Preview: AUCTION N 48 - Online general (rare and collectable vinyl records) 27 december - 30 december 2025

QUEEN-SHEER HEART ATTACK-1974-FIRST UK PRESS-EMI -EMC3061. Matrix A-4U/B-3U. Rare British original. First fame, and commercial success came to the band with this album, and the song "Killer Queen" was their first big hit, reaching second place in England. The album itself also reached second place in the UK and 12th in the charts of Billboard 1975. ...more

BEE GEES-ODESSA-1969-ПЕРВЫЙ ПРЕСС (STEREO)-UK-POLYDOR-583050. matrix A1/B1/C1/D2/ A very rare stereo original of the cult album. Odessa is the sixth studio album by The Bee Gees, a double vinyl album released on March 30, 1969, originally in a deluxe red flocked cover with gold lettering. Despite reaching the top ten in the UK and the top twenty in the US, the album was not particularly well received, although it is now considered by many to be the band's most significant album of the sixties. An ambitious project, originally conceived as a concept album about the loss of a fictional ship in 1899, it created tension and disagreement within the band over the direction of work; finally, a dispute over which song to release as a single led to Robin Gibb temporarily leaving the band.Released by Polydor Records in the UK and Atco Records in the US, Odessa was the band's fourth album to be released internationally, and their only double album of original music. This will be the last album, which will be presented the original incarnation of the group, and the last in which will participate guitarist Vince Meloni. The album includes the 1969 hit single "First of May" (UK No. 6 / US No. 37) and well-known tracks such as "Lamplight", "Marley Purt Drive" and " Melody Fair", ...more

SPACE-MAGIC FLY-1977-THE FIRST PRESS USA-UA-UA-LA780G.. A rare original of a cult album. Magic Fly is the debut studio album by the French band Space, released in 1977. The CD was recorded at Sydney Bechett Studios, recorded and mixed by Patrick Fraigneau. Magic Fly is designed in the styles of synthpop, disco. The track "Magic Fly" was used as the soundtrack to the television footage of the Buran landing. ...more

DIRE STRAITS-LOVE OVER GOLD-1982-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO - 6359109 . A rare British original of the cult group. Love over Gold is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released on September 20, 1982 on Vertigo Records and Warner Bros. Records in the USA. The presence of detailed musical compositions with long instrumental passages in the album brings it closer in style to progressive rock. This is the last CD of the band recorded with the participation of the original drummer Peak Withers. The singles from the album, "Private Investigations", reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Industrial Disease" reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. The album topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Norway and the UK, and peaked at No. 19 in the US. Love over Gold was later certified gold in the US, platinum in France and Germany, and double platinum in Canada and the UK. ...more

LED ZEPPELIN-HOUSES OF THE HOLY-1973-FIRST PRESS USA (CUT RL)-ATLANTIC-SD7255 matrices ST-A-732783-C AT STERLING RL / ST-A-732784-F AT STERLING RL .Richmond Press. A mega rare American original. Mastering was done by Robert Ludwig (label RL) 1st edition in the USA (with the Broadway address of 1841 on the labels), with Robert Ludwig's "hot" mastering on both sides. The first copies went on sale and began to be recalled for production, because the high bass led to poor quality cartridges (heads) malfunctioning, which forced people to return the album, believing that it was defective. Then another sound engineer was hired to redo a much less "hot" version of the album, and this is a common version..Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by British rock band Led Zeppelin, released on March 28, 1973 on Atlantic Records. Page described the idea of the cover as "a symbol of innocence, an expression of the idea that we are all beings who aspire to the promised heaven." Six-year-old Samantha Gates and her four-year-old brother Stefan posed. The cover photo is a collage of more than thirty images. The album cover did not contain any information about the artists or the title. In the USA, the headline was written on ribbons that were taped over children's buttocks. Despite this precaution, the record was banned in many states of the "Bible Belt". "They wouldn't let us do anything like that today, they would immediately accuse us of pedophilia propaganda," says Powell. "But we were hippies, walking around naked was completely commonplace for us." In 2011, the album cover was ranked 28th in the list of the best album covers of all time by the online publication Music Radar. In the music ranking, the album immediately took from 1 to 10 places in the charts of countries on all continents, immediately becoming multi-platinum.  ...more

