Lot 128MICHAEL, GEORGE-FAITH-1987-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-EPIC-NMINT/NMINT

URIAH HEEP-ABOMINOG-1982-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-BRONZE-204532-270. Abominog - the 14th Studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep , released in March 1982 on Bronze Records in the UK and in September 1982 on Mercury Records in the United States. It was their first album without keyboardist Ken Hensley. The album was commercially successful, partly due to the fact that the group has converted and updated their sound to the modern style and put the "more elegant, breathalyse the era of pop-metal". ...more

JACKSON, MICHAEL-THRILLER-1982-FIRST UK PRESS-EPIC-EPC85930. Rare British 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

SCORPIONS-LOVE AT FIRST STING-1984-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-HARVEST-1C 064 2400071. Love at First Sting is the ninth Studio album by the German rock band Scorpions, released in 1984. Love at First Sting became one of the most successful albums in the history of their career; in America, the album became platinum. Includes such well-known hits of the Scorpions as "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Bad Boys Running Wild", "Coming Home", "Big City Nights", as well as one of their most famous rock ballads "Still Loving You". Critics enthusiastically welcomed this album. Magazine Rolling Stone called Scorpions "the heroes of heavy metal". The ballad "Still Loving You", written in 1976 and released only in 1984, became an international rock anthem. ...more

BRONCO-ACE OF SUNLIGHT-1971-FIRST UK PRESS-ISLAND-ILPS9161.Matrix A-1U/B-1U . Stamper 1GA/1GR (Very early). Very rare original British prog-Blues psychedelia. The group was formed in late 1969 by vocalist Jess Roden, after his departure from The Alan Bown Set. In General, the group is associated with its roots by Led Zeppelin. After all, Kevyn Gammond, Lockey and Paul John Pasternak participated in the first group, Robert Plant and John Bonham - Band of Joy. Bronco were signed to Island Records and released two albums "Country Home" and "Ace of Sunlight". Roden left the band in mid-1972. They released three albums during their existence, Country Home (1970) Ace of Sunlight (1971) and Smoking Mixture (1973). ...more

HUBBARD, FREDDIE-STRAIGHT LIFE 1971-FIRST PRESS USA-CTI-CTI6007. Master disk Van Gelder. Freddie Hubbard - American jazz musician, trumpeter, known since 1960-ies as a musician, playing in the styles of bebop, hard BOP and post-BOP. His unique style has influenced many jazz musicians and has opened up new prospects-BOP. In the 1970's Hubbard had achieved the greatest popularity, connected with a series of albums recorded in collaboration with Creed Taylor and his CTI Records Studio. Albums the beginning of the decade — "Red Clay", "First Light", "Straight Life" and "Sky Dive" — was well received by the audience and was among his best works. Straight Life is a jazz album under the influence of soul / funk, recorded in 1970 by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard . It was recorded 16 November 1970 and released between the albums Red Clay (1970) and First Light (1971). It is also the eighteenth album Hubbard. ...more