Lot 53BEATLES-A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES (STEREO)-1966-FIRST PRESS UK-PARLOPHONE-NMINT/NMINT

DEEP PURPLE-FIREBALL-1971-SECOND PRESS 1972 JAPAN-WARNER-P-8092W Rare Japanese edition of the cult album. Fireball is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple. Recorded between September 1970 and June 1971, it was released in September 1971 on the Harvest Records label. The album was recorded at De Lane Lea Studios (like its predecessor). Compared to Deep Purple in Rock, this album was recorded in a more experimental style. Allmusic named it one of the band's four most important albums, along with Machine Head, In Rock and Burn. Ian Gillan, unlike the rest of the band, considers this album a classic of Deep Purple. However, he noted that the inclusion of "Anyone's Daughter" on the album (in a country style and with humorous lyrics) was fun, but a mistake ("A good bit of fun, but a mistake"). Jon Lord highlighted several tracks on the album, such as "No No No" and "Fools", and especially noted Pace's performance on the title track. The track "Strange Kind of Woman", released as a single in February 1971 and rose to number eight in the UK charts. It sold 20,000 copies in the first week. The album was highly appreciated by the public and critics, becoming multi-gold on both sides of the Atlantic. ...more

JUDAS PRIEST-PAINKILLER-1990-THE FIRST PRESS UK/EU- HOLLAND-CBS-467290-1. A rare European original by a cult hard band. Painkiller is the twelfth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on September 17, 1990 and September 18 in the United States. It was the last Judas Priest album to feature longtime vocalist Rob Halford before his return in 2005 to record Angel of Retribution, and the first album to feature drummer Scott Travis. In January 1991, the album was certified gold by the RIAA. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Metal Performance category at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards, losing to Metallica's cover of Queen's song "Stone Cold Crazy". ...more

STEVIE WONDER-OST JUNGLE FEVER -1991-THE FIRST USA PRESS-MOTOWN-MOT-6291. A rare American original of a cult album. Jungle fever is a soundtrack album by American RB singer, songwriter, producer and multi—instrumentalist Stevie Wonder, recorded for the film Jungle Fever. It was released by the Motown label on May 28, 1991. Three singles were released from the soundtrack: the first and most popular was "Gotta Have You" (92nd place in the Hot 100, 3rd place in RB), the second was "Fun Day" (6th place in RB, 63rd place in the UK), and the last was "These Three Words" (7th place in RB). ...more

DONNA SUMMER - ONCE UPON A TIME.. (2LP)-1977-THE FIRST PRESS USA-CASABLANCA-NBLP7078CALD5003-1. A rare American original by the queen of soul disco. Once Upon a Time is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer. It was released on October 31, 1977 and reached number 26 on the US Billboard 200 chart, number thirteen on the Top R/B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and number 24 on the UK Albums Chart. Placed at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart. Once Upon a Time includes the singles "I Love You", "Fairy Tale High", "Once Upon a Time" and "Rumour Has It". ...more

DEEP PURPLE-BOOK OF TALIESYN -1968-ORIGINAL PRESS 1975 JAPAN-WARNER-P-8377W. The rare Japanese edition of the cult album The Book of Taliesyn is the second studio album by the British band Deep Purple. It was released in the USA in October 1968 on the Tetragrammaton Records label, and in the UK in June 1969 on the EMI label. The musical style of The Book of Taliesyn is a mix of progressive rock, psychedelic rock and hard rock.[1][16][17][18][19]. Many reviewers believe that on this album the band demonstrated greater maturity and complexity of musical compositions than on the previous one. The album received a good rating in the USA, but like the previous one, it went completely unnoticed in the musicians' homeland, in the UK. Five of the seven tracks were placed on the Billboard Hot100 in the middle of the hundred. ...more