Lot 39JOHN, ELTON-GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-DJM-NMINT/NMINT

GONG - ANGELS EGG-1973-SECOND PRESS-UK-VIRGIN-V2007. A-2U/B-3U matrices. A rare British original of a cult album. The second part of the famous Gong trilogy under the general title "Radio Gnome Invisible"."Angel's Egg" is the eclecticism of the band that has risen to a new level. Here Gong realized 100% of their creative aspirations in the field of synthesis of psychedelia and jazz-rock. The album is simply magnificent; each song has a unique sound; perfect instrumental harmony is noticeable with a complete unhealthiness of creative ideas. I can't even say which of the three albums "Radio Gnome Invisible" is better (but it's definitely not Vol.1) All music rated the album 4 stars.  ...more

ROLLING STONES-SOME GIRLS-1978-FIRST PRESS UK-ROLLING STONES- CUN39108. A5U/B-3U matrices.  A rare British original in the five color version of the cover.  Some Girls is the fourteenth British and sixteenth American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1978 on the band's own label. The longplay reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and became one of the band's most successful albums in the United States, with over six million copies sold. The CD received rave reviews from the press, many reviewers called it the Rolling Stones' return to the roots and their best album since Exile on Main St. ...more

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-THE GOOD EARTH-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-BRONZE -ILPS9306. matrices A-2U/B-2U, The Good Earth is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on October 11, 1974 by Bronze Records in the UK and the label "Warner Bros. Records" in the USA.  The CD rose to #157 on the Billboard 200 of All Rock Albums hierarchy. ...more

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

ABBA-VISITORS-1981 - FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR - - POLS342 Rare Swedish original in top condition. The Visitors is the eighth and final studio album by Swedish band ABBA. It was released on November 30, 1981 on the Swedish record label Polar. Recording for the album began in March and ended in November 1981 at Polar Music Studios in Stockholm. Like the previous albums, it went multi-platinum in all European countries and gold in the United States, Canada, and Australia. ...more