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ARIA - HERO OF ASPHALT (+V. KHOLSTININ AUTOGRAPH) - 1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027413000. A rare original of the cult album. Hero of Asphalt is the third studio album by Aria. This is the first album after the split of the band in early 1987, "Hero of Asphalt" is also the first album officially released by "Melody", the two previous albums at that time existed and were distributed as tape albums only on tape cassettes. The album was a great success, its sales exceeded 1 million copies (which in the United States corresponds to the platinum status), but the exact circulation is unknown even to the company "Melody", although, according to her, at least 1.5 million records were printed.On this album, for the first time, all the lyrics were written by Margarita Pushkina, and Alexander Elin, who wrote the lyrics to previous albums, left for the Master group and did not work with Aria until 2001.In 2008, a concert tour was held in honor of the 20th anniversary of the album, which resulted in the release of a double live album and a concert video "Hero of Asphalt XX years". The original album line-up performed at the concert and all the pieces were performed in the same order. In May 2012, as a result of a vote held on the website openspace.ru, the album "Hero of Asphalt" took the first position in the list of 50 major records of "Melody" and on April 23, 2013 was re-released on vinyl in a limited edition of 500 copies as part of the project "Melody-50", dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the company.  ...more

BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND-IN MY OWN DREAM-1968-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-ELEKTRA-EKL4025. Mega rare mono original of the cult album. In My Own Dream is a 1968 album by the Butterfield Blues Band. It continued the trend of its predecessor The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw. The album features three songs written by bassist Bugsy MOE, two of which he sings solo. The album is also notable as Butterfield's last record with original members Mark Mothballs and Alvin Bishop, who both went on to solo projects with varying success. ...more

BECK, JEFF-BLOW BY BLOW-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-EPIC-S EPC-69117. Matrices A-1/B-1. A rare British original of the cult album Blow by Blow is the seventh studio album by British guitarist Jeff Beck, released in 1975 on Epic Records. The album reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified platinum, which is extremely unusual for an instrumental album. ...more

SHOCKING BLUE-DREAM ON DREAMER-1973-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-POLYDOR-2459317. A very rare original album that was released only in Germany. "Dream On Dreamer" is the seventh album, released in 1973. The album is one of the band's most underrated albums, which is probably why it is not known to all fans of the band. This is completely undeserved, since it, in fact, includes no less interesting songs by Van Leeuwen than those that the musician wrote before. "Time Slips Away", "Diana in Her Dreams" and "Save Your Love" are the classic type of songs from earlier Shocking Blue. In addition, quite a big event in the development of the group is the piano ballad "Just a Song", on which Mariska Veres sang just fine, in the same key as in the ballad" I Like You "from the album" Inkpot "("Inkpot"). Initially, the album "Dream On Dreamer" came the firm "Pink Elephant" under the name "Ham", but as soon as he was released on the label "Polydor", the album includes the song "Dream On Dreamer", and the album changed the name and the cover too (Both versions differed more and some change in sostve songs, some were replaced with other, and order them on both discs differed). Since then, it has been known by this name. Robbie van Leeuwen left the band for good shortly after the release of "Dream On Dreamer", but several songs of his composition appeared on the next album "Good Times" (1974). ...more

CHARLES, RAY-JUST BETWEEN US-1988-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-HOLLAND-CBS4611831. A rare record of the late period in the jazz-blues style. Just Between Us is an album by American singer Ray Charles, released by Columbia Records in 1988. The songs included in it represent all the styles that Charles performed before the early 1990s, which combined R/B, soul, country, blues, and pop. The album was recorded with such giants as B. B. KING, GLADYS KNIGHT, MILT JACKSON, LOU RAWLS, QUINCY JONES. ...more