Lot 45DEF LEPPARD-ADRENALIZE-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU HOLLAND -PHONOGRAM-NMINT/NMINT

DURAN DURAN-NOTORIOUS-1986-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-EMI-062-240659-1. A rare European original. Notorious is the fourth studio album by British new wave band Duran Duran, released on 18 November 1986. The producer of this release this time was the guitarist of the band Chic — Niall Rogers, who had previously worked with the band when producing the singles "The Reflex" and "Wild Boys". He also played guitar on the album's lead single, "Notorious". It is the only single from the album to achieve its former commercial success (#2 in the US and # 7 in the UK).    ...more

CRUISE - CRUISE 1-1987-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6026141004. A rare original of the cult album. "Cruise-1" is the first album of the rock band "Cruise" in its updated format of a heavy metal trio. Recorded in June 1986 in Moscow and distributed as a tape album called " Rock Forever!". Released in 1987 by the company "Melody" on vinyl under the name "Cruise-1" and without the song "Rock forever" The most famous of all the albums of "Cruise", the first "metal" album and the only longplay of the group, officially published in the USSR. The CD "Cruise-1" was a huge success in the USSR: by the middle of 1988, its circulation exceeded one million copies, and the total circulation was about 12.5 million copies. ...more

GILMOUR, DAVID-SAME-1978-First Press UK-HARVEST-SHVL 817, OC 064/60774. The A-2U/B-1U Stamper matrices are 1M/3AM (Very early!). The first solo album by the PINK FLOYD guitarist, a rare British original.David Gilmour is the debut solo studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour . The album was released in May and June 1978 in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. The album reached number 17 in the UK and number 29 on the US Billboard album charts; it was certified gold in the US by the RIAA . The album was produced by Gilmore and consists mainly of blues, guitar-oriented rock songs, with the exception of the piano ballad "So Far Away". ...more

INXS-X-1990-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-MERCURY-866668-1.  A rare European original of the cult group. X is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on 25 September 1990. After a massive seller hit, X scored hits with "Suicide Blonde" and "Disappear" (both Top 10 in the US). Both singles were later used on the soundtrack to the 1991 American teen comedy Mystery Date. X was the third consecutive INXS album produced by Chris Thomas. The name, Roman numeral "10", represents the band's tenth year of existence since the release of their debut album in 1980.  The album was certified platinum in January 1991 by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 300,000 copies. X proved successful across Europe, reaching number 5 in Switzerland, number 7 in France, number 9 in Germany, number 10 in Sweden, and number 13 in Norway. The album quickly gained gold accreditation in all of these regions, subsequently reaching platinum status in both France and Switzerland. In the United States, Album X peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top 200 chart on October 20, 1990. As in the UK, the album spent a total of 43 weeks on the charts.Less than two months after its release, the X was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 13, 1990 for shipments of 500,000 units. The album eventually went double platinum on December 16, 1997, with sales of two million copies in the United States alone. The X was also certified double platinum in Canada in February 1991 for shipments of 200,000 units. ...more

CONNIE FRANCIS-16 OF CONNIE'S BIGGEST HITS-1963-FIRST PRESS UK-MGM-MGM-C-970. A rare British original of the hits of the jazz-pop-soul pop star of the 50-60s. Connie Francis-an American singer of Italian origin, according to Allmusic — "the prototype of a modern pop singer, still vying with Madonna for the title of the most successful pop artist of all time»  ...more