Artist: Pink Floyd
Album: Wish You Were Here
Release Date: 1997
Catalog number:Harvest SHVLP 814

This is a 30 years of Pink Floyd – 22 years “Wish You Were Here” anniversary edition. The disc was printed and made in Great Britain and is a special “promotional” edition. Very hard to find!

Artist: Kansas
Album: Point of Know Return
Release Date: 1977
Catalog number:CBS JZ 34929

With the hits “Dust in the Wind” and “Point of Know Return”, this album helped launch Kansas into Rock stardom.
Between the dazzling graphics, unusual rarity, and the “Promotional Only” nature of this disc, the demand and price for “Point of Know Return” is “high” to say the least.

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Artist: Curved Air
Album: Air Conditioning
Release Date: 1979
Catalog number: Warner Bros. K56004P

Made in the United Kingdom, this disc was first introduced in 1970 and is said to be one of the first Rock LP to appear in the picture disc format (Off 2-Hallucinations arrived 1969). The 1970 version, had a catalog number of Warner Bros.(WSX 3012) and a production estimated to be near 20,000 copies.

Artist: Scorpions
Album: Love Drive
Release Date: 1979
Catalog number: EMI/Pathe Marconi PIC 8

Artist: Metallica
Album: Ride the Lightning
Release Date: 1984
Catalog #:Music For Nations SB 18526

This disc is identical to it’s blue brother in graphics and music.
As the story goes, the French record label “Bernett” was given the task of pressing a “Promotional” version of “Ride the Lightning” for distribution.
This disc contains the inscription “Promotional Copy – Not For Sale” on the bottom of the second side.
This green version is the most sought after of the two colors.

Artist: Van Halen
Album: 1984
Release Date: 1984
Catalog number:Warner Bros. FLWB 6226

This would be the last Van Halen album with David Lee Roth as the frontman.
The picture disc of 1984 was pressed only in Mexico. Additionally, the pressing was very limited and thus extremely hard to find.
Expect to pay “big bucks” for the ownership of this disc.

Artist: Metallica
Album: Ride the Lightning
Release Date: 1984
Catalog #:Music for Nations MFN 27P

This was the second release for Metallica. Unlike the green version of “Ride the Lightning”, the blue version was pressed in the U.K. by the Music For Nations label with a pressing estimate of around 6,000 copies.

Artist: Aerosmith
Album: Greatest Hits
Release Date: 1989
Catalog number:CBS UK 460703 8

This disc is a compilation of Aerosmith’s greatest hits. It also is in commemoration of their 1989 European Tour. The album lists the dates and location of the tour on the back side.

Artist: Judas Priest
Album: The Best of..
Release Date: 1984
Catalog number: SPI/Milan SPD 233

This disc contains a number of great Priest tunes.
Printed and pressed in France by SPI/Milan “The Best of..” was also issued in the United Kingdom by Gull Records and limited to 5,000 copies.

Artist: John Lennon
Album/Song: Imagine
Release Date: 1988
Catalog number: Parlophone/EMI RP 6199

Music from the motion picture, originally recorded in 1971 by EMI Records.