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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

BLUE OYSTER CULT - ON YOUR FEET OR ON YOUR KNEES (2LP'S) -1975-FIRST PRESS CANADA-CBS-PG33371. The Canadian original of the American hard blues band. On Your Feet or on your Knees is the first live album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on February 27, 1975 by Columbia Records. The album features three songs from each of the band's first three studio albums, two cover versions ("I ain't Got You", albeit with altered lyrics, and "Born to Be Wild"), and one ("Buck's Boogie") original instrumental, which remains a staple of the band's live shows to this day. The 12 songs include performances at The Academy of Music in New York, the Paramount Theatre in Portland, The Paramount Theatre in Seattle, The Show Palace in Phoenix, the Long Beach Arena, The P. N. E. Coliseum in Vancouver, and The Capitol Theatre in New Jersey, although it is unclear which songs came from which venues and on which dates. The cover lettering, designed by Gerard Huerta, also used on the 2012 box set, was one of the first heavy metal logos. The album peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the band's highest-selling album in the United States ...more

ABBA-THE ALBUM-1977-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR - POLS282. Rare original Swedish cult band. The Album is the fifth Studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1977. It is considered to be more "Americanized" compared to previous, as evidenced by the confessions of the group members and, indirectly, the success of the singles from the album in the American charts. ...more

BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE-BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE II-1974-FIRST PRESS UK-MERCURY-6338482. A rare British original in archival condition.Bachman-Turner Overdrive II is the second album by Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, released in 1973. The album features the well-known single "Taking' Care of Business"." Although the song never reached the top 10 of the US singles charts (peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974), it became one of the band's most enduring hits and remained on the Billboard chart for 20 weeks.[3] The album also produced another hit single, "Let It Ride", which peaked at number 23 on the Billboard chart. Both singles would reach # 3 on the Canadian charts . ...more

ABBA-WATERLOO-1974-FIRST PRESS SWEDEN-POLAR -POLS252. Rare Swedish original album after which ABBA became famous all over the world. ...more