Lot 76MATIA BAZAR-TANGO-1983-FIRST PRESS ITALY-CDG-NMINT/NMINT

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--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

MERCURY, FREDDIE/CABALLE, MONTSERRAT BARCELONA-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-POLYDOR-837277-1. Barcelona is the second studio album by Freddie Mercury, released on October 10, 1988. Recorded with the participation of opera singer Montserrat Caballe. Freddie Mercury's second and last lifetime solo album. The CD was recorded in 1987-1988 at Mountain Studios. The idea of Freddie Mercury involving a symphony orchestra was not realized due to lack of time, and as a result, the album was partially arranged with synthesizers and a drum machine. The song "Barcelona", which gave the album its name, became the anthem of the city hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics in Spain. ...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. 1GL/1GP stamps 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

CAMEL-MIRAGE-1974-THE FIRST PRESS OF UK-DERAM-SML1107 Matrix A-P2W/B-P2W. A rare British original of the cult prog band. Mirage is the second studio album by English progressive rock band Camel, released on March 1, 1974. It includes songs such as "The White Rider", "Lady Fantasy" and "Supertwister", which include a demonstration of Andrew Latimer's flute. The album was ranked No. 51 in the Top 100 Prog Albums of All Time by the readers of Prog magazine in 2014. Prog Sphere considered Mirage to be the band's best album, writing that it is a prog classic that everyone who is a fan of progressive rock should own. ...more