Lot 92SANDRA-LONG PLAY-1985-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-VIRGIN-NMINT/NMINT

DOORS-MORRISON HOTEL-1970-THE FIRST PRESS USA-ELEKTRA-EKS75007. Matrices A-2CTH/B-1CTH Terre Haute Pressing  A rare American original of the cult album.. Morrison Hotel is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Doors. On the front side of the album cover is a photo of the band through the glass in the lobby of the Morrison Hotel, which really existed in Los Angeles at 1246 South Hope Street, on the back-a photo of a diner called "Hard Rock Cafe" The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and performed better abroad than the previous album (it was the highest charting studio album of the band in the UK, where it peaked at No. 12). ...more

HAWKWIND-LEVITATION-1980-THE FIRST UK-BRONZE-BRON530 PRESS. A-3U/B-1U matrices. A rare British original by a cult prog band. Levitation is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Hawkwind, released in 1980. It reached number 21 on the UK Albums Chart. During the album's release, bandleader Dave Brock stated, "With Levitation, we returned to the style of our debut album. And it was a record that fully expressed our ideals and what we fought for."  This is their first studio album since the departure of lead vocalist and lyricist Robert Calvert, and the lyrics here are usually superficial, and the number of instrumental parts is increased. It is also Hawkwind's only studio album to feature former Cream drummer Ginger Baker, and the first for former Gong keyboardist Tim Blake, who later rejoined the band and played on the 2010 album Blood of the Earth. ...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-VOYAGE-2021-THE FIRST EU/USA PRESS-POLAR-602438614813. A rare original on black vinyl released after a 40-year hiatus. Voyage is the ninth and final studio album by the Swedish pop band ABBA, released on November 5, 2021. The album includes ten songs written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. This is the band's first album with new material in forty years. Voyage debuted at the top of the charts in Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It also became the band's most popular studio album in Canada and the United States (as well as their first album to reach the top ten in the latter country), debuting at number two on the charts of both countries. The album was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards in 2023, as well as for "I Still Have Faith in You" and "Don't Shut Me Down": the former was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards in 2022. This year (the band's first Grammy nomination), and the second — for "Record of the Year" and "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group" at the Grammy Awards in 2023.[12] The album has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. ...more

QUEEN-A DAY AT THE RACES-1975-THE FIRST UK-EMI PRESS number EMTC104 of the A-1U/B-1U matrix. A very rare British original with the first matrices. A Day at the Races is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on December 10, 1976 in the United Kingdom and December 18, 1976 in the United States.The album's title, "A Day at the Races," is taken from the repertoire of the American comedians of the 1930s, the Marx brothers. A Day at the Races immediately came under fire from critics. Queen was accused of unsuccessfully trying to repeat A Night At The Opera. The album turned out to be really very similar to the previous one, but it was never hidden by the musicians. May said that both records were being prepared at the same time, but one was recorded earlier and the other later. ...more