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

ACE OF BASE-HAPPY NATION-1993-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-METRONOME-517749-1. Very rare original disco album. Happy Nation is the debut album by Swedish group Ace of Base, released in early 1993. The album reached number one in the charts in at least 14 countries. In the United States for the first year it sold over 8 million copies in Canada, more than 1 million, just in the world has sold 25 million copies of the album. On 25 November 1993 the album was reissued in the US under a different name — The Sign with the addition of 4 new songs. The album became the best selling in the USA in 1994. A few songs from the album, including "The Sign", "All That She Wants" and "Don't Turn Around", were hits #1 on the charts the USA and Europe. ...more

KISS-DYNASTY-1979-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-CASABLANCA -NB7049.Very rare original complete set (large poster 90x60 cm). Cult album Dynasty is the seventh Studio album by American hard rock band Kiss, released in 1979 on the Casablanca record label. The album and subsequent tour marked the "return of Kiss" in the top lines of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-HOUSES OF THE HOLY-1973-FIRST UK PRESS-ATLANTIC - K50014 matrix A2/B2 STERLING. Very rare British original with the first matrix .Houses of the Holy is the fifth Studio album by the British rock group Led Zeppelin released 28 March 1973 on Atlantic Records. Paige described the concept of the cover as "a symbol of innocence, the expression of the idea that we are all beings who aspire to the heavens promised". Posed six-year-old Samantha gates and her four year old brother Stefan. The photo on the cover is a collage of over thirty shots. The cover of the album did not contain any information about artists or the title. In the US the title was written on ribbons that were taped children's buttocks. Despite this precaution, the album was banned in many States in the Bible belt. "Anything like that today we would do not allowed, immediately would be accused of propaganda of pedophilia, says Powell. But we were hippies, walking around naked was quite ordinary". In 2011, the cover of the album took 28 th place in the list of best album covers of all time according to the online edition Music Radar. The musical rating of the album immediately took the 1 to 10 place in the charts of countries in all continents, becoming immediately multiplatinovymi. ...more

SOLUTION-DIVERGENCE-1972-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-HARVEST 5C056-24541. Mega rare original cult prog album. .Divergence is the second album by Dutch progressive rock group Solution . It was released in 1972 on the EMI subsidiary Harvest Records and became the best progressive work in Europe and decent circulation published in the record label Harvest records have multiplied European fame of Dutch. After a short time the Solution has already toured the UK as headliners, and the gig they were Badfinger and ELO... ...more

QUEEN-QUEEN II-1974-FIRST UK PRESS-EMI - EMA767 of the Matrix A-4U/B-4U . Rare British original in top condition. Queen II is the second Studio album by British rock band Queen, released in 1974. The disk is divided into "White" and "Black" side instead of the usual side "A" and side "B". Fantasy theme of the album resonates with the work of Led Zeppelin ever, though fairies and trolls Queen was more mannered bunch than the Queen and the giants Led Zeppelin. ...more