ABBA-WATERLOO-1974-SECOND PRESS 1976 SWEDEN-POLAR--POLS252. A rare Swedish second press of the iconic album, after which ABBA became famous all over the world. Waterloo is the second studio album by Swedish pop band ABBA, the first to be released internationally. It was originally released on March 4, 1974 in Sweden on the Polar Music label. The album's title track won ABBA the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 and became a worldwide hit, launching the band's career. "Waterloo" won the Swedish qualifying round, and the band represented Sweden in Brighton at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. ABBA won the competition, and "Waterloo" became a hit not only in Europe, but also around the world (for example, taking 6th place in the USA). The album has already been released in Sweden and topped the Swedish charts for 12 weeks, becoming one of the best-selling Swedish albums at that time. In the UK, the album peaked at number 28, becoming the first album by a foreign artist to chart, and performed well in the rest of Europe. ...more

WINGS-VENUS AND MARS-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-CAPITOL-PCTC254 - a-1U/B - 1U PORKY/ROOM . 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, Wings also included Jimmy McCulloch (lead guitarist) and Jeff Britton (drummer) in 1974. After McCartney wrote several new songs for the upcoming album, the band flew to New Orleans in January 1975 to record Venus and Mars.Britton, after an argument with McCulloch, left the band, having managed to participate in the recording of only three songs of the album. He was urgently picked up a replacement-American Joe English, with whom the recording was continued. McCartney made the songs in Venus and Mars flow smoothly into each other, and the album in this sense became similar to the Beatles ' Abbey Road album. The album was received very warmly, and in all countries of the continent it reaches the Top 10 of the charts. According to the results, album of the year, places are also high, in the UK 5 place, USA-1 place according to the Billboard 200. ...more

ROXETTE-JOYRIDE-1991-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-EMI number 7960481. A rare Swedish original. Joyride is the third studio album by Swedish pop rock duo Roxette, released on March 25, 1991 by EMI as a follow—up to their international breakthrough album Look Sharp! (1988), as well as the off-album single "It Must Have Been Love" from the soundtrack to the movie Pretty Woman (1990). The album was recorded in 11 months in Sweden. The duo faced serious pressure from the record company to release a successful next album, and resisted the pressure that forced them to move to Los Angeles and work with experienced American producers. After its release, the album was a success both critically and commercially. In a retrospective review for AllMusic, it was called "the work of two pop artists at the peak of their careers."  Joyride topped the charts in seven European countries and achieved multi-platinum status in several regions. It remains one of the best-selling albums of all time in Argentina, Austria and Germany. ...more

PRINCE AND THE NEW POWER GENERATION-DIAMONDS AND PEARLS (2LP'S)-1991-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-GERMANY-WARNER-WX432/7599253791. A very rare original of the cult album.Diamonds and Pearls is the 13th studio album by American recording artist Prince, and the first with his new backing band The New Power Generation. It was released on October 1, 1991, by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records. The album produced several hit singles, including "Gett Off", "Cream"," Money Don't Matter 2 Night"," Insatiable", and the title track. Dancers Lori Werner (then dancing under the stage name Lori Elle) and Robia Lamort, known as "diamond" and "Pearl" respectively, appeared on the holographic screen. cover art (reprints of the album are not holographic). Diamond and Pearl also appeared in the music videos for "Cream"," Strollin'"," Gett Off " and the title track, and participated in the Prince Diamonds and Pearls Tour. Diamonds and Pearls contains a hybrid of musical styles, from the funky "Daddy Pop", " Jughead "and the first single" Gett Off "to some more mainstream pop/rock songs recorded by Prince over a period of time, such as" Cream"," Money Don't Matter 2 Night " The album was a huge success and placed in the top ten in all countries . In 20 countries, it received the status of gold and platinum, and in the United States two platinum, and in Australia-four platinum.  ...more

SADE-STRONGER THAN PRIDE-1988-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC- EPC4604971. Rare European original. Third Studio album Sade, released in 1988.In September 2018 Pitchfork placed the album at number 37 in its list of 200 best albums of the 1980-ies. ...more