/B5/C1/D1 .A very rare original with a standard matrix, version B5. The sixth studio double album. The band recorded new material lasting 52 minutes, which was too much for 1 record, but not enough for a double album — so Zeppelin turned to their studio archive in search of suitable tracks, thus 6 more tracks appeared on full-fledged two records.  . In 2002, the album took the 5th position in the ranking of the "100 best rock albums of all time" according to Classic Rock magazine. In 2011, the album cover was ranked 12th on Music Radar's list of the best album covers of all time. ...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

MCCARTNEY, PAUL-OFF THE GROUND-1993-THE FIRST UK PRESS-MPL PARLOPHONE-PCSD125. A very rare British original of the iconic album. Off the Ground (from English — "From the ground") is the ninth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released in 1993, McCartney's first studio album in the 1990s, following Flowers in the Dirt released in 1989. The album Off the Ground itself was released on February 1, 1993. The album rose to number 5 on the UK chart, and to number 17 on the US chart (it was certified gold there). The album was the first McCartney album in which no single became a notable hit in the United States; this has not been the case in McCartney's practice since the Wings Wild Life album in 1971. While the single "Hope of Deliverance" was floundering somewhere in the depths of the American singles chart, it rose to number 18 in the UK; "C'mon People" was less successful in the UK chart, and almost unnoticeable in the US. The album rose to number 5 on the UK Top 100 Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for only 6 weeks. In Germany, the album achieved relatively greater success, rose to number 2 and stayed there for 4 weeks, was certified platinum; the single "Hope of Deliverance" rose to number 3 on the singles chart. In the United States, the single "Off the Ground" rose to number 27 on the Adult Contemporary chart.A few weeks after the release of the album, McCartney and the band began a world tour ("The New World Tour"); the tour lasted 6 months, and many successful concerts were given in different countries. Recordings from the concerts of this tour were released in late 1993 on McCartney's next album, Paul Is Live. The legs on the album cover belong to Paul, Linda and the rest of the accompanying band. ...more