Lot 105AMII STEWART- KNOCK ON WOOD- 1979-FIRST PRESS USA- ARIOLA-NMINT/NMINT

WINGS-VENUS AND MARS-1975-THE FIRST JAPAN-CAPITOL-EPS-80236 PRESS. A rare Japanese original of a cult album.  Venus and Mars is the fourth studio album by Wings, released in 1975. The CD was released after the extraordinary success of Band on the Run and also became very popular. Paul McCartney's first album with Capitol Records. After the release of Band on the Run, Jimmy McCulloch (lead guitarist) and Jeff Britton (drummer) also joined the Wings in 1974. After McCartney wrote several new songs for the upcoming album, the band flew to New Orleans in January 1975, where they were scheduled to record Venus and Mars.Britton, having quarreled with McCulloch, left the band, having managed to participate in the recording of only three songs of the album. He was urgently replaced by American Joe English, with whom the recording was continued. McCartney made the songs in Venus and Mars blend seamlessly into each other, and the album in this sense became similar to The Beatles' Abbey Road album. The album was received very warmly, and it hits the Top 10 charts in all countries of the continent. According to the results, the album of the year is also ranked high, in Britain 5th place, in the USA - 1st place according to the Billboard 200. ...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

LAID BACK-PLAY IT STRAIGHT-1985-FIRST PRESS DANISH / HOLLAND-MEDLEY-MDLP6260. A rare original of the cult disco album.  The third studio album by the Danish pop group Laid Back, released in 1985. The album reached number 95 on The Billboard 200 chart.  ...more

LIVIN' BLUES-ROCKING AT THE TWEED MILL-1973-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-PHILIPS-6413044. A rare German original of the cult album. .Rocking At The Tweed Mill is the fourth studio album by Dutch rock band Livin' Blues. It was released in 1973 with the support of the Philips label. In 1972, the band broke up with Eggermont and began collaborating with British producer Mike Vernon. Their first record together was "Rocking At The Tweed Mill", on which Arjen Cumming drummed. The album received high marks and hit all European charts. ...more

ROLLING STONES-THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST -1967-FIRST PRESS (STEREO) UK-DECCA-TXS103. 1DH/1KA Stamper Matrices A-6K/B-5K (Very early!)  The rare British original of the cult album RS. Satanic Majesties Request is the sixth British and eighth American studio album by the Rolling Stones. During the recording of the album, the band experimented extensively with psychedelic sound in the studio, including elements such as unconventional instruments, sound effects, string arrangements, and African rhythms. ...more