Lot 33QUEEN-A DAY AT THE RACES-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI-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

DIRE STRAITS-ALCHEMY LIVE-1984-First UK Press-VERTIGO-issue VERYC 11. A rare British original of an iconic concert. Alchemy: Dire Straits Live is the debut live album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on March 14, 1984. The album was recorded during two shows (July 22-23, 1983) at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, the band performed their most famous and fan-favorite hits, many of the compositions were performed with a revised arrangement and contained improvisational segments. ...more

PAUL ROGERS (EX- BAD COMPANY) - MUDDY WATER BLUES (2LP'S LIM.ED.)-1993-FIRST PRESS 2020 UK/EU-MUSIC ON VINYL-MOVLP2716 .A rare audiophile edition of the iconic album on two records. Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters is the second solo album by Paul Rogers (known for the bands Free and Bad Company), consisting mainly of cover versions of songs made famous by blues singer Muddy Waters. Although the album was recorded exclusively by Rogers, it featured many guest musicians, including Jeff Beck, Jason Bonham, David Gilmour, Buddy Guy, Brian May, Steve Miller, Gary Moore, Trevor Rabin, Richie Sambora, Neil Shawn, Brian Setzer and Slash. The album was released in 1993.  Among the tracks included in the album is Albert King's song "Hunter", which Rogers previously recorded with the band Free for their debut album Tons of Sobs. ...more

SANTANA-SHAPE SHIIFTER-2012-FIRST UK/EU PRESS-MUSIC ON VINYL- MOVLP573 is a rare European original by the legendary guitarist. Shape Shifter is the twenty—second studio album (thirty-sixth album overall) by Santana. It was released on May 14, 2012. This album is the first released by his new label Starfaith Records, which is distributed by Sony Music Entertainment, the owners of all of Santana's albums (except those recorded for Polydor Records, which are owned by Universal Music Group). This is also the first album since 1992 by Milagro, in which none of the songs have guest vocalists. This style was typical of Santana's Supernatural albums. There is only one song with vocals in the album ("Eres La Luz"). The track "Mr. Szabo" is a tribute to Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo, one of Carlos Santana's early idols, who released a series of 8 albums for Impulse Records between 1966 and 1967; the rhythmic and harmonic structure of the track is similar to "Gypsy Queen", Szabo's 1966 recording, covered by Santana in 1970 this year, as a medley with Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman". ...more

DEEP PURPLE-IN ROCK-1970- THE FIRST UK PRESS-HARVEST- SHVL777. Matrices A-2/B-1.  Deep Purple in Rock is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple, released on June 5, 1970 on Harvest Records. This is the first studio album recorded with the classic band line-up called "Mark II" (a little earlier, this line-up recorded the live album Concerto for Group and Orchestra). Since this album, the band's style has changed dramatically. Deep Purple started playing hard rock almost simultaneously with such bands as Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, and are considered one of the founders and classics of this genre. According to the music critic, "the record became the epicenter of destruction, a fresh stream in the rock of the 1970s and a turn in history, in which the roots of the heavy metal style were laid." Deep Purple in Rock became the band's breakthrough album in Europe and reached number four on the UK national charts, remaining on the charts for over a year. His accompanying single "Black Night" reached the 2nd line. It has been included in various lists of the best albums, including Classic Rock magazine's list of the "100 Greatest British Albums of All Time" and Q magazine's list of the "50 Best Albums of the 70s." In 2015, the American website Ultimate Classic Rock ranked the album at the top of its ranking of Deep Purple's best works. Certified as a gold disc in the UK, USA, France, the Netherlands and Argentina. ...more