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JOHN, ELTON-GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD (2LP)-1973-THE FIRST UK PRESS-DJM - DJLPD1001 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has become the most commercially successful album of the singer's career. He took first place in the charts of the USA and Great Britain and received a platinum disc certificate from the British Phonogram Producers Association and platinum seven times from the American Recording Industry Association. Its worldwide circulation is over 30 million copies. ...more

DIRE STRAITS--LOVE OVER GOLD (2LP'S 45RPM)-1982-ORIGINAL PRESS 2019 USA-MOFI-MFSL 2-469 . A rare audiophile edition of the iconic album on two records recorded at 45 speed. Love over Gold is the fourth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on September 20, 1982 on Vertigo Records and Warner Bros. Records in the USA. The album's extensive musical compositions with long instrumental passages brings it closer in style to progressive rock. This is the last CD of the band recorded with the participation of the original drummer Peak Withers. The singles from the album, "Private Investigations", reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Industrial Disease" reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The album topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom, and reached No. 19 in the United States. Love over Gold was later certified gold in the United States, platinum in France and Germany, and double platinum in Canada and the United Kingdom. ...more

BEATLES-SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-1967-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-PARLOPHONE-PSC7027 Matrix Numbers: Side 1: YEX 637-1; Side 2: YEX 638-1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth album by the British rock band The Beatles. Many critics refer to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is among the most influential rock albums of all time. In particular, it was named the best album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine (2003). According to a vote conducted by the BBC radio station among its listeners for the fiftieth anniversary of the British charts in 2006, the album ranks first in popularity in the UK. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ranks ninth in the list of albums-the world's leading sales with a result of more than 30 million copies.The album was recorded over a 129-day period beginning on December 6, 1966, and released on June 1, 1967 in the United Kingdom (the album went on sale in the United States on June 2 of that year). The album won 4 Grammy Awards in the following categories: 1. Album of the Year, 2. Best Contemporary Performance by a Band, 3. Best Album Sound Design, 4. Best Album Cover. ...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

ROBERT CALVERT - CAPTAIN LOCKHEED AND THE STARFIGHTERS -1974- FIRST PRESS RELEASE UK-UNITED ARTISTS- UAG29507. A-1U/B-1U matrices. A rare British original of a cult album. The first solo album by Robert Calvert, an eccentric character who was still a full-time Hawkwind poet at that time and had not yet managed to become their full-time frontman. This is a very peculiar story album - the real story of the American Lockheed F-104 Starfighter fighter, which in the 60s was, it turns out, purchased by the West German Air Force in terrible quantities with such modifications that made the aircraft terribly emergency, as a result of which it earned the nickname "Widowmaker". Calvert is drawn here on two counts at once: firstly, he expresses his love and knowledge of military history; secondly, he demonstrates colorful sarcasm and a sense of humor. His targets, of course, are German generals (banter against Germans, as you know, is a traditional genre of British humor). The album actually resembles a radio play, in which song numbers alternate with comic skits brilliantly played by characters such as Vivian Stanshall from Bonzo Dog Band and, of course, Calvert himself. For music lovers, it is valuable here that Calvert was supported by almost the entire Hawkwind line-up at that time. ...more