ARIA-HERO OF ASPHALT-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.
Vinyl record in new condition - NMINT / ARCHIVE. The cover is matte in top condition with conditional storage traces - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
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SUNDAY-SUNDAY-1991-FIRST PRESS RUSSIA-FEE LEE-FL3-001. A very rare original of the cult album. Resurrection is the second studio album by the band Resurrection, recorded in 1981. Until 1991, it existed only as a tape album, distributed by copying. Included in the book by Alexander Kushnir "100 magnetoalbums of Soviet rock" The recording was made on June 7-10, 1981. The sound engineer was Alexander "Artem" Arutyunov. The album was mixed on the spot. The songs "In life, like in a dark thicket", "Who's to blame?" and "I used to wander alone" were first recorded in 1979 on the first album. A total of 9 songs were recorded. The picture on the cover is drawn by Mikhail Shevyakov. ...more
Lot sold: 9600 ₽
THIN LIZZY-CHINATOWN-1980-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-6359030. A rare British original by British hard rockers. Chinatown is the tenth studio album by the Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1980. He introduced guitarist Snowy White, who would also perform on the next album, and also toured with Thin Lizzy between 1980 and 1982; he replaced Gary Moore as the permanent guitarist. White has previously worked with Cliff Richard, Peter Green, and Pink Floyd. Eighteen-year-old Darren Wharton also played keyboards in Chinatown, and later that year he joined Thin Lizzy as a permanent member. The album reached high positions in the charts, although according to critics it was weaker than Black rose, UK Albums Chart-7 place, Billboard 200 (USA) - 120 place. ...more
Lot sold: 4200 ₽
Estimate: 4500—5500 ₽
WINGS-BAND ON THE RUN-1973-UK FIRST PRESS-APPLE-PAS10007-A-2/B-2 One of the outstanding albums of THE 70s. Band on the Run is the third studio album by the English band Wings (the fifth solo album by Paul McCartney), released in 1973. Commercially the most successful and one of the most famous albums of the band. One of the best-selling albums of 1974 in the UK. Recognized by many critics as the best album by Paul McCartney. In 2003, he was ranked # 418 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All time. According to New Musical Express, the album is ranked 333rd among the 500 greatest albums of all time. "Perhaps the best album released by one of the four musicians who were once called The Beatles" (Rolling Stone magazine music critic John Landau, January 1974) ...more
Lot sold: 5100 ₽
Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽
MOORE GARY-AFTER HOUR-1992-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-VIRGIN-212558. A rare original legend in rock music. After Hours is a studio album by Irish guitarist and singer Gary Moore, released on March 10, 1992. After a busy tour in 1990, Moore recorded the album "After Hours", which, like its predecessor, was sustained in the style of blues-rock, but with a great soul influence and with the addition of a brass section that played in the style of soul. Despite the fact that the album turned out to be very similar to "Still Got The Blues", its success was more modest. After Hours includes both Moore's original songs and well-known blues standards. The Memphis band The Memphis Horns took part in the recording, as well as guest musicians: BB King ("Since I Met You Baby") and Albert Collins ("The Blues Is Alright"). The album reached the 1st place in the charts of Switzerland and Sweden, as well as the 2nd place in Germany and Norway. In general, he received favorable reviews. Allmusic reviewer David Genzen called After Hours "as impressive" as Still Got the Blues. ...more
Lot sold: 2700 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
GILMOUR, DAVID-SAME-1978-First Press UK-HARVEST-SHVL 817, OC 064/60774. The A-2U/B-1U Stamper matrices are 1M/3AM (Very early!). The first solo album by the PINK FLOYD guitarist, a rare British original.David Gilmour is the debut solo studio album by Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour . The album was released in May and June 1978 in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively. The album reached number 17 in the UK and number 29 on the US Billboard album charts; it was certified gold in the US by the RIAA . The album was produced by Gilmore and consists mainly of blues, guitar-oriented rock songs, with the exception of the piano ballad "So Far Away". ...more
Lot sold: 3000 ₽
Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽
