Lot 39DEEP PURPLE-STORMBRINGER-1974-FIRST PRESS USA-WARNER- NMINT/NMINT

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

AC/DC-THE RAZORS EDGE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY -ATCO-7567-91413-1/WX364. The album includes the songs "Thunderstruck" and "Moneytalks", one of the most famous tracks of AC/DC. A huge commercial success the group returned to popularity in the late 70's-early 80-ies. The album is at # 2 on the Billboard 200 in the US and in 4th place in the UK. "The Razor's Edge" was certified five-time platinum album (which has sold 5 million copies), and in 2003, remastered, was included in a series of "AC/DC Remasters". ...more

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

DEF LEPPARD-ADRENALIZE-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU HOLLAND-PHONOGRAM-510978-1. A very rare original of the cult album. Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on March 31, 1992 through Mercury Records. The album was the band's first album since the death of guitarist Steve Clarke in 1991. Adrenalize debuted at No. 1 on the UK albums chart, and the following week on the US Billboard 200. It remained at No. 1 on the Billboard chart for five weeks, keeping Bruce Springsteen's Human Touch at number one, and spent a total of 65 weeks on the charts. ...more

MERCURY, FREDDIE-MR.BAD GUY-1985-FIRST PRESS UK/EU HOLLAND-CBS- CBS86312. Rare European original. Mr. Bad Guy is the only solo Studio album by Queen's frontman Freddie mercury . Released in 1985, during a break in the recording of Queen, contains eleven songs written by Freddie. ...more