Lot 18SHOCKING BLUE-INKPOT-1972-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-POLYDOR-NMINT/NMINT

LENNON, JOHN (PLASTIC ONO BAND)-SHAVED FISH-1974-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС UK-APPLE-номер PCS7173  матрицы A1U/B1U стампера 1GT/1MM (Очень рано!)  Shaved Fish — сборник английского рок-музыканта Джона Леннона с участием Plastic Ono Band, выпущенный в октябре 1975 года на лейбле Apple Records. В него вошли все синглы, выпущенные Ленноном на тот момент в США как сольным исполнителем, за исключением "Stand by Me", выпущенной ранее в том же году. Единственный сборник не-битловских записей Леннона, выпущенный при его жизни, занял 8-е место в Великобритании и 12-е место в США. Это был последний альбом Леннона, выпущенный на лейбле Apple Records, который был закрыт в 1975 году ...more

ABBA-WATERLOO-1974-SECOND PRESS 1976 SWEDEN-POLAR--POLS252. A rare Swedish second press of the iconic album, after which ABBA became famous all over the world. Waterloo is the second studio album by Swedish pop band ABBA, the first to be released internationally. It was originally released on March 4, 1974 in Sweden on the Polar Music label. The album's title track won ABBA the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and became a worldwide hit, launching the band's career. "Waterloo" won the Swedish qualifying round, and the band represented Sweden in Brighton at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. ABBA won the competition, and "Waterloo" became a hit not only in Europe, but also around the world (for example, taking 6th place in the USA). The album has already been released in Sweden and topped the Swedish charts for 12 weeks, becoming one of the best-selling Swedish albums at that time. In the UK, the album peaked at number 28, becoming the first album by a foreign artist to chart, and performed well in the rest of Europe. ...more

JOHN, ELTON- A SINGLE MAN-1978-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС UK-ROCKET-TRAIN1. Матрицы A-2/B-2. Редкий британский оригинал . A Single Man — двенадцатый студийный альбом английского музыканта Элтона Джона. Выпущенный в 1978 году, это первый альбом, в котором Гэри Осборн заменил Берни Топина в качестве автора текстов. Это также первый из двух (второй — Victim of Love) альбомов Элтона Джона, на оригинальной версии которых нет треков, написанных в соавторстве с Берни Топином. В США A Single Man получил золотой сертификат RIAA в октябре 1978 года и платиновый в ноябре того же года. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-HOUSES OF THE HOLY-1973-FIRST PRESS USA (CUT RL)-ATLANTIC-SD7255 matrices ST-A-732783-C AT STERLING RL / ST-A-732784-F AT STERLING RL .Richmond Press. A mega rare American original. Mastering was done by Robert Ludwig (label RL) 1st edition in the USA (with the Broadway address of 1841 on the labels), with Robert Ludwig's "hot" mastering on both sides. The first copies went on sale and began to be recalled for production, because the high bass led to poor quality cartridges (heads) malfunctioning, which forced people to return the album, believing that it was defective. Then another sound engineer was hired to redo a much less "hot" version of the album, and this is a common version..Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on March 28, 1973 on Atlantic Records. Page described the idea of the cover as "a symbol of innocence, an expression of the idea that we are all beings who aspire to the promised heaven." Six-year-old Samantha Gates and her four-year-old brother Stefan posed. The cover photo is a collage of more than thirty images. The album cover did not contain any information about the artists or the title. In the USA, the headline was written on ribbons that were taped over children's buttocks. Despite this precaution, the record was banned in many states of the "Bible Belt". "They wouldn't let us do anything like that today, they would immediately accuse us of pedophilia propaganda," says Powell. "But we were hippies, walking around naked was completely commonplace for us." In 2011, the album cover was ranked 28th in the list of the best album covers of all time by the online publication Music Radar. In the music ranking, the album immediately took from 1 to 10 places in the charts of countries on all continents, immediately becoming multi-platinum.  ...more

GABRIEL, PETER-SO-1986-UK FIRST PRESS-VIRGIN room PG5-1. Matrix A-3U/B-3U. Rare British original.So — most successful album in the career of Gabriel, he reached the top of the British chart, and became #2 in the United States. In the UK, the CD was certified three times platinum in the U.S. — five times. Rolling Stone magazine put it at 14th place in its list of "the 100 best albums of the eighties" ...more