SWEET-DESOLATION BOULEVARD-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-RCA-LPL1 5080 Rare British Original . Desolation Boulevard is the third studio album by the British glam rock band Sweet, originally released in the United Kingdom in November 1974. Two markedly different versions of the album were released: one by RCA Records in Europe, and the other by Capitol Records in the United States, Canada, and Japan.The RCA version contains the single "Turn It Down" and the original recording of "Fox on the Run"." The Capitol version, released in the United States in July 1975, includes the 1973 hit single "The Ballroom Blitz "and the single version"Fox on the Run"." In the United States, the album peaked at number 25 on October 25, 1975.Desolation Boulevard is considered by many to be the band's best album. Andy Scott, Sweet's guitarist, said of Desolation Boulevard: "Such diversity only proves that the band never intended to be just a template, giving this album a definitive place in Sweet's history."
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT / ARCHIVE. The cover is spread-out matte in top condition - NMINT / ARCHIVE. Labels as new - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 3200 ₽
HAMMILL, PETER-THE SILENT CORNER AND THE EMPTY STAGE-1974 - ORIGINAL 1975 UK PRESS-CHARISMA - CAS1083 Third solo album by British frontman of VAN DER GRAAF - Peter Hammill. It was released on Charisma Records in 1974, during a break in activities of group Van der Graaf Generator. The cover was designed by Bettina Hohls , ex-member of the psychedelic German rock band Ash Ra Tempel . ...more
Price: 2000 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
JUDAS PRIEST-RAM IT DOWN-1988-THE FIRST PRESS UK/EU- HOLLAND-CBS-461108-1. A rare European original by a cult hard band. Ram It Down is the eleventh studio album by heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in 1988.. Ram It Down was heavier than its predecessor Turbo, but was also recorded using synthesizers. A drum machine was also used during the recording due to the health problems of drummer Dave Holland. The album reached the top ten of the European charts, reached number 24 in Britain, and reached number 31 in the United States. ...more
Lot sold: 2500 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
KEITH JARRETT-CELESTIAL HAWK-1980-GERMANY'S FIRST PRESS- ECM-ECM 1175. A rare original of the iconic jazzman. Sky Hawk: For Orchestra, Percussion and Piano is an album of contemporary classical music by Keith Jarrett, recorded at Carnegie Hall with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Keen on March 22, 1980 and released on ECM in November of the same year. ...more
Price: 2000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
QUEEN-QUEEN II-1974-THE FIRST PRESS UK-EMI- EMA767 Matrix A-4U/B-4U . A rare British original in top condition. Queen II is the second studio album by the British rock band Queen, released in 1974. The disc is divided into "White" and "Black" sides instead of the usual "A" side and "B" side. The fantasy theme of the album echoes the work of Led Zeppelin of those years, although the fairies and Queen trolls were a more mannered gathering than the queens and giants of Led Zeppelin. ...more
Lot sold: 7500 ₽
Estimate: 8000—10000 ₽
URIAH HEEP-FIREFLY-1977-THE FIRST JAPAN-BRONZE P-10312B PRESS. A very rare Japanese original of a cult album. Firefly is the 10th studio album by the British rock band Uriah Heep, released in February 1977 on Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the USA. It was the band's first album without David Byron, the former lead vocalist and also one of the band's founding members, replaced by John Lawton. Bassist Trevor Boulder made his debut with Uriah Heep on this album and, apart from an 18-month hiatus in the early 1980s, he was a member of this band until his death in 2013. The album was successful and placed in the top 20 charts in Europe. It ranks 166th in the Billboard 200 rock Albums of All Time. ...more
Lot sold: 4400 ₽
Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