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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Led Zeppelin – Led ZeppelinYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1969, Rock, Blues Rock / Hard Rock, London, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded in about 36 hours of studio time; Page financed the sessions himself before Atlantic signed them, keeping early control. Legal Trouble: Began as the final Yardbirds lineup and rebranded mid-tour after contractual disputes forced a clean break. ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Metallica – Master of PuppetsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1986, Metal, Thrash Metal, San Francisco, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: They rose through the early ’80s Bay Area thrash circuit—tape-trading, zines, and clubs like Ruthie’s Inn spread the band before mainstream outlets cared. Band Drama: Bassist Cliff Burton died in a 1986 tour bus crash in Sweden; the band auditioned Jason Newsted ...
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Houses of the Holy- Led Zeppelin
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Led Zeppelin – Houses of the HolyYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, Rock, Hard Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: SD 7255Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Album Art: Hipgnosis built the cover from repeated dawn shoots at Giant’s Causeway using child models; some shops objected to the nudity and wrapped or withheld copies. Studio Lore: The song “Houses of the Holy” was recorded for these sessions but cut, then held back ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Doors – Morrison HotelYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, Rock, Blues Rock, Los Angeles, CAMatrix #: EKS 75007Condition: EX very clean Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: The band was operating under the shadow of Jim Morrison’s 1969 Miami obscenity case and the press circus around it. Album Art: The cover photo was taken at L.A.’s Morrison Hotel by Henry Diltz, turning a real downtown spot into a perm...
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The Rolling Stones – It's Only Rock 'N Roll
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock ’N RollYear/Genre/City: 1974, Blues Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: COC-79101Condition: VG+ Cultural Facts: [Member Exit]: It’s the last Stones album with Mick Taylor; the band’s accounts of his departure include disputes over credit, money, and feeling undervalued inside a machine that couldn’t slow down. [Session Web]: Keith Richards’ circle overlapped heavily w...
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Title: UFO – Lights OutYear/Genre: 1977, Hard RockMatrix #: CHR 1127Condition: VG+ (Plays Awesome...
Title: UFO – Lights OutYear/Genre: 1977, Hard RockMatrix #: CHR 1127Condition: VG+ (Plays Awesome!) Description: Produced by Ron Nevison, this 1977 set is the first UFO album with Paul Raymond on keys/rhythm guitar, widening the band’s palette during the Michael Schenker era. It captures the group on the cusp of their major U.S. breakthrough; several songs from this period became cornerstones of the tours documented on Strangers in the Night. Issued in the U.S. on Chrysalis as CHR 1127.
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Cream – Best Of CreamYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1969, Rock, Blues Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: SD 33-291Condition: VG plays great, looks good Cultural Facts: Band Drama: The trio ended under constant fighting—Clapton, Bruce, and Baker clashed over control, volume, and ego, making continuation impossible. Public Scandal: Drummer Ginger Baker’s volatility became infamous; later stories of violence and inti...
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Grand Funk Railroad – Survival
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Grand Funk Railroad – SurvivalYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1971, Rock, Hard Rock, Flint, MichiganMatrix #: SW-764Condition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Their manager Terry Knight controlled money and decisions early on; the band fought to break free, fueling years of mistrust and legal conflict. Legal Trouble: The split with Knight led to lawsuits over contracts and royalties, a cautionary tale of manage...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Doors – Morrison HotelYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, Rock, Blues Rock, Los Angeles, CaliforniaMatrix #: LP Elektra EKS-75007Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: Morrison was awaiting trial fallout from the Miami obscenity arrest; the case hung over the band and pushed venues and media into backlash mode. Band Drama: Power shifted as Morrison became less reliable; the others fought to ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Doors – Strange DaysYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1967, Psych/ blues RockMatrix #: EKS-74014Condition: EX+ Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: Morrison’s arrests and court battles turned shows into policing events—vice squads, shutdown threats, constant pressure. Band Drama: The power split was real: Morrison as lightning rod while the others fought to be seen as a working band, not a cult. Media Narrative: They w...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Blue Öyster Cult – SpectresYear/Genre/City: 1977, Hard Rock, Long Island, NYMatrix #: JC 35019Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Their “secret society” branding—symbols, slogans, and cryptic lyrics—kept fans decoding more than just listening. Studio Lore: Sandy Pearlman’s producer role was almost editorial—he shaped concepts, pacing, and myth-building as much as the takes. Band Drama: C...
