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BEE GEES-SIZE ISN'T EVERYTHING-1993-FIRST PRESS UK/EU-POLYDOR-519945-1. A rare British original of the cult album. Size Isn't Everything is the twentieth studio album by the British band Bee Gees, released in September 1993. The first thing in the form of a separate single was the song "Paying The Price Of Love", which took the 23rd place in the UK chart. The album itself was able to rise only to the 33rd position in the UK chart, and only lasted in the hundred for 16 weeks. The second single, "For Whom The Bell Tolls", was more successful and reached the top five. The third single, "How to Fall in Love, Part 1", was released later than everyone else and did not gain popularity in the UK, managing to rise only to the 30th place. Thus, Size Isn't Everything since Spirits Having Flown became the first Bee Gees disc, three singles from which managed to get into the top thirty of the main chart of the United Kingdom. The reaction in the United States was less noticeable, the album spent only three weeks on the Billboard 200 and occupied a relatively low 153rd place at the maximum. The single "Paying The Price Of Love" managed to rise to the 74th position during the Christmas holidays. Oddly enough, the publication was expected to be a huge success in Argentina, Latin Americans really liked the song "For Whom the Bell Tolls", where it held the lead of the hit parade for some time. In total, the worldwide sales of the album amounted to about 700 thousand copies. Regarding the song "Blue Island", Barry Gibb noted in an interview that it is "the coolest song they have ever written". ...more

JUICY LUCY-LIE BACK AND ENJOY IT-1970-THE FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO-6360014. A very rare British original of the iconic album by the blues progressive British band. Lie Back and Enjoy It is the second album by British-American blues rock band Juicy Lucy, released in 1970. Although several members of the band have been replaced since the release of their first album, most notably singer Ray Owen and lead guitarist Neil Hubbard, the album is considered a very strong follow-up to the first album.. Most of the songs were written by the band, although the album contains added Willie Dixon songs "Built for Comfort" and cover versions of Frank Zappa's song "Willie the Pimp". The album peaked at number 53 on the UK Albums Chart in November 1970 ...more

AUTOGRAPH-AUTOGRAPH-1985-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-MELODIA-C6024129000. "Autograph" is a Soviet rock band founded by Alexander Sitkovetsky in Moscow in 1979. "Autograph" was one of the most popular progressive rock artists in the USSR. In 1984, the first studio album of the band was released, recorded in the Mosfilm studio. The first full-length album called "Autograph" was released on "Melodies" in 1986, as well as a double concert tape album. On July 13, 1985, the band, the only one from Eastern Europe, took part in the world TV concert Live Aid for Africa. In May 1986, "Autograph" together with Alla Pugacheva and other stars performed at the Olympic sports complex in the charity concert "Score 904" in support of the Chernobyl firefighters. In 1986, Sergey Mazaev and Ruslan Valonen (Dubrovin) joined the group. In 1987, the band took part in the Soviet-American concert Our Move, together with Santana, Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor. "Autograph" has performed at countless international festivals in England, France, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Germany and Switzerland together with John McLaughlin, Murray Head, Kenny Rogers, Tom Cochran, Glass Tiger, Ten Years After, Southside Johny and the Jukes, "opened" concerts for Chicago in Canada, worked with producer and composer David Foster in Canada and Moscow. In the years 86-87, the band makes a long tour of France  ...more

SAXON-STRONG ARM METAL-1984-THE FIRST UK PRESS-CARRERA-CAL212. A rare original of the cult British band. Stong arm metal is a compilation of the best tracks from the first five albums. The album was released at the peak of the band's fame and became gold in Britain and on the continent. ...more