Lot 81KISS-LOVE GUN-1977-FIRST PRESS USA-CASABLANCA -NMINT/NMINT

STYX-CORNERSTONE-1979-THE FIRST UK-AM-AMLK63711 PRESS. A rare British original. Styx is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Styx, released in 1979."Cornerstone" became Styx's third consecutive multi-platinum album and the first album to be nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group category. As with the previous four Styx albums, the band produced this album themselves. Styx recorded the album at Pumpkin Studios in Oak Lawn, Illinois. "Cornerstone" is best known for featuring the band's only song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the powerful ballad "Babe". The album also includes the folk-rock song "Boat on the River", which became a hit in Europe but did not chart in the United States. Cornerstone became Styx's first album to enter the top 5 in the United States, hitting Billboard on October 13, 1979 and peaking at number 2 in late November. ...more

URIAH HEEP-...VERY 'EAVY VERY 'UMBLE-1970-THE FIRST PRESS OF GERMANY- VERTIGO SWIRL-6360006. A very rare German original of the cult album. The album was released in June 1970 by Vertigo Records in the UK. The original vinyl release was a spread-out envelope with frontman David Byron depicted on the front sleeve, almost unrecognizable under the cobwebs. It was released in August 1970 by Mercury Records in the United States under the name just Uriah Heep with a different cover design (a centipede-type monster) and with the track "Bird of Prey" instead of "Lucy Blues". The album was re-released by Bronze Records in 1971 after the band signed a contract with that label. The album shows how the band tries different genres – a mix of heavy metal and progressive rock, rather than hard rock, which they became known for on later albums. Tracks 3 and 8 were recorded as Spice songs before the band's renaming to Uriah Heep, and featured session musician Colin Wood on keyboards. When Ken Hensley joined Spice in early 1970, the tracks were not re-recorded. ...more

EGBERTO GISMONTI/ NANA VASCONCELOS-DUAS VOZES -1985-GERMANY'S FIRST PRESS- ECM-ECM1279. A rare original of the iconic jazzman. Duas vozes is the second album by Brazilian jazz duo Egberto Gismonti and Nana Vasconcelos, recorded in 1984 and released in 1985 on ECM. In an AllMusic review, Alvaro Neder gave the album 4.5 points, noting that "Egberto is very fond of percussion and ethereal configurations, which take on primary importance in his music, without necessarily being related with or without a musical theme or melody." ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-OUT OF THE BLUE (VERSION -TOUR OBI) -1977-THE FIRST PRESS OF JAPAN-JET-GXG-25/26. The rare Japanese original of the cult album is one of the most commercially successful albums of the group (the number of sales worldwide was about 10 million). ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-IV-1971-THE FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-SD7208. RICHMOND PRESSING Matrices PORKY ST-A-712286-C AT/GP PR/ PECKO DUCK ST-A-712286-F AT/GP PR is a very rare American original of the cult album. Led Zeppelin IV is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on November 8, 1971 by Atlantic Records. Led Zeppelin IV has sold over 37 million copies, making it not only the most commercially successful album in the band's history, but also one of the best-selling albums in the world. In particular, Led Zeppelin IV is considered the most commercially successful hard rock record of all time, and the song "Stairway to Heaven" released on it is still the most played piece of music of any genre on American radio and one of the most famous compositions in the history of music.Led Zeppelin IV is regularly featured in various lists of the "best albums in history". So, in 2003, the American magazine Rolling Stone placed it on the 66th place of its rating of "The 500 greatest albums of all time". In turn, the British edition of New Musical Express marked him on the 106th line of a similar vote. In addition, Led Zeppelin IV ranks 1st in Classic Rock magazine's ratings of "100 Greatest British Rock Albums" and "100 Greatest Rock Albums in History", as well as 4th in the list of "200 Greatest Albums according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame", compiled with the participation of the Association the US music business . In 1999, the recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, becoming the first of the band's albums to receive such a privilege. ...more