Lot 39DEEP PURPLE-IN ROCK-1970-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-NMINT/NMINT

ABBA-ABBA-1975 - THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS262. A rare Swedish original. ABBA is the third studio album by Swedish pop band ABBA, released in 1975. The song "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", which topped the charts in Australia, giving rise to "abbamania" on the Green Continent, " SOS " and "Mamma Mia", respectively, became No. 6 and No. 1 hits in the UK — a rare success for musicians from continental Europe at the time. ...more

WOODSTOCK-PART ONE AND PART TWO (BOX 5LP) - 1969/70-ORIGINAL PRESS 1985 LIMITED 03227-USA-MFSL-5-200. A very rare audiophile-quality set on five records from the legendary WOODSTOCK Festival. Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More is a live album of selected performances from the 1969 Woodstock Counterculture Festival. Originally released on Atlantic RecordsCotillion as a triple album on May 11, 1970, A second compilation of recordings from the festival, Woodstock Two, was released a year later. It was certified gold on May 22, 1970 and 2x Platinum in 1993. ...more

THIN LIZZY-CHINATOWN-1980-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-6359030. A rare British original by British hard rockers.  Chinatown is the tenth studio album by the Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1980. He introduced guitarist Snowy White, who would also perform on the next album, and also toured with Thin Lizzy between 1980 and 1982; he replaced Gary Moore as the permanent guitarist. White has previously worked with Cliff Richard, Peter Green, and Pink Floyd. Eighteen-year-old Darren Wharton also played keyboards in Chinatown, and later that year he joined Thin Lizzy as a permanent member.  The album reached high positions in the charts, although according to critics it was weaker than Black rose, UK Albums Chart-7 place, Billboard 200 (USA) - 120 place.  ...more

COLLINS, PHIL-BOTH SIDES (2LP)-1993-FIRST PRESS UK/EU GERMANY-WEA-450993757-1. Both Sides is the fifth Studio album by British singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released November 9, 1993. Both Sides were created by Phil Collins on their own, without the involvement of its regular employees (such as producer Hugh Padgham (eng. Hugh Padgham), guitarist Daryl Stormie (eng. Daryl Stuermer), which always helped him to record his albums. Moreover, parties of all musical instruments and all the vocals played and recorded by Collins alone — in his home Studio.Within six weeks Collins self recorded and played all the tracks on the album. He himself became the sole producer of the album.Due to the fact that all the musical material of the album was recorded at home Studio Collins (and transferred to a professional Studio only for final data), the album sounds noticeably different sound from all his previous albums. ...more

DEF LEPPARD-ADRENALIZE-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU HOLLAND-PHONOGRAM-510978-1. A very rare original of the cult album. Adrenalize is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on March 31, 1992 through Mercury Records. The album was the band's first album since the death of guitarist Steve Clarke in 1991. Adrenalize debuted at No. 1 on the UK albums chart, and the following week on the US Billboard 200. It remained at No. 1 on the Billboard chart for five weeks, keeping Bruce Springsteen's Human Touch at number one, and spent a total of 65 weeks on the charts. ...more