Lot 9BEE GEES-MAIN COURSE-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-RSO-NMINT/NMINT

ABBA-GREATEST HITS -1975-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS266. A very rare original collection of the cult group. Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Scandinavia on November 17, 1975 and in other parts of the world in 1976, notably in the UK on April 10 and September 18 in the USA and Canada. The release of Greatest Hits coincided with the beginning of ABBA's huge popularity in the UK in the second half of the 1970s, becoming the first of eight consecutive number one albums for the band. It spent eleven consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Albums Chart and became the best-selling album of 1976 and the second best-selling album of the 1970s. As of July 2016, it is the 46th best-selling album of all time in the UK, with sales of over 2.6 million Greatest Hits was released in the USA and Canada in September 1976, but record sales peaked only in April 1977, when the song "Dancing Queen" took first place in both countries. "Dancing Queen" was not included in the Greatest Hits, but it was the lead single from the new studio album Arrival, and it aroused interest in the ABBA back catalog. Greatest Hits has been certified platinum in the USA and five times platinum in Canada. ...more

ROXETTE-LOOK SHARP!-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-PARLOPHONE - 7910981. A rare European original of the legendary band. This is Roxette's breakthrough album, featuring songs such as "The Look", "Dressed for Success", "Dangerous" and "Listen to Your Heart", which were released as singles and became popular hits worldwide. The cover depicts Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson breaking through a crowd of fans to get into a black Cadillac limousine. It took the police 25 minutes to "clear" the way for the popular duo to get into the car.  ...more

SADE-PROMISE-1985-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC- EPC86318. Rare European original. Promise is the second Studio album by Sade. Almost every second song on the album took the top of the billboards ("Is It a Crime" and "Fear"), several songs became hit singles ("Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo"). Promise became four times platinum in U.S., double platinum in the UK and Canada and platinum in Germany. ...more

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - TRILOGY-1972-FIRST UK PRESS-ISLAND-ILPS-9186 Matrix A-2U/B-2U. Rare original great British prog group. Trilogy is the third Studio album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer , released in July 1972 on the label of Island Records . The artwork depicts the combined bust of 3 members. Trilogy increased ELP worldwide popularity, and included "Hoedown", an arrangement of Aaron Copland , which was one of the most popular songs when playing live. ...more

AGNETHA FALTSKOG (EX-ABBA)-WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME-1983-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS363. Редкий скандинавский оригинал сольного альбома Agnetha. Wrap Your Arms Around Me — седьмой студийный  После распада группы ABBA в конце 1982 года она встретилась в Лондоне с продюсером Майком Чепменом, известным по работе с Blondie. Он начал сотрудничать с Фелтског, придумав название для альбома, и выступил его продюсером. Запись Wrap Your Arms Around Me проходила в Polar Music Studios в Стокгольме, Швеция, где Фелтског работала с авторами песен и студийными музыкантами, которые ранее сотрудничали с ABBA, и завершила работу над альбомом за три месяца. Альбом стал важным этапом в сольной карьере Бьортни Фелтсхог и ознаменовал переход от поп-ориентированного звучания ABBA к более современной музыке для взрослых и софт-року, которые стали характерными для Фелтсхог вплоть до выхода ее последнего сольного альбома I Stand Alone. Wrap Your Arms Around Me — это баллада в энергичном, интроспективном стиле dance, сочетающая в себе различные формы поп-музыки, пост-диско, европоп, синти-поп, калипсо, а также предвосхищающая альбомно-ориентированный рок на протяжении большей части альбома.  После выхода альбом стал коммерчески успешным в континентальной Европе, возглавив чарты в Швеции и Норвегии. Однако за пределами Европы он имел лишь скромный успех в американском чарте Billboard 200, заняв 102-е место. ...more