Lot 87VAUGHAN,STEVIE RAY AND DOUBLE TROUBLE-IN STEP-1989-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-EPIC-NMINT/NMINT

DEEP PURPLE-FIREBALL-1971-THE FIRST UK-HARVEST PRESS- SHVL793 Matrix A-2U/B-3U . 3OA/1LA stamper (The "Column" version of the label) A rare original of the iconic album. Fireball is the fifth studio album by British rock band Deep Purple. Recorded between September 1970 and June 1971, it was released in September 1971 on the Harvest Records label. The album was recorded at De Lane Lea Studios (like its predecessor). Compared to Deep Purple in Rock, this album was recorded in a more experimental style. Allmusic named it one of the band's four most important albums, along with Machine Head, In Rock and Burn. Ian Gillan, unlike the rest of the band, considers this album a classic of Deep Purple. However, he noted that the inclusion of "Anyone's Daughter" on the album (in a country style and with humorous lyrics) was fun, but a mistake ("A good bit of fun, but a mistake"). Jon Lord highlighted several tracks on the album, such as "No No No" and "Fools", and especially noted Pace's playing in the title track. The track "Strange Kind of Woman", released as a single in February 1971 and rose to number eight in the UK charts. 20,000 copies were sold in the first week. The album was highly appreciated by the public and critics, becoming multi-gold on both sides of the Atlantic. ...more

BON JOVI-SLIPPERY WHEN WET-1986-UK FIRST PRESS-VERTIGO-VERH38. Rare original British cult rockers. Slippery When Wet is the third Studio album by Bon Jovi, released in August 1986 on Vertigo Records. The album includes songs that are now considered the most famous Bon Jovi songs, such as "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer" and "Wanted Dead Or Alive". The album spent eight weeks at No. 1 The Billboard 200. Slippery When Wet is the best-selling album. The U.S. has sold 12 million copies worldwide — more than 28 million. The album received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. He was named the best selling album of 1987 by Billboard, and is currently 21st all-time. The album also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. ...more

ABBA-RING RING-1973-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR-POLS 242-A2/B2 matrices. A rare Swedish original of the legendary band's first album. Ring Ring is the debut studio album by Swedish band ABBA, originally recorded simply as Björn and Benny, Agnetha and Frida. It was released in Scandinavia and a limited number of other territories, including Germany, Australia, South Africa and Mexico, on March 26, 1973 on the Polar Music label. The album topped the charts in Belgium and was a great success in the Netherlands, Norway and South Africa. ...more

BLACK SABBATH-BLACK SABBATH -1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1970 UK-VERTIGO-VO6/847903VTY. Matrices A-1/B-1. A mega rare original of the second press of the first album, which is one of the icons in rock music. Black Sabbath is the debut album by the rock band Black Sabbath, released in the United Kingdom on February 13, 1970. On March 7, 1970, the album rose to #8 on the UK Albums Chart and to #23 on the Billboard 200. Recorded in just three days (8 hours of studio work) and costing the band only 1,200 pounds, Black Sabbath's debut album is now considered a heavy metal classic. In the IGN Music list (Top 25 Metal Albums), he is in 13th place (the band's second album, Paranoid, is second here, behind Master of Puppets (Metallica)).  ...more

FLEETWOOD MAC-MR. WONDERFUL-1969-THE FIRST UK PRESS-BLUE HORIZON-7-63205. A very rare British original of the iconic blues band. Mr. Wonderful is the second studio album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on August 23, 1968. This all-blues album was generally similar to their debut album.  ...more