Lot 55DEEP PURPLE-IN ROCK-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-NMINT/NMINT

LED ZEPPELIN-IV-1971-ORIGINAL 1976 UK PRESS-ATLANTIC - K50008. Rare early British edition of the iconic album. Led Zeppelin IV is the fourth Studio album by the British rock group Led Zeppelin, released on 8 November 1971 label Atlantic Records. Sales of Led Zeppelin IV represent more than 37 million copies, making it not only the most commercially successful album in the band's history, but also one of the best selling albums in the world. In particular, Led Zeppelin IV is the most commercially successful hard rock plate of all time, and it released the song "Stairway to Heaven" is still the most played piece of music, any genre on American radio and one of the most famous songs in music history.Led Zeppelin IV regularly features in various lists of "best albums ever". So, in 2003 the American magazine Rolling Stone put him on 66-th place in its ranking of "the 500 greatest albums of all time". In turn, the British newspaper New Musical Express said it on 106-th row the same vote. In addition, Led Zeppelin IV takes 1st place in the rankings of Classic Rock magazine's "100 greatest British rock albums" "100 greatest rock albums ever", and also 4th position in the list of "200 greatest albums of version of Hall of fame rock n 'roll", compiled with the participation of the Association of the music business of the United States . In 1999 the record was included in the Hall of fame award "the Grammy" became the first album of the group, awarded this privilege. ...more

ALICE COOPER-WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE-1975-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-SD18130. Rare American original. Welcome to My Nightmare is the eighth Studio album by Alice Cooper, recorded with producer Bob Ezrin and released by Atlantic Records in March 1975. This is the first album Cooper, interpreted as a solo work.The disc climbed to 5th place in the U.S., until the 19th in the UK[1] in both countries, becoming platinum. The singles from it came "Only Women Bleed" (under the heading "Women Only", # 12 US), "Department of Youth" (# 67 US) and "Welcome to My Nightmare" (# 45 US). Cover plate (by drew Struzan) subsequently joined the list of "Best album covers of all time" of Rolling Stone magazine. ...more

GILMOUR, DAVID-SAME-1978-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-COLUMBIA-JC35388. Mega rare promo original cult album. First solo album of the guitarist of PINK FLOYD, rare British original.David Gilmour is the first solo Studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-vocalist David Gilmour . The album was released in may and June 1978 in the UK and United States, respectively. The album reached number 17 in the UK and number 29 in the charts of US Billboard albums; it was certified gold in the US by the RIAA . The album was produced by Gilmour, and consists mostly of bluesy , guitar oriented rock songs except for the piano ballad "So Far Away". ...more

B. B. KING & CLAPTON, ERIC-RIDING WITH THE KING-2000-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-REPRISE-936247612-1. Very rare original two masters of Blues-rock. Riding with the King — Studio Blues album by Eric Clapton and B. B. king, published in 2000. Received a Grammy award in the category "Best traditional Blues album", and became 2×multi-platinum. ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-ON THE THIRD DAY+SWEET TALKING' WOMAN-1973-ORIGINAL 1978 UK PRESS-JET-JETLP202+JET12-121. Rare edition of an album the original Maxi single 12" with the track SWEET TALKIN' WOMAN on colored vinyl for the first time released the edition of the album with a modified cover. Maxi-single has become a popular UK finishing in 6th place and in the USA - 17th place. On the Third Day is the third Studio album by the British band Electric Light Orchestra, released in late 1973 and became the first album fully recorded without Roy wood. ...more