Lot 28JETHRO TULL-AQUALUNG-1971-SECOND PRESS 1972 USA-CHRYSALIS-NMINT/NMINT

JOHN, ELTON-CAPTAIN FANTASTIC-1975-FIRST UK PRESS-DJM-DJLPX1. A rare British original . This album is one of the peaks of ELTON JOHN's creativity . Complete set ( two booklets and a large poster).Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth studio album by British singer Elton John, released in 1975. The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart and remained there for seven weeks; Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the first album to reach this chart. It was certified gold in May 1975, and was certified platinum and triple platinum in March 1993 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In Canada, the album also debuted at #1 on the national RPM Top Albums chart. The UK Albums Chart reached #2. In 2003, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy was ranked at #158 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All time. ...more

GUNS N' ROSES - USE YOUR ILLUSION -1 - 1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GEFFEN-GEF24415. Very rare original cult album. Use Your Illusion I is the third Studio album by American rock band Guns N’ Roses, released in 1991. Drive the first of two albums released in conjunction with the tour Use Your Illusion Tour. The second album titled Use Your Illusion II. The disc climbed to the second place of the Billboard. For the first week, it sold 685, 000 copies, Use Your Illusion II was the slightly more successful (770 000 for the first week). Use Your Illusion I in the United States has sold 5 502 000, says Nielsen SoundScan..Each of the albums Use Your Illusion became seven-times platinum (RIAA). The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992 ...more

STEVE VAI- PASSION AND WARFARE - 1990- FIRST PRESS UK-FFT- GRUB17. A rare British original. Passion and Warfare is the second studio album by guitarist Steve Vai, released on May 22, 1990 on Relativity and Epic Records. He received a gold certificate from the RIAA. Passion and Warfare was written based on a series of episodes of dreams that Vai had when he was younger, and in the album's guitar notes book Vai summarizes it this way: "Jimi Hendrix meets Jesus Christ at a party that Ben Hur arranged for Mel Blanc." It was all recorded at Mothership Studios in his Hollywood Hills home, a 1,600-square-foot (150 m2) building that also recorded his guitar parts for Whitesnake's 1989 album Slip of the Tongue. Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has small spoken parts on the album; Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg and Rudy Sarzo are credited with backing vocals. Vai claims that planning for the album began back in 1982, but was postponed after joining David Lee Roth's band and was not resumed until the breakup with Roth in 1989. ...more

ANIMALS-ANIMALISMS-1966-FIRST PRESS UK-DECCA- LK4797. Matrices A-1A/B-1A .1U/1U Stamper (A dream!). A rare British original of a cult rock band. Animalisms is the third studio album by the British band The Animals, released in 1966, on Decca Records. Two months later, the album was released in the US under the name Animalizationruen with a slightly different order of songs. In the summer of the same year 1966, the record took 4th place in the UK Albums Chart. ...more

PINK FLOYD-FINAL CUT-1983-FIRST PRESS USA-COLUMBIA - QC38243 Matrix A-G1A/B-G1A. A rare American original of the cult album. This is the last Pink Floyd album that Roger Waters participated in. The album is dedicated to Roger Waters' father who died in World War II. The Final Cut was released in the UK on March 21, 1983, and in the US on April 2, it reached number one in the UK, surpassing The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. It was less successful in America, peaking at number six on the Billboard album charts. With over 1,000,000 units shipped in the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America certified Final Cut Platinum in May 1983. In 1997, he received a double platinum certification. ...more