Lot 83AC/DC-THE RAZORS EDGE-1990-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY -ATCO-NMINT/NMINT

MEGADETH - RUST IN PEACE -1990 - THE FIRST EU-CAPITOL PRESS-064-791935-1 A very rare original of a cult metal album. Rust in Peace is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on September 24, 1990 by Capitol Records. It was Megadeth's first album featuring guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza. The songs "Hangar 18" and "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" were released as singles. Since its release, Rust in Peace has often been called one of the best thrash metal albums of all time by publications such as Decibel and Kerrang!, as well as in the directory 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Metal Performance category at the 33rd Grammy Awards. At the Foundations Forum in 1991, the album won the Concrete Foundations Award in the "Best Radio Album" category, and the single "Hangar 18" won the "Best Radio Single" award. ...more

ABBA-ABBA-1975-THE FIRST UK PRESS-EPIC-EPC80835. A rare British original. ABBA is the third studio album by the Swedish pop band ABBA, released in 1975. The song "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", which topped the charts in Australia, marking the beginning of "abbamania" on the Green Continent, "SOS" and "Mamma Mia", respectively, became No. 6 and No. 1 hits in the UK — a rare success for musicians at that time. from continental Europe. ...more

TURTLES -HAPPY TOGETHER-1967-THE FIRST PRESS UK-LONDON-HA-U-8330. A rare British original by a cult band. "Happy Together" is a song written by Harry Bonner and Alan Gordon and recorded by the American rock band The Turtles. It was released as a single in January 1967, along with the song "Like the Seasons" (B-side), and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first and only chart-topping hit. It also entered the top 20 in various countries, taking 2nd place in Canada and 12th place in the UK. It was later included on the Turtles' third studio album Happy Together (1967). ...more

URIAH HEEP-BEST OF-1975-THE FIRST UK PRESS-BRONZE-ILPS9375. Matrixes A-2/B-2 is a very rare British original of the cult collection of the best tracks. The Best of Uriah Heep (also known as The Best of...) is the title of the most successful compilation album by the British rock band Uriah Heep. It was released by Bronze Records and Mercury Records in three different editions with approximately the same set of songs, but with different covers and track listings. The first edition was released in 1974 in Canada, the second in 1975 in Europe, and the third the following year in the United States. In some European editions, the song "Lady in Black" was replaced by "Suicidal Man". The collection went gold in Germany. ...more

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