Lot 35CLAPTON, ERIC-E.C. WAS HERE-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-RSO-NMINT/NMINT

MANOWAR-SIGN OF THE HAMMER-1984-FIRST PRESS -GERMANY-10 RECORDS-206639-620. Rare original European cult heavy metal band. Sign of the Hammer is the fourth Studio album by American rock band Manowar, released in 1984. This is the first and only album released by the band on the label 10 Records. Sign of the Hammer is considered by many fans as Manowar's latest album made by the band before they changed the style to more direct and less epic. ...more

GUNS N' ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION-1987-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-GEFFEN - 924148-1. Very rare original cult album fully loaded (sticker sheet (Mega rare!)). Appetite for Destruction is the debut Studio album by American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses, Geffen released July 21, 1987. According to some estimates, the total circulation of the plate was 27 million copies, according to the other 32 million. According to Billboard 200, the most successful debut album in the US in the number of copies sold. Originally the album cover was an illustration by Robert Williams depicting a monster with daggers for teeth, attacking the robot, bent over the insensible woman in a torn dress and with pants down. Numerous complaints from various religious and social organizations have forced many stores to sell CD's wrapped in brown paper or some other way to close the figure, or to opt out of album sales. As a result, the cover design was changed - he was placed the drawing of the tattoo which makes it the Axl Rose. It depicts the heads of the members of the group in the form of skulls, set against the backdrop of the cross. The picture that was on the cover of the original, was subsequently printed inside liner of the CD. ...more

DREAM THEATER-WHEN DREAM AND DAY UNITE-1989-First press GERMANY MCA 256 374-1, MCA-42259. Very rare European cult original album.When Dream and Day Unite is the debut Studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on March 6, 1989 on independent label Kajem/Victory Studios. ...more

QUEEN-THE WORKS-1984-FIRST PRESS USA-CAPITOL ST-12322. Rare American 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

DEEP PURPLE-BURN-1974-FIRST UK PRESS-PURPLE - TPS 3505, OC 062 94837, Matrix A-2/B-1U. Stamper 1A/2GGO. Very rare British original. Burn is the eighth Studio album by the British band Deep Purple and the first recorded composition of "Mark 3", was released in February 1974 on EMI/Purple (UK) and Warner Bros. in the United States. Burn was recorded in November 1973 in Montreux, Switzerland (Mobile Studio The Rolling Stones). Under the influence of newcomers — singer David Coverdale and bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes — the sound of Deep Purple has become more Blues, began to show elements of funk and soul.Despite the fact that the song "Burn" became a big hit, and its main melody is surpassed in recognition only of the legendary "Smoke on the Water", in fact few people know that the riff of this song was borrowed from George Gershwin's of "Fascinating Rhythm /Someone to Watch Over Me". [4][unauthoritative citation needed]. Becoming a hit, "Burn" over the next two years, opened the concerts of Deep Purple. ...more