Lot 77DURAN DURAN-NOTORIOUS-1986-FIRST PRESS CANADA-EMI-NMINT/NMINT

VISSOTSKI VLADIMIR(VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY)-WIR DREHEN DIE ERDE LIEDER II-1987-FIRST PRESS -GERMANY-PLANE-88534. A very rare album of Vladimir Vysotskogo released in Germany. Wir drehen die Erde (Lieder II) - "We rotate the Earth (Songs II)" second German album of Vladimir Vysotsky, which was released in 1987 on the independent label pläne Dortmund in Germany under the license of the Soviet firm "Melody". Since vinyl never published. Wir drehen die Erde (Lieder II) is not a copy of any one of the plate firm "Melody", and is made up of songs, produced by "Melody" on different plates, and large minions. But they are all written to the accompaniment of instrumental ensemble "Melodia" under G. Garanyan. ...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

SCORPIONS-VIRGIN KILLER-1976-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-RCA PPL1-4225. Very rare original cult album. Virgin Killer is the fourth Studio album by the German band Scorpions, released in 1976, the band's first album, known outside Europe. The title song, Virgin Killer, illuminates the subject of human depravity, it gave the idea covers with naked young virgin who was banned in the United States and several other countries. As with the previous album, In Trance, the cover was censored in some countries the album was released with an alternative version of the cover. The artwork was Steffan Böhle, Manager of RCA Records. He depicted a naked minor girl on black background; broken glass effect covering her genitals. In Japan, the album reached the 32nd line in the hit parade. It was another step the group on the way from psychedelic rock to hard rock. ...more

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-A NEW WORLD RECORD-1976-FIRST UK PRESS-UA-UAG30017. Matrix A-3U/B-1U. Rare British original cult album. A New World Record is the sixth Studio album by the British band Electric Light Orchestra, released in September 1976. The album was remastered and reissued in 2006 with the addition of six bonus tracks. A New World Record became their first album, ranked in the top ten in the UK (three previous albums had a great success in USA, but not in the homeland of musicians). The album received platinum status in the UK and in the United States, during the first year after it sold five million copies. Like the previous album A New World Record was recorded at Munich's Musicland studios recording Studios. ...more

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