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GRAND FUNK RAILROAD-PHOENIX-1973-THE FIRST USA-CAPITOL-SMAS-11099 PRESS. A rare American original of the iconic album. Phoenix is the sixth studio album by American band Grand Funk Railroad, released in September 1972 on Capitol Records. Two session musicians were brought in to record the albums — organist Craig Frost and violinist Doug Kershaw. The CD reached number 7 on the US Billboard 200 chart.The song "Rock 'n' Roll Soul" was released as a single and rose to number 29 on the chart in 1972. ...more

FLEETWOOD MAC-SAME-1975-SECOND PRESS UK-REPRISE-K54043. A rare British early edition . Fleetwood Mac is the tenth studio album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on July 11, 1975 by Reprise Records. It was the band's second album of the same name, the first was the 1968 debut album. It was Fleetwood Mac's first album with Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and Stevie Nicks as vocalist, after Bob Welch (guitarist, singer and songwriter) left the band at the end of 1974. On September 4, 1976, the album topped the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, 58 weeks after its release. In support of the record, three singles were released — "Over My Head", "Rhiannon" and "Say You Love Me" — each of which hit the top twenty of the charts, with the last two stopping a step away from the Top 10 - both at 11th place. The record received seven times platinum certification in the United States, with a total circulation of more than seven million copies. The record was less successful in the United Kingdom, taking only 23rd place there, but it became a prelude to a series of local bestsellers - the four next Fleetwood Mac albums — Rumours, Tusk (English)rus., Tango in the Night and Behind the Mask (English)rus. — each of which topped the national hit parade ...more

METALLICA-SAME-1991-First press HOLLAND-VERTIGO SWIRL-510022- A very rare original of the cult album on a collector's label. Metallica is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. Released on August 12, 1991 by Elektra Records, it is commonly referred to as the Black Album due to its packaging design. His recording took place in a one-on-one studio in Los Angeles for eight months, during which Metallica often clashed with its new producer Bob Rock. The album marked a change in the band's music from the thrash metal style of their previous four albums to a slower, heavier and more refined sound. Metallica performed Metallica in full during the 2012 Black Albums European Tour. In 2020, the album was ranked 235th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest Albums of all time. In December 2019, Metallica became the fourth release in American history to reach the 550-week milestone on the Billboard 200 chart. It also became the second longest-running traditional title in chart history and the second to spend 550 weeks on the album charts. ...more

JACKSON, MICHAEL-BAD-1987-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-EPIC-4502901. A rare European original of the king of pop music. Bad is the seventh Studio album by Michael Jackson. Released on Epic Records on August 31, 1987, the album was produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones-Bad was their third and final collaboration. The songs on the album are composed in the genres of funk, rhythm and Blues, gospel, pop rock, hard rock, swing and Blues. Jackson wrote nine of the eleven songs on the final track list. In September 1987, Bad debuted at the top of the us Billboard 200 chart and the UK albums Chart, and the album topped the charts in 25 countries. Between 1987 and 1989 . Worldwide sales of the record according to various sources range from 30 to 45 million copies. Bad received two Grammy awards in 1988 and 1990. ...more

MC5-HIGH TIME-1971-THE FIRST USA-ATLANTIC-SD8285 PRESS. Presswell Pressing. A very rare original of the iconic album. High Time is the second studio album by American rock band MC5, released in 1971 by Atlantic Records. Unfortunately, the 1971 album High Time was the last for MC5. Heavy drugs entered the lives of the band members, and within a year they broke up, moving to other groups. At least two of the participants ended up in federal prison on drug trafficking charges, and they were never reunited until Rob Tyner's untimely death in mid-summer 1992.Although the band's debut album Kick Out the Jams peaked at number 30 on the Billboard 200 chart, their second album stalled at number 137, and High Time proved to be even less commercially successful.  ...more