Lot 74CELENTANO, ADRIANO-AZZURRO (2 LP'S) -1971-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-ARIOLA-NMINT/NMINT

DIRE STRAITS--BROTHERS IN ARMS (2LP'S 45RPM)-1985-ORIGINAL PRESS 2014 USA-MOFI-MFSL 2-441. .A rare audiophile edition of the iconic album on two records recorded at 45 speed.. Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on May 17, 1985 on Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Brothers in Arms spent a total of 14 consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Albums chart (including ten consecutive weeks from January 18 to March 22, 1986), nine consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the US, and 34 consecutive weeks at number one on the Australian Albums chart. It was the first album to receive a tenfold platinum certification in the UK[6] and became the eighth best-selling album in the history of the British charts. It has been certified nine times platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and is one of the best-selling albums in the world, selling over 30 million copies worldwide.[8][9][10] To promote the album, Dire Straits embarked on the Brothers in Arms Tour, which ran from 1985 to 1986.  The album won a Grammy Award in 1986 in the category "Best Non-Classical Album in terms of Sound Engineering" and was recognized as the Best British Album at the Brit Awards in 1987; the 20th anniversary reissue of the album won another Grammy Award in 2006 in the category "Best Surround Sound Album". In 2020, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Brothers in Arms at number 418 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time." Q magazine ranked it 51st in its list of the "100 Greatest British Albums of All Time". ...more

 RAINBOW-RICHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW-1975-The first UK-POLYDOR OYSTER press- OYA2001 KENDUN A-1U/B-1U matrices. Stamper 1MP/3OR. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is the debut album by the British-American band Rainbow, released in May 1975. This CD took 11th place in the UK charts, and 30th in the USA. The album was a favorite for vocalist Ronnie James Dio, according to him.  ...more

URIAH HEEP-...VERY 'EAVY VERY 'UMBLE-1970-FIRST PRESS (STANDARD VERSION) UK- VERTIGO SWIRL-6360006. A-1/B-1 Stamper matrices 420-1-1-4./ 420-1-1-5   An earlier version with an error on the label (songwriters and publishing are not specified) has been corrected to this version of the label. At the same time, the matrices and stamps remained the same, as well as the error in the track list on the inside of the cover.   A mega rare British original of a 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

BEATLES-REEL MUSIC-1982-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL-SV-12199. Matrices A-G4/B-G-3. Winchester Pressing is a rare American original with a 12-page booklet. Reel Music is a collection that includes selected songs by The Beatles, performed in their films, as the name suggests. The album was released on March 22, 1982 in the United States and the following day in the United Kingdom — almost simultaneously with the re-screening of the film An Evening of a Hard Day, which was "cleaned" and edited with Dolby stereo sound. In the United States, Reel Music reached 19th place on Billboard's Albums chart. ...more

VISSOTSKI VLADIMIR(VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY)- HAVE A HAPPY MEMORY... SONGS OF 1962-1964-1984-THE FIRST UK PRESS RELEASE-ODEON-VV-002. A very rare British edition . All sound recordings from the collection of Vladimir Ameduri. Only 900 copies were released for sale.  ...more