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Blue Öyster Cult – Secret Treaties
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Blue Öyster Cult – Secret TreatiesYear/Genre/City: 1974, Hard Rock, New York City, NYMatrix #: KC 32858Condition: VG+ (plays great) Cultural Facts: Notable Myths: The band cultivated occult and conspiracy imagery as a semi-fictional mythology, blurring satire and sincerity. Scene Ecology: Managed by Sandy Pearlman, who treated the band like a conceptual art project within New York’s intellectual rock scene...
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Blue Öyster Cult – Agents Of Fortune
Title: Blue Öyster Cult – Agents Of FortuneYear/Genre/City: 1976, Hard Rock, Long Island, NYMatri...
Title: Blue Öyster Cult – Agents Of FortuneYear/Genre/City: 1976, Hard Rock, Long Island, NYMatrix #: PC 34164Condition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Came out of Long Island’s club-to-arena pipeline, but with an art-school/critic-friendly angle that set them apart from bar-band hard rock. Media Narrative: Managed by Sandy Pearlman, who framed BÖC like a “myth system” with symbols, slogans, and lore—fans treated it like a puzzle. Band Drama: The secretive lyrics/credits fed “who wr...
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Eric Clapton – History Of Eric Clapton
Title: Eric Clapton – History Of Eric ClaptonYear/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1972, Rock, Blues RockMatrix #...
Title: Eric Clapton – History Of Eric ClaptonYear/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1972, Rock, Blues RockMatrix #: SD 2-803Condition: EX Cultural Facts: A London club-to-supergroup timeline: postwar UK kids building identity through imported American blues records. Arrives right after Clapton’s early-’70s collapse-and-recovery period, when heroin and retreat became part of rock’s public shadow story. The “guitar hero” era as culture: young men treating virtuosity as status, with magazines and arena tou...
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Bad Company – Desolation Angels
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Bad Company – Desolation AngelsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre: 1979, Rock, Hard RockMatrix #: SS 8506Condition: EX Cultural Facts: A London crew formed from the wreckage of earlier ’60s bands, carrying British blues-rock professionalism into the late-’70s arena era. Released as Britain hit the “Winter of Discontent,” with strikes and recession shaping a mood of fatigue and frustration across youth culture. The cove...
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Title: AC/DC – Back in BlackYear/Genre: 1980, Hard RockCondition:New Cultural Facts: Written as...
Title: AC/DC – Back in BlackYear/Genre: 1980, Hard RockCondition:New Cultural Facts: Written as a tribute to late singer Bon Scott, with Brian Johnson joining the band only weeks before recording. Recorded in the Bahamas during a stormy season—power outages repeatedly shut down sessions. Its all-black cover was a deliberate sign of mourning, despite the label worrying it would hurt sales. Price Suggestions:NM: $32–$42VG+: $22–$30VG: $16–$22G: $10–$1411/15/25 – LM ...
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Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Smashing Pumpkins – GishYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1991, Rock, Alternative Rock, Chicago, ILCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Produced by Butch Vig right before he became “Nevermind famous”; he captured the band at Smart Studios with a tight, pre-grunge-boom indie budget. Band Drama: Billy Corgan’s control streak was already baked in—parts were tightly directed, and the “band democracy” myth neve...
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Title: Rare Earth – EcologyYear/Genre: 1970, Rock/Funk RockMatrix #: RS 514Condition: VG LP is pr...
Title: Rare Earth – EcologyYear/Genre: 1970, Rock/Funk RockMatrix #: RS 514Condition: VG LP is pretty good but the cover has some marker on it.Description: Released in 1970 on Rare Earth Records, Ecology was the band’s second album and includes their extended version of “(I Know) I’m Losing You,” which became a Top 10 hit. As one of the first successful white rock groups signed to Motown’s Rare Earth imprint, the band blended hard rock with funk-inspired grooves, helping expand the label’s re...
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Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures (...
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Stevie Ray Vaughan – Soul To Soul
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Stevie Ray Vaughan – Soul To Soul Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1985 / Blues Rock / Texas Blues / Austin Matrix #: LP Epic FE 40036 Condition: NM Cultural Facts: Studio Lore This was the first SRV album to feature keyboardist Reese Wynans, whose playing helped widen the band’s sound beyond the leaner attack of the earlier records. Personal Struggle By this period Vaughan’s cocaine and alcohol use had become s...
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Soundtrack From The Film Jimi Hendrix
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Soundtrack From The Film Jimi Hendrix Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973 / Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Seattle Matrix #: 2RS 6841 Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Media Narrative Issued after Hendrix’s death, the film and soundtrack helped shape the first big wave of posthumous mythology around him, turning unfinished history into public legend. Personal Struggle Hendrix dealt with exhaustion, isolation, and inten...
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Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, Rock, Hard Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: DL 79175Condition: EX,...
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, Rock, Hard Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: DL 79175Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great Cultural Facts: Album Art: Packaged to resemble a bootleg, complete with inserts (fake contract, photos, ephemera) to mess with collectors. Studio Lore: The first release was trimmed down hard for punch/price; much more of the show circulated later in expanded editions. Personal Struggle: Keith Moon’s alcoholism and drug use spiraled through the ’70s; he died in 19...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Y&T – In Rock We TrustYear/Genre/City: 1984, Hard Rock / Heavy Metal, Oakland, CAMatrix #: LP 1984 A&M SP-5007Condition: EX visible wear but plays great Cultural Facts: [Name Change]: They began as Yesterday & Today in the Bay Area and shortened the name to Y&T in the early ’80s, often described as a practical rebrand to avoid confusion and tighten their identity. [Major Label]: By this album t...
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Chuck Berry – Live At The Fillmore Auditorium
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Chuck Berry – Live At The Fillmore AuditoriumYear/Genre/City: 1969, classic rock, blues rock (Live), St. Louis, MOMatrix #: SR 61138Condition: VG Cultural Facts: [Pay-Per-Show]: Berry was notorious for demanding cash up front and traveling without a fixed backing band, forcing local players to learn his set fast—an old-school business tactic that made gigs tense but kept him in control. [Legal Shadow]:...
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Scorpions – Best Of Rockers 'N' Ballads
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1989, Rock, Hard Rock, Hannover, GermanyMatrix #: 422 842 002-1 Q-1Con...
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1989, Rock, Hard Rock, Hannover, GermanyMatrix #: 422 842 002-1 Q-1Condition: EX, sounds great, some light marks Cultural Facts: Public Scandal: Their 1976 Virgin Killer cover was censored/banned in multiple countries and still gets debated. Political Science: Their late-’80s USSR visits fed into “Wind of Change” becoming tied to the Cold War’s public mood shift. Personal Struggle: Klaus Meine nearly lost his voice in the early ’80s (vocal damage), requiring s...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Deep Purple – Made In JapanYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Rock, Hard Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: WS 2701Condition: VG+++ Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Recorded during Mark II tension; Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Gillan were already clashing hard, leading to Gillan’s exit the next year. Scene Ecology: Japan embraced them at arena scale before parts of the UK press did, showing how overseas markets could va...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Bad Company – Bad CompanyYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1974, Rock, Hard Rock, London, EnglandMatrix #: Swan Song SS 8410Condition: VG+ Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Formed from a breakup aftermath (Free collapsing under pressure); Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke rebuilt fast to regain control and stability. Scene Ecology: Managed by Peter Grant (Zeppelin’s camp), they entered the ’70s rock power-network wh...
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Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Rock, Hard Rock, New York City, New YorkMatrix #: NBLP 7100-2Con...
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Rock, Hard Rock, New York City, New YorkMatrix #: NBLP 7100-2Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great, some light marks Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Released during peak ego clashes; Peter Criss was drifting from the group, and Ace Frehley was battling substance issues as control tightened around Paul and Gene. Legal Trouble: Their merchandising empire led to constant contract disputes and lawsuits over licensing, money, and ownership of the Kiss brand. M...
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Rod Stewart / Faces – Live Coast To Coast - Ove...
Title: Rod Stewart / Faces – Live Coast To Coast - Overture And BeginnersYear/Genre/City: 1974, B...
Title: Rod Stewart / Faces – Live Coast To Coast - Overture And BeginnersYear/Genre/City: 1974, Blues Rock / Pub Rock (Live), London, EnglandMatrix #: N/ACondition: VG+ Cultural Facts: [Last Chapter]: It’s often described as the band’s final album statement—released as the Faces were actively unraveling, with Rod’s solo rise and internal drift already pulling the group apart. [Member Exit]: The recordings come from late 1973, right after bassist Ronnie Lane left; the band brought in Tetsu Yam...
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