AUCTION N 27 - Online general (rare and collectable vinyl records) 07 august - 10 august 2020

ALICE COOPER-WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE-1975-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-SD18130. Rare American original. Welcome to My Nightmare is the eighth Studio album by Alice Cooper, recorded with producer Bob Ezrin and released by Atlantic Records in March 1975. This is the first album Cooper, interpreted as a solo work.The disc climbed to 5th place in the U.S., until the 19th in the UK[1] in both countries, becoming platinum. The singles from it came "Only Women Bleed" (under the heading "Women Only", # 12 US), "Department of Youth" (# 67 US) and "Welcome to My Nightmare" (# 45 US). Cover plate (by drew Struzan) subsequently joined the list of "Best album covers of all time" of Rolling Stone magazine. ...more

URIAH HEEP FALLEN ANGEL-1978-FIRST UK PRESS-BRONZE-BRNA512.Matrix A-1U/B-1U KENDUN. Fallen Angel is the 12th Studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep. The album reached No. 186 only in the us Billboard 200 , but in Germany, the group reached the peak of its popularity. On this album, the group went to the sound of AOR , in contrast to the progressive rock of their previous albums. ...more

BAKER-GURVITZ ARMY-HEART ON FIRE-1976-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) UK-MOUNTAIN-TOPS111. Rare British original Blues-rock band. In 1976 he released his third album "Hearts On Fire". Album was high-quality rock songs, but sometimes the team was moved down to funk ("Smiling") and pop ("Tracks Of My Life") and even flirted with disco ("Dancing The Night Away"). No sooner had the public taste "Hearts On Fire" as the band broke up. ...more

STYX-PIECES OF EIGHT-1978-FIRST PRESS USA-A&M-SP-4724. Rare American original. Pieces Of Eight is the eighth Studio album by Styx , released September 1, 1978. The album reached the top # 6 in the Billboard album chart, and like its predecessor, would be triple platinum. ...more

FOREIGNER-HEAD GAMES-1979-FIRST PRESS (CLUB) USA-ATLANTIC room SD29999. Club very rare original cult American group. The singles "Dirty White Boy" and "Head Games" cemented the success of the album. In the U.S. the album received platinum status. ...more

QUEEN - THE GAME-1980-FIRST UK PRESS-EMI-EMA795 of the Matrix A-3U/B-10U MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L. A., CALIF. Very rare British original. The Game ("Game") is the eighth Studio album by British rock band Queen released 30 June 1980. The album was recorded in Studio "Musicland" in Munich (Germany) from June 1979 to may 1980. The album was well received: it became five times platinum in Canada alone. This is the only album of Queen, took first place in the charts in the UK and USA. ...more

QUEEN-THE WORKS-1984-FIRST UK PRESS-EMI-EMC2400141. Of The Matrix A-1/B-2. Rare British original. The Works is the eleventh Studio album by British rock band Queen, released on 27 February 1984. The album became a kind of return to roots. After a failed attempt to release a dance album, the group understands that people want the old Queen with a powerful hard fast numbers (Now I'm Here, Dead On Time, Tie Your Mother Down), lyrical ballads (Love Of My Life, Jealousy), hard-rock ballads in the spirit of "waving flag" (We Are The Champions, In The Lap Of The Gods), Opera mnogogolovy (The Prothet''s Song, Somebody To Love) and metal quick strikes (Stone Cold Crazy Let Me Entertain You). As mentioned Brian may, The Works is "A Night At The Opera" with several strokes from The Game. The Works gave the world two great hit songs: "Radio Ga Ga" and "I Want to Break Free". The album went double platinum and was sold over five million copies. ...more

AC/DC-DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP-1976-1977 ORIGINAL PRESS AUSTRALIA ALBERT PRODUCTIONS room APLP020. Very rare second press of iconic Australian group. The album blew the music market in Australia finishing in 4th place ,and in the US Billboard 200 - the 3rd place. ...more

SCORPIONS-VIRGIN KILLER-1976-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-RCA PPL1-4225. Very rare original cult album. Virgin Killer is the fourth Studio album by the German band Scorpions, released in 1976, the band's first album, known outside Europe. The title song, Virgin Killer, illuminates the subject of human depravity, it gave the idea covers with naked young virgin who was banned in the United States and several other countries. As with the previous album, In Trance, the cover was censored in some countries the album was released with an alternative version of the cover. The artwork was Steffan Böhle, Manager of RCA Records. He depicted a naked minor girl on black background; broken glass effect covering her genitals. In Japan, the album reached the 32nd line in the hit parade. It was another step the group on the way from psychedelic rock to hard rock. ...more

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – ASSAULT ATTACK-1982-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-CHRYSALIS -CHR1393. Rare original third Studio album, The Michael Schenker Group , and the only album featuring former Rainbow vocalist Graham Bonnet. In 2005, Assault Attack was ranked 481-e a place in the book of Rock Hard magazine 500 greatest rock metal albums of all time . ...more

BLACK SABBATH-THE ETERNAL IDOL-1987-FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO-VERH51. Very rare British original.The Eternal Idol is the thirteenth Studio album by British rock band Black Sabbath, recorded in AIR studios Montserrat (Montserrat), AIR Lyndhurst Hall, Hampstead (London) and Battery Studios (London). Published by Vertigo Records in 1987. Album, the Eternal Idol was the first group with vocalist Tony Martin. Holds the 168th place on the Billboard 200. ...more

CINDERELLA-HEARTBREAK STATION-1990-FIRST PRESS EU - HOLLAND-MERCURY-8848018-1. Rare European original . Heartbreak Station is the third Studio album Studio album by the American glam band Cinderella, was published in 1990 on the Mercury label. The disc became a hit in the US — he took 19th place in the Billboard chart and has broken the barrier of one million copies sold by the end of the year. Despite this, he did not succeed, comparable with previous works of the group: Night Songs and Long Cold Winter, which has sold over three million. Also, Heartbreak Station was the only Top-20 hit parade of the USA, unlike its predecessors which were in the Top 10. ...more

DEF LEPPARD-HYSTERIA-1987-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-MERCURY-830675-1. Rare original European released for all of Europe. Hysteria (Rus. "Hysteria") is the fourth Studio album by the band Def Leppard, released in 1987. Made available in both formats, LP and CD. Today it is the most popular album reached the charts Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart, released 6 singles became hits and sold 20 million copies. Hysteria is on the 21st position in the rating "100 best rock albums of all time" by the magazine Classic Rock and 464 th place in the list of 500 best albums of all time by the magazine Rolling Stone. ...more

COCKER, JOE-ONE NIGHT OF SIN-1989-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-CAPITOL-064-791828-1. European original cult album. One Night Of Sin is the twelfth Studio album of British singer Joe Cocker, released by Capitol Records in June 1989. It contains the hit single "When the Night Comes" (US #11), which was the last hit Coker in the US Top 40. The song is notable for the fact that it was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance . In addition, the first plays rhythm guitar on the song. Other notable songs on the album include a cover version of "One Night" (here as "One Night Of Sin"), hit No. 1 Elvis Presley 1958 and "I'm Your Man" by Leonard Cohen. The album also features "Another Mind Gone", which became the band's first in sixteen years, co-authored by the Coker. The song was dedicated to B. Jay Wilson, a former friend of the Coker group and other. ...more

COCKER, JOE NIGHT CALLS-1991-FIRST PRESS EEC-CAPITOL- 068-7588981. Original znametitaya album COCKER. In Europe received the status from gold to platinum. ...more

STEWART, ROD-AS TIME GOES BY... THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: VOLUME II 2003-FIRST PRESS USA-BMG-8287655710-1. Mega rare double original iconic album legend of the British scene. In 2002, Rod Stewart released It Had To Be You ... the first album from the series The Great American Songbook, in which he undertook consistently to sing the most famous jazz standards in 1930-60-ies of XX century. All four albums were a huge commercial success in different countries of the world, but music critics were assessed with restraint. Among the hit singles released from here — "These Foolish Things", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" (duet with cher), "Time After Time", "What A Wonderful World" .Volume II came out in 2003 and instantly became multi-platinum for the year is in 2nd place in the US and 4th place and the United Kingdom. ...more

DURAN DURAN-NOTORIOUS-1986-FIRST PRESS CANADA-EMI-PI12540. Rare American original. Notorious is the fourth Studio album by British new wave band Duran Duran, released on 18 November 1986. The producer of this release this time were worked previously with the group when producing the singles "the Reflex" and "Wild Boys", the guitarist of the band Chic — Nile Rodgers. He also played the guitar on the main single of the album "Notorious". This is the only single of the album, which was able to reach its former commercial success (2nd place in USA and 7th in the UK). ...more

U2-ACHTUNG BABY-1991-First press GERMANY -ISLAND - 212110 Rare original cult album. Achtung Baby is the seventh Studio album Irish rock band U2 produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno and was released on 19 November 1991 on the Island Records label.Achtung Baby is one of the most successful recordings of U2. The album was warmly received by critics and debuted at first place in the American Billboard Top 200 and topped the charts in several other countries. The record sold more than 18 million copies worldwide, in addition, he was awarded the prize "Grammy" in the nomination "the Best vocal rock performance by a Duo or group". Achtung Baby is one of the most famous recordings of the 1990s, it regularly makes the list of best albums of all time. ...more

JACKSON, MICHAEL-THRILLER-1982-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC-EPC85930. European rare original king of pop. Thriller (with eng. — "Thriller") is the sixth Studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Released on the label Epic Records on 30 November 1982.Thriller explores such genres as pop, rock, postdisco, rhythm and Blues and funk. All seven singles released from the Thriller, got into top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Just over a year, Thriller became the best selling album of all time and remains so still.At the ceremony "Grammy" in 1984 the album received eight awards. In 2003, Thriller was ranked 20th place in the list of "the 500 greatest albums of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine. The album was included in the Library of Congress as "culturally significant"entry.In 2012, critics Slant Magazine put sport in first place in its list of "Best albums of the 1980s". ...more

JACKSON, MICHAEL-BAD-1987-FIRST PRESS USA-EPIC - 4502901. Very rare American original king of pop. Bad is the seventh Studio album of Michael Jackson. Was released on the label Epic Records on August 31, 1987, the producers of the disc are Sam Jackson and Quincy Jones — Bad was their third and last collaboration. The songs on the album follows in the genres of funk, rhythm-n-Blues, gospel, pop rock, hard rock, swing and Blues. Jackson wrote nine of the eleven songs that appear in the final list of songs. In September 1987, Bad debuted on the tops of the us Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart, the album only topped the charts in 25 countries. In the period from 1987 to 1989 . Global sales records according to different sources range from 30 to 45 million copies. In 1988 and 1990, Bad received two awards "Grammy". ...more

SADE-DIAMOND LIFE1984-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC 26044 . Rare European original. Diamond Life is the debut Studio album by English group Sade .The album spawned four singles, including the singles "Your Love Is King" and " Smooth Operator ". Diamond Life was met with recognition from music critics and subsequently won a Brit Award for best British album in 1985. From a commercial point of view, the album was a success, receiving high praise in the UK and the USA , and then was certified multi-platinum in both regions. Diamond Life sold over six million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling debut recordings of the era, and became the best selling debut British singer, which lasted twenty-four years. ...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

ARMY OF LOVERS-MASSIVE LUXURY OVERDOSE-1991-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-TON SON TON-ARMYLP-2. Very rare original cult album disc Swedish pop group. Massive Luxury Overdose is the second Studio album by the Swedish pop group Army of Lovers was released in 1991 Massive Luxury Overdose includes some of the most famous songs, including Obsession and from crucified, which became a # 1 hit in the charts in Finland, Belgium and 11 other countries[1]. The album also included a new version of the song Ride The Bullet, which was previously published in the album Disco Extravaganza in 1990. In March 1992 took place the first tour of "Army Of Lovers". The concert tour began in Sweden, and later was covered and a number of European countries. Already at that time it sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide, and the final edition of the album was a result of not less than 2 million copies; of these, about 70 thousand were sold in Sweden. ...more

ERUPTION-ONE WAY TICKET-1978-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-HANSA-200213 Rare original cult album disco. In the Netherlands the issue of the original has passed with modified cover art and album title for marketing reasons. One Way Ticket — the band's song "Eruption" from the album Leave a Light (1978). In Russia and countries of the former USSR also known as the "Blue frost" or "Blue song". The prominence the song received the British disco band ERUPTION for their second album, "Leave a Light". In the first half of 1979, the song became a European hit, topping the charts in Austria and Switzerland.   ...more

BEN WEBSTER-AT EASY-1969-UK FIRST PRESS-EMBER-CJS822. Rare British original iconic tenor saxophone. Ben Webster (eng. Ben Webster; March 27, 1909, Kansas city, mo — September 20, 1973, Amsterdam, Netherlands) was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, a performer of swing. The owner of phenomenal sultonovoj sound. Had a huge impact on all tenor saxophone players of the next generations. ...more

JOE FARRELL QUARTET-SAME-1970-FIRST PRESS USA-CTI 6003. Very rare original cult album from the early catalog CTI. Joe Farrell Quartet is a jazz album by Joe Farrell released by CTI Records . It was recorded at van Gelder Studio on 1 and 2 July 1970. Guitarist John McLaughlin plays on two tracks, and there are two Duo tracks, one with Dave Holland and one with Chick Corea. The album was reissued twice in the mid 1970-ies (with different covers in each case) as Super Session and Song of the Wind . ...more

COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCH.-ME AND YUO-1983 - TEST PRESSING GERMANY-PABLO-2310891. Very rare original (test press) - one of the icons in jazz. ...more