Lot 50MERCURY, FREDDIE-MR.BAD GUY-1985-FIRST PRESS UK/EU HOLLAND-CBS-NMINT/NMINT

TOE FAT- SAME-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE-PSC7097. TOE FAT is a British rock band formed in 1969 in London, England. Toe Fat, who performed blues-rock with progressive elements, released two albums and remained in history, mainly due to the fact that two future Uriah Heep members, Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake, passed through its composition. ...more

GEORGE MICHAEL-LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-EPIC-467295-1. A rare original of the cult album pop lyrics of Britain. Listen Without Prejudice is the second studio album by British pop singer George Michael, released on 3 September 1990 on the Columbia and Epic labels. It is the singer's first album in three years after his successful Faith, which was released in 1987. The album won the BRIT Awards in the Best British Album category in 1991 and was included in the book " A Thousand and One Music Albums worth Listening to Before You Die "(1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die) The album peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart. The first single released from the album was "Praying for Time", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single, "Freedom ' 90", reached number 8 in the US, and in the early spring of 1991," Waiting for That Day " reached number 27 in the US. The album went double platinum, reaching sales of two million.  ...more

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

PINK FLOYD-A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS-1968-FIRST PRESS(STEREO) UK-COLUMBIA- number SCX6258 of the XAX matrix-3633-1/ XAX-3634-1, 1R/1A stamper (very early!)  A mega rare British original of the iconic album. A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by the British rock band Pink Floyd, released on June 29, 1968 by Columbia, owned by EMI, in the United Kingdom and on July 27 of the same year by Capitol Records in the United States. The album was recorded on August 7-8, 1967 and January 18 — May 3, 1968 at Abbey Road Studios in London and on October 9-11 and October 19, 1967 at De Lane Lee. A Saucerful of Secrets reached number nine in the UK charts.  A Saucerful of Secrets was the last album to be recorded by Syd Barrett. Starting with this album, David Gilmour became a permanent member of the Pink Floyd collective. In January 1968, he officially took Barrett's place in the band. ...more

ABBA-GREATEST HITS -1975-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS266. A very rare original collection of the cult group. Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Scandinavia on November 17, 1975 and in other parts of the world in 1976, notably in the UK on April 10 and September 18 in the USA and Canada. The release of Greatest Hits coincided with the beginning of ABBA's huge popularity in the UK in the second half of the 1970s, becoming the first of eight consecutive number one albums for the band. It spent eleven consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart and became the best-selling album of 1976 and the second best-selling album of the 1970s. As of July 2016, it is the 46th best-selling album of all time in the UK, with sales of over 2.6 million Greatest Hits was released in the USA and Canada in September 1976, but record sales peaked only in April 1977, when the song "Dancing Queen" took first place in both countries. "Dancing Queen" was not included in the Greatest Hits, but it was the lead single from the new studio album Arrival, and it aroused interest in the ABBA back catalog. Greatest Hits has been certified platinum in the USA and five times platinum in Canada. ...more