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AC/DC-DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP-1976-1977 ORIGINAL PRESS AUSTRALIA ALBERT PRODUCTIONS room APLP020. Very rare second press of iconic Australian group. The album blew the music market in Australia finishing in 4th place ,and in the US Billboard 200 - the 3rd place. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN III-1970-THE FIRST JAPAN-ATLANTIC-MT2043 PRESS. Very rare Japanese original in full package (very rare OBI) Led Zeppelin III is the third studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on October 5, 1970. Led Zeppelin III was one of the most anticipated albums of 1970, with pre-orders approaching one million in the United States alone. The cover with the wavy edge delayed production for two months. Ahead of the release, the band posted a full-page advertisement in Melody Maker magazine at the end of September saying, "Thank you for making us the number one band in the world."  The album was released in the US on October 5, and in the UK on October 23. He immediately topped the UK charts. Led Zeppelin III became the number one transatlantic hit. In the UK, it reached number one on November 7, 1970 and remained on the charts for 40 weeks. In the United States, it entered the charts at number three on October 24 and reached number one the following week. It stayed on the charts for 19 weeks and was certified gold on October 8, 1970. ...more

STREISAND, BARBRA - GUILTY-1980-THE FIRST JAPAN PRESS- CBS-25AP1930. A rare Japanese original by a 60s pop diva. Guilty is the twenty—second studio album by American singer Barbra Streisand, released on September 23, 1980 on Columbia Records. The album was produced by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and his permanent team Alby Galuten and Carl Richardson. The album received positive reviews from music critics. William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote that this album is one of the singer's "least distinctive" albums and that "it sounds like a Bee Gees album after Streisand's 'Saturday Night Fever.'"  ...more

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

LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN II-1969-MISPRINT "LEMON SONG" SECOND PRESS UK-ATLANTIC-588198. A very rare British original of the second version of the iconic A-2/B-2 matrix album Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by the British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on October 22, 1969 on Atlantic Records. The album was recorded in several studios located in the UK and North America from January to August 1969. The album was produced by Jimmy Page, who had already directed in this role on the band's debut CD. The musicians collaborated with sound engineer Eddie Kramer, who made a great contribution to the unique sound of the longplay. Led Zeppelin II demonstrates the evolution of the band's musical style — the guitar sound based on riffs takes center stage. Many critics consider this album to be the most "heavy" in Led Zeppelin's discography. Led Zeppelin II had good sales and became the band's first album to reach the top of the UK and US charts. In 1970, the album's art director, David Juniper, was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Album Design category. By November 15, 1999, the album had sold over 12 million copies. Since its release, writers and music critics have regularly ranked Led Zeppelin II among the greatest and most influential rock albums of all time. ...more