Lot 50WISHBONE ASH-NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE(+SINGLE)-1978-FIRST PRESS UK-MCA-NMINT/NMINT

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

ABBA-VISITORS-1981 - FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR - - POLS342 Rare Swedish original in top condition. The Visitors is the eighth and final studio album by Swedish band ABBA. It was released on November 30, 1981 on the Swedish record label Polar. Recording for the album began in March and ended in November 1981 at Polar Music Studios in Stockholm. Like the previous albums, it went multi-platinum in all European countries and gold in the United States, Canada, and Australia. ...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

ALICE COOPER-HEY STOOPID-1991-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-EPIC- 4684161 Rare European original of the cult album.  Hey stoopid is the twelfth solo studio album by American rock singer Alice Cooper, released on July 2, 1991 on Epic Records. After his high-profile 1989 hit album "Trash", Cooper tried to follow up his success with the next album, which featured Lance Bulen, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars (both from Motley Crüe). Hey Stoopid was Cooper's last album featuring bassist Hugh McDonald before he joined Bon Jovi in 1994.  According to Cooper's assistant Brian Renfield, an alternative cover was initially considered, which Renfield described as "hardcore with syringe needles, pills ..." It is noteworthy that in the track "Feed My Frankenstein" the famous guitar duo of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani plays together accompanied by Nikki Sixx on bass. The album reached high places in the charts of many countries. Australian albums (ARIA) -15th place, Austrian albums (Ö3 Austria)-5th place, Dutch albums (Top 100 albums)-54th place, German Albums (Offizielle Top 100-7th place,UK Albums (OCC) - 4th place, USA Billboard 200- 47th place. ...more

ROLLING STONES-SOME GIRLS-1978-FIRST PRESS UK-ROLLING STONES- CUN39108. A3U/B-3U matrices.  A rare British original in the first color version of the cover.  Some Girls is the fourteenth British and sixteenth American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1978 on the band's own label. The longplay reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and became one of the band's most successful albums in the United States, with over six million copies sold. The CD received rave reviews from the press, many reviewers called it the Rolling Stones' return to the roots and their best album since Exile on Main St. ...more