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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.  ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-A NEW WORLD RECORD-1976-FIRST PRESS UK-UA-UAG30017. Matrices A-3U/B-1U. A rare British original of the iconic album. A New World Record is the sixth studio album by the British band Electric Light Orchestra, released in September 1976. The album was remastered and re-released in 2006 with the addition of six bonus tracks. A New World Record was the band's first album to reach the top ten in the UK (the previous three albums were very successful in the US, but not in the musicians ' home country). The album was certified platinum in both the United Kingdom and the United States, selling five million copies in its first year of release. Like the previous album, A New World Record was recorded at Munich's Musicland Studios. ...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

AC/DC-BLOW UP YOUR VIDEO-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-ATLANTIC - 781828-1/WX144. Rare original cult album. Blow Up Your Video is the eleventh Studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, first released on 18 January 1988. He was later released in the US on 1 February 1988. The album became the best-selling album with new material since the release of the For Who About to Rock We Salute You received Platinum status in the United States. Blow Up Your Video reached No. 2 in Britain and No. 12 in the USA. ...more

AC/DC-WHO MADE WHO- 1986-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-ATLANTIC-781650-1.  A rare European original, Who Made Who is an album by the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in 1986 as the soundtrack to the Stephen King film Maximum Acceleration. Who Made Who includes three new tracks (the title song, as well as two instrumental tracks: "Chase the Ace" and "D.T."), as well as old hits of the band: five songs from the Brian Johnson period (two tracks from the album Back in Black, two from the album Fly on the Wall, and one from the album For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)) and one from the Bon Scott period ("Ride On" from the album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap) The album was a relative success and allowed the band to return to the charts after the unsuccessful (compared to Back in Black and For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)) albums Fly on the Wall and Flick of the Switch. ...more