Lot 87TWISTED SISTER-COME OUT AND PLAY-1985-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-ATLANTIC-NMINT/NMINT

FITZGERALD, ELLA-THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK-1956-FIRST PRESS UK-HIS MASTER'S VOICE-CLP1083.A rare British original of the cult album. .Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, dedicated to the songs of Cole Porter. It was Fitzgerald's first album for the newly formed Verve Records (and the first album released by the label). Fitzgerald's time on the Verve label allowed her to release her most famous recordings at the peak of her vocal abilities. This album marked the beginning of a series of Fitzgerald songs, each of the eight albums in the series focuses on a different composer's canon, known as the Great American Songbook. The album was recorded on February 7-9 and March 27, 1956 in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Fitzgerald's manager and producer of many of her albums, Norman Granz, visited Cole Porter at the Waldorf-Astoria and played him the entire album. Afterwards, Porter simply remarked: "God, what a wonderful diction this girl has." ...more

JACKSON, MICHAEL-THRILLER-1982-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC-EPC85930. European rare original king of pop. Thriller (with eng. — "Thriller") is the sixth Studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Released on the label Epic Records on 30 November 1982.Thriller explores such genres as pop, rock, postdisco, rhythm and Blues and funk. All seven singles released from the Thriller, got into top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Just over a year, Thriller became the best selling album of all time and remains so still.At the ceremony "Grammy" in 1984 the album received eight awards. In 2003, Thriller was ranked 20th place in the list of "the 500 greatest albums of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine. The album was included in the Library of Congress as "culturally significant"entry.In 2012, critics Slant Magazine put sport in first place in its list of "Best albums of the 1980s". ...more

CURE-KISS ME, KISS ME, KUSS ME (2LP'S)-1987-FIRST GERMANY PRESS-FICTION-832130-1. Rare original European cult band of the 80s. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me is the seventh Studio album by the British band The Cure, released in 1987. The album allowed the group to break into the American market: this is the first album that entered the Billboard Top 40. ...more

CREMATORIUM-DOUBLE ALBUM (+ POSTER) - 1993-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-CREMATORIUM-K1-K4. A rare original of the cult rock-blues-folk band."Double Album" is a collection of the best songs of the Russian rock band "Crematorium", recorded in the period from October 26, 1992 to January 24, 1993 in the tone studio of the Gorky Film Studio and released in 1993 for the 10th anniversary of the group. The music of the album is diverse - waltzes, ballads, rock and roll and blues. The album includes songs from previous albums, re-recorded by the new line-up, and two new compositions. One of the most famous and striking compilation recordings in the band's discography  ...more

ROLLING STONES-STONE AGE-1971-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) GERMANY-DECCA-SLK16702. A rare German promo original. Stone Age is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released on the Decca label in 1971. It reached number four in the UK charts. RS were surprised by the release of the album and stated: "We didn't know that this record would be released. In our opinion, it is below the standard that we are trying to keep up with, both in the choice of content and in the design of the cover." These 12 songs, dating from the mid-1960s, were chosen because they never appeared on British studio albums, some of them were originally released only on singles, and some up to that point were released only on American studio albums. ...more