Lot 126NAZARETH,NO MEAN CITY-1978- FIRST PRESS GERMANY-VERTIGO-NMINT/NMINT

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA-BIRDS OF FIRE-1973-FIRST UK PRESS-CBS number Ѕ65321Редкий British original is the second Studio album by American jazz fusion group. Is the last Studio album released by the original lineup of the group. ...more

BEATLES-LOVE SONGS (2LP'S)-1977-FIRST UK PRESS-PARLOPHONE-PCSP721. Very rare British original . Love Songs (eng. — "Love songs") — a double mixed album, which collected love songs recorded by the Beatles between 1962 to 1970. The collection was released by Capitol Records in the United States on 21 October 1977 (catalogue number SKBL-11711) and on Parlophone label in the UK on 19 November 1977 (catalogue number PCSP 721). We also saw the release of the album in New Zealand (with the same catalogue number and with the same printing matrix) on two different labels owned by EMI. The disc rose to 24th place in the album chart Billboard 200 and remained there 31 the week commencing 12 November 1977[2]. American Association of the Recording Industry (RIAA) certified the album for sales of three million copies, despite the fact that certification collections were discontinued in the late 1980s (certified the album with sales of three million units in 2000 even though the compilation was deleted in the late 1980s). In 1982 the collection was published by the Bulgarian label "Balkanton" Bulgaria and other countries of the Soviet Union ...more

U2-the JOSHUA TREE-1987-FIRST UK PRESS-ISLAND- U26. Rare British original cult album.The Joshua Tree is the fifth Studio album Irish rock band U2. Released on 9 March 1987 on Island Records label. The Joshua Tree received rave reviews from critics, topped the charts in 20 countries and has sold record numbers. The album brought musicians of international fame — they have become the fourth group, whose picture was placed on the cover of Time magazine, which called them "the highlight of the season." In turn, the editors of Rolling Stone noted that The Joshua Tree turned the band "from heroes to superstars". The album spawned several hit singles that have become the hallmark of the group — "With or Without You", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "Where the Streets Have No Name". In 1988, the album received two Grammy awards in the categories "album of the year and Best vocal rock performance by a Duo or group". The Joshua Tree is regularly featured among the most important records in rock history and is one of the best selling albums in the world - more than 25 million copies. According to the decision of the National Academy of art and science of sound recording of the USA the album was included in "the Grammy Hall of fame", a solemn ceremony was held in 2014. In the same year, the album entered the archive of the us Library of Congress — national registry of iconic musical works of the twentieth century. ...more

QUEEN-AT THE BEEB-1973-FIRST UK PRESS 1989-QUEEN PROD.-BOJLP001. Rare British original released only in 1989. At the Beeb is a live album by English rock band Queen, released in 1989. The album At the Beeb was released on vinyl, cassette and CD. In the USA the album was released under the title Queen at The BBC on compact disc and with a different cover. The album includes recording 8 songs that were recorded on the program "Sound of the 70s" Radio station BBC Radio 1. The first four were recorded February 5, 1973, the remaining 3 December the same year. All tracks, except one, from the album "Queen", only the song "Ogre Battle" from the album "Queen II". The songs are not performed as they then appeared on the albums. They played in this variant, which they later performed at concerts. The recording of "Ogre Battle" was a corrupted entry, so in the beginning minute of the song had to be cut. ...more

GABRIEL, PETER-SO-1986-UK FIRST PRESS-VIRGIN- PG5-1. 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