Lot 145HAWKINS, COLEMAN-THE ESSENTIAL COLEMAN HAWKINS (STEREO)-1964-FIRST PRESS USA-VERVE-NMINT/NMINT

DIRE STRAITS-DIRE STRAITS-1978-FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO - 9102021.Dire Straits is the debut Studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, was released in October 1978. 7 Oct 1978 album "Dire Straits" released on the Phonogram label. Since 1979 this album was released under the label of Vertigo. The sales results of the album is quite impressive — in Europe has sold four million copies in the U.S. — two million copies. The fate of singles diametrically different — "Sultans of Swing" was received by the public, reached the 8th position in the UK charts. Water of Love was released in some countries and the best achievement was 54 position in the chart of Australia. ...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

BONEY M-THE BEST OF 10 YEARS-32 SUPERHITS-1986-UK FIRST PRESS-STYLUS-SRM621. Rare British original iconic disco group. The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits also known as 32 Superhits - Non-Stop Digital Remix is a Remix album from Boney M. released in 1986. The Best of 10 Years reached # 3 in the German albums chart. ...more

RARE EARTH-MIDNIGHT LADY-1976-FIRST PRESS USA-RARE EARTH--R6-550-S1. Original famous rhythm and Blues groups. Focused on disco audience the record "Midnight Lady" (1976) was the last release under the banner of "Motown". Barney Eles who last time led a mini-label "Rare Earth Records", founded the independent company "Prodigal" and promptly turned the team on him. During this time the band released four albums (the last of them, "Tight and Hot", 1982, was released only in Canada in a limited edition), and then, pursued by persistent staffing problems just disappeared, without announcing his breakup. ...more

CCS-CCS II-1972-FIRST UK PRESS-RAK - SRAK503.Matrix A-2/B-2 .Stamper 1GG/1GA . C. C. S. was the second Studio album by the British Blues and jazz society's collective consciousness, led by guitarist Alexis Korner . This album is usually called C. C. S. 2 to avoid confusion with the first, eponymous album, although this name can not be found anywhere on record or sleeve.It included covers of songs by such diverse artists as Led Zeppelin and The Jackson 5 . In the official UK singles chart the album took the 23rd spot, while the single "Brother" took 25th place. ...more