FITZGERALD, ELLA-THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK-1956-FIRST PRESS UK-HIS MASTER'S VOICE-CLP1083.A rare British original of the cult album. .Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book is a 1956 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald accompanied by a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Buddy Bregman, dedicated to the songs of Cole Porter. It was Fitzgerald's first album for the newly formed Verve Records (and the first album released by the label). Fitzgerald's time on the Verve label allowed her to release her most famous recordings at the peak of her vocal abilities. This album marked the beginning of a series of Fitzgerald songs, each of the eight albums in the series focuses on a different composer's canon, known as the Great American Songbook. The album was recorded on February 7-9 and March 27, 1956 in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Fitzgerald's manager and producer of many of her albums, Norman Granz, visited Cole Porter at the Waldorf-Astoria and played him the entire album. Afterwards, Porter simply remarked: "God, what a wonderful diction this girl has."
Vinyl record in a clean top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The cover is laminated in excellent condition with small traces of storage-NMINT. Labels in a clean state - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 10100 ₽
SWEET-FANNY ADAMS-1974-THE FIRST PRESS OF THE UK-RCA-LPL1 5068 Matrix A-1/B-1. A very rare original of one of the best albums in hard glam rock. Sweet Fanny Adams is Sweet's second album, their first of two released in 1974, as well as their first album simply as Sweet. This album was a turning point and a change in the sound of the band. It had more of a hard rock sound than their previous pop albums. Sweet Fanny Adams reached number 27 on the UK Albums chart in the year of its release by RCA Records in 1974 and number 2 on the West German Albums chart. It was not released in the United States, but five of her tracks appeared on the American version of the album Desolation Boulevard, released in July 1975. ...more
Lot sold: 8000 ₽
Estimate: 12000—14000 ₽
JUDAS PRIEST-POINT OF ENTRY-1981-FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-84834. A rare British original of the cult hard band. The seventh studio album by the English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on February 26, 1981 by Columbia Records. After the commercial success of their previous album British Steel (1980), in 2005 Point of Entry was ranked 352nd in the list of the 500 greatest rock and metal albums of all time by Rock Hard Magazine. ...more
Lot sold: 2700 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
SAXON-STRONG ARM OF THE LAW-1980-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-CARRERA-2934129. A rare original of the cult British band. Strong Arm of