Lot 88LIME-UNEXPECTED LOVERS-1985-FIRST PRESS CANADA-MATRA-NMINT/NMINT

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

BLACK SABBATH-MASTER OF REALITY-1971-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-VERTIGO SWIRL-6360050. A rare Scandinavian original of the cult album. Master of Reality is the third studio album by the British rock band Black Sabbath, recorded by producer Roger Baingiep at the Record Plant Studio (Los Angeles, California) and released on July 21, 1971. The album rose to number 5 on the UK Album Charts and to number 8 on the Billboard 200. It is ranked 298th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 best albums of all time. ...more

ELOY-PERFORMANCE-1983-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-HARVEST-1C064-46714. A rare German original. The eleventh album of a prog band from Germany. Since the appearance of the album "Performance" on the shelves of stores, a barrage of accusations from critics immediately fell on the heads of the musicians. Eloy was accused of imitating and repeating themselves! According to critics, there was nothing new in this album, but just a repetition of the previous Time To Turn! But, despite the attacks on the band, the audience received the album quite warmly! Perofrmance is a disc very characteristic of Eloy in the first half of the 80s, Bornemann seems to still not be able to decide what to play for them: either metal, or space rock. The melodies, as always, are pleasant, but there are no particularly bright ones, and the performance, again, as always, is excellent. Dominant keyboards with (increasingly rare) guitar solos. The line-up did not change in comparison with Time to Turn, and there was only one thing - the drummer Randow returned. After a seven-year break. ... ...more

QUEEN-A DAY AT THE RACES-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-EMI number EMTC104 Matrix A-4U/B-4U.A rare British original. A Day at the Races is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on December 10, 1976 in the UK and December 18, 1976 in the USA.The title of the album — "A Day at the Races" — as well as the previous one, is taken from the repertoire of American comedians of the 1930s by the Marx brothers. A Day at the Races immediately came under fire from critics. Queen was accused of an unsuccessful attempt to repeat A Night At The Opera. The album turned out to be really very similar to the previous one, but this was never hidden by the musicians. May said that both records were being prepared at the same time, but one was recorded earlier and the other later. ...more

JETHRO TULL-AQUALUNG-1971-SECOND PRESS 1972 USA-CHRYSALIS-CHR-1044. Pitman pressing. A rare American second pressing of a cult album. Aqualung is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released on March 19, 1971 on Chrysalis Records. It is widely regarded as a concept album, the central theme of which is "the difference between religion and God".  Aqualung is Jethro Tull's best-selling album, selling over seven million copies worldwide. In general, it was well received by critics and was included in several lists of the best music magazines. ...more