Lot 38GENTLE GIANT-GIANT STEPS...THE FIRST FIVE YEARS (2LP) -1975-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-NMINT/NMINT

STING-NOTHING LIKE THE SUN (2LP) - 1987-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-AM-393912-1. ... A rare original of a cult album.  Nothing Like the Sun is the second studio album by British rock musician Sting, released on 13 October 1987. The title for the album was inspired by a line from William Shakespeare's 130th sonnet "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun " The album won Best British Album at the Brit Awards, in 1988. ...more

HUMBLE PIE-THUNDERBOX-1974-FIRST PRESS USA-AM-SP3611. A very rare American original of the cult prog band. Thunderbox is the seventh studio album by English hard rock band Humble Pie, released in 1974. It peaked at number 52 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States. A planned UK release was cancelled. ...more

RATT-REACH FOR THE SKY-1988-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-81929-1 Rare original American heavy rockers. Reach for the Sky is the fourth full-length album by American glam metal band Ratt. It sold quite well, and reached platinum status and spawned the hit songs "Way Cool Jr." and " I Want a Woman" ...more

BLOSSOM TOES-IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT-1969-FIRST PRESS UK-MARMALADE-608010. Mega rare original of one of the masterpieces of British prog-psychedelia. The second album from the Blossom Toes, released in 1969. The line-up includes a guest appearance on the sitar by American folk musician Sean Phillips. "Carries the influence of heavy California psychedelia and Captain Beefheart in its intricate, intertwined guitar lines and occasional rough dissonances, leavened by close harmonies and sparkling guitar interplay" - Richie Unterberger. ...more

YANKA-NOT ALLOWED-1992-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-BONDA-BND-00019. Mega rare original of one of the legends of Russian rock.  Recorded in 1988, the album Yankee Diaghileva. "This is the first official Yankee album, Not Supposed to, recorded at Coffin Studios on January 9, 1988. Subsequently, with the addition of various material from a later period, it was released on vinyl. Yana (Yanka) Stanislavovna Dyagileva (September 4, 1966, Novosibirsk-presumably May 9, 1991, Novosibirsk district, Novosibirsk region) was a Soviet rock singer, author, performer, member of the punk rock groups "Civil Defense", "Great October", etc. One of the brightest representatives of the Siberian underground of the late 1980s.She began to give concerts, mostly apartment concerts, where she performed her songs with a guitar. Diaghilev quickly gained fame and respect in the Soviet rock underground, and Yankee's unauthorized albums were released.During her lifetime, Yanka was not actually noticed by the official media. She really did not like to give interviews, rejected the offer of "Melody" to release a CD, the TV did not shoot video materials about Yanka. Diaghilev never sought popularity and did not contribute in any way to the "promotion" of her name. She died in May 1991. The circumstances of the death are not fully clarified. The official conclusion of the investigation is drowning as a result of an accident.  ...more