Lot 31COLOSSEUM-THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-FONTANA-NMINT/NMINT

ALICE COOPER-BILLION DOLLAR BABIES-1973-THE FIRST PRESS UK-WARNER-K56013 Matrix A-1/B-1. A very rare British original of a cult album. Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by Alice Cooper and his band, released by Warner Bros. February 25, 1973, and topped the American and English album charts simultaneously. The singles released from it were: "Elected" (1972, No. 4 UK), "Hello, Hooray" (1973, No. 6 UK, No. 35 USA), "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (1973, No. 10 UK, No. 35 USA), "Billion Dollar Babies" (1973, No. 57 USA). The album received multi-platinum status, and the AllMusic Internet resource not only called it one of the best in Cooper's work, but also ranked it among the outstanding examples of classic rock of all time.  ...more

JOHNNY WINTER - LET ME IN- 1991-THE FIRST UK/EU GERMANY-VIRGIN-PVBLP5 press. A rare European original by one of the fathers of the blues. Let Me In is an album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. It was released in 1991 on vinyl and CD by Pointblank Records. "Let Me In" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. ...more

ZODIAC - MUSIC IN THE UNIVERSE -1983-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6018365-6. A rare original of a cult album. Music in the Universe is the second studio album by the instrumental rock band Zodiac, released in 1982. The disc is designed in the space rock style. The front side of the envelope has two versions - with the image of the band members in spacesuits on the background of the cover (most likely a limited edition or export version), and without the image of the band members. On the reverse side of the disc there is an introductory speech by A. Baumanis. The compositions "Laser Illumination", "Silver Dream", "In the Light of Saturn" and "Flight over El Dorado" were written for the short documentary "Star Palette", where they were used in parts. The song "The Other Side of the Sky" was originally called "Karate", but the subsequent persecution of this sport forced the name of the track to be changed. The track "Mysterious Galaxy" was used in the animated film "The Meeting" (1984, produced by Kyivnauchfilm), in the TV show "Sportloto", as well as in the program "Search" on Russian Radio. According to the Melodiya company, 1,703,800 copies of the record were sold by August 26, 1983. ...more

BEATLES-A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES (STEREO)-1966-FIRST UK PRESS-PARLOPHONE- PCS7016.Matrix numbers:Side 1: XEX 619-1G; Side 2: XEX 620-1G. 1O/1H stamps.(A dream!)  The first press was released on December 10, 1966. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. Gramophone Co. LTD.” printed at the beginning of the perimeter print and “sold in the UK on the theme...” the text. With or without the CT tax code on the label. ...more

BEATLES-RUBBER SOUL (STEREO)-1965-ORIGINAL PRESS 1970 JAPAN-APPLE-AP8156. A very rare Japanese early edition in a complete package. Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by The Beatles, released on December 3, 1965. The album was recorded in just four weeks, and the rush was driven by the desire to release the album in time for the Christmas holidays. According to many musicologists, it was with the Rubber Soul album that fundamental changes began in the band's work, which led to the development of many unusual sub-trends in rock music.  ...more