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CHAIF-CHILDREN OF THE MOUNTAINS-1993-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-FEELEE-FL 3 021. A rare original of the cult Russian blues-rock band. Children of the Mountains is the eighth album by the Russian rock band Chaif. Recorded in 1992 at SNC Studios. Released in 1993 year. The album is considered one of the best and most "hit" in the history of the band. ...more

ALEXANDER LYAPIN (EX-DDT, AQUARIUM) - ANASHA-1992-FIRST PRESS LATVIA-RITONIS-8824. A rare original of the iconic guitarist.Alexander Sergeyevich Lyapin (born June 1, 1956, Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian musician, virtuoso guitarist. In 2013, he emigrated to the United States  In the late 70s, life forced Lyapin to go on the professional stage, where he played in several VIA, toured a lot in the most remote corners of the country, but in January 1982 he returned to rock and roll as the guitarist of "Aquarium" and quickly became an integral part of their sound palette and stage show. The band's repertoire includes several of his instrumental pieces. The famous blues "Cold Beer", a version of the song by Boris Grebenshchikov and the future "mitka" Vladimir Shinkarev, interpreted by Alexander based on the music of Jimi Hendrix, for a long time became a real calling card of the guitarist. In 1988-1990, "EXPERIMENTS" regularly performed in St. Petersburg halls, while Lyapin himself simultaneously recorded with Yuri Morozov, and played with "DDT". In general, Lyapin's collaboration with DDT has always been distinguished by originality: the guitarist was not in the permanent composition of the group, but took part in its work if he was interested in a particular program of the group. Since 1988 — he has been a regular member of Sergey Kuryokhin's POP MECHANICS, with which he played until Kuryokhin's death in July 1996. He was a permanent creative partner of Sergey, engaged in the Rock sector of the project, from the experience of working with which the now existing "ROCKMECHANIKA" grew. At the end of 1990, Lyapin, who had just returned from a long trip to the United States, organized a new group "Turkish Tea", in which the cellist Vsevolod Gakkel (ex-" Aquarium") and the drummer Alexander Yemelyanov (ex-" Gezy","Resurrection") played. The group began to give concerts, performed at the Tenth Anniversary of the Leningrad Rock Club (March 1991), changed its composition a couple of times and disbanded by the summer of the same year. Meanwhile, in February 1991, Lyapin unexpectedly appeared with "Aquarium" on the stage of the Palace of Youth, and a month later took part in the sensational Last Concert of the group during the same Decade of the Leningrad Rock Club in the DS  In August 1991, at the Leningrad Recording Studio, Yuri Morozov finished almost two years of work on Lyapin's album "Anasha", in the recording of which the musicians" DDT", the famous jazz saxophonist Mikhail Kosciushkin and the sisters Marina and Tatiana Kapuro took part. ...more

CREMATORIUM-DOUBLE ALBUM-1993-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-CREMATORIUM-K1-K4. A rare original of the cult rock-blues-folk band."Double album" is a collection of the best songs of the Russian rock band "Crematorium", recorded in the period from October 26, 1992 to January 24, 1993 in the tone studio of the Gorky Film Studio and released in 1993 for the 10th anniversary of the group. The album's music is diverse - waltzes, ballads, rock ' n ' rolls and blues. The album includes songs from previous albums, re-recorded by the new line-up, and two new tracks. One of the most famous and striking compilation recordings in the band's discography  ...more

CHAIF-LET'S GO BACK-1992-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-FEELEE-FL 3 007. A rare original of the cult Russian blues-rock band. "Let's Go Back" is the seventh studio album by the band "Chaif". The album was recorded in October 1990-February 1991 in the St. Petersburg Recording Studio. Released by FEELEE Records in 1992.  ...more

LEE, ALVIN (EX-TEN YEARS AFTER) - FREE FALL-1980-FIRST PRESS UK-AVATAR-AALP5002. A rare British original by a guitarist from TEN YEARS AFTER. In 1980, Alvin Lee and Steve Gould (ex-Rare Bird, ex-Runner) formed this band, which released 2 albums.  Alvin Lee-English vocalist, composer and guitarist, whose unique style of performance intertwined blues, jazz and rock ' n 'roll-immortalized his name with an explosive performance at Woodstock as part of"Ten Years After". But even now, the legendary musician never ceases to amaze listeners with the depth of his talent. Graham "Alvin" Lee was born on December 19, 1944 in Nottingham, England - died on March 6, 2013.   ...more