BLIND FAITH-BLIND FAITH-1969-SECOND PRESS UK-POLYDOR-583059. Matrices A-1/B-1. A very rare second press of a cult album in top condition. Blind Faith is the only album by the British rock band of the same name, it was released in August 1969 and immediately topped the charts in the United States and Great Britain. The recording took place in London, first at Morgan Studios, and then at Olympic Studios, under the direction of producer Jimmy Miller. All tracks on this album belong to the band members, except for a cover version of "Well All Right" from Buddy Holly's repertoire. The album received positive reviews from critics, was a great commercial success and immediately topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. The cover of the album published in the UK shows a young topless girl (the younger sister of photographer Bob Seideman, the creator of the cover) holding a model airplane in her hands. In the USA, this picture was considered not quite decent, and the album was also released with an alternative cover, which featured a photo of the band members. The album went platinum in five countries and triple platinum in Australia.
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The front cover is matte in top condition- NMINT/ARCHIVE. Labels in top condition - nMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 8000 ₽
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
Lot sold: 11000 ₽
BAD COMPANY-STRAIGHT SHOOTER-1975-THE FIRST UK-ISLAND PRESS-ILPS9304. Matrix A-1U/B-1U. A rare British original of the iconic album. Straight Shooter is the second album by the British rock band Bad Company, released on April 2, 1975 by the Island label in the UK and the Swan Song label in the USA. Straight Shooter reached #3 on the UK Albums Chart and Billboard 200 and went gold a month after its release. Two tracks from the album were released as singles "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" (March 1975) and "Feel like Makin' Love" (August 1975), which reached #36 and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. ...more
Lot sold: 3700 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
WHAM (GEORGE MICHAEL AND ANDREW RIDGELEY) - MAKE IT BIG (+POSTER)-1984-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND -EPIC-EPC86311. Make It Big is the second studio album by English pop duo Wham!, released in 1984. Compared to their previous works, Wham! (George Michael and Andrew Ridgely) were given more control over the production of the album, and Michael was also listed as a producer. The album was a commercial success, reaching number one on the US and UK charts and spawning four singles that reached the top three in the US and UK. Make It Big became a 4x platinum album in the USA at the time of its release and has since become a 6x platinum album in the USA ...more
Lot sold: 2900 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
ENYA-SHEPHERD MOONS-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-WEA - WX431/9031-75572-1. Rare original famous singer. Shepherd Moons is the third Studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya , released on 4 November 1991, WEA. The album received positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success. He took first place in album chart in the UK and reached the 17th place on the Billboard 200 in the United States. The album was certified multi-platinum by the British Association of the Phonographic industry and the recording industry of America for parties 1.2 million and five million copies respectively. In the period from 1991 to 1994 Enya has released four singles from Shepherd Moons : "Caribbean Blue", "How Can I Keep from Singing?", "Book of Days", which took first place in the UK at number ten, and" Marble Halls ". In 1993, the Enya album received a Grammy Award for Best New Age album , the first of four, which she won in her career. ...more
Lot sold: 2200 ₽
Estimate: 4500—5500 ₽
PRINCE -SING "O" THE TIMES (2LP'S)-1987-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-WARNER-WX88/925577-1. A very rare original of the cult album. Sign "☮" The Times (pronounced Sign of the Times) is the 9th album by American singer and musician Prince. Released on March 31, 1987. The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) called the album "Prince's best album, the most holistic example of the breadth of his artistry, and perhaps the best album of the 1980s." The reviewer of Afisha Daily in a retrospective review gave the album a similar assessment. In 2017, the album Sign "☮" the Times was inducted into the Grammy Award Hall of Fame. The album reached number six on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) four months after its release. It also entered the top 10 in Austria, France, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and the UK and took first place in Switzerland. "Sign o' the Times", "U Got the Look" and "I Can never Take Your Man's Place" all made the top 10 hits of the Billboard Hot 100. After Prince's death in 2016, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 20. ...more
Lot is not sold
Estimate: 10000—12000 ₽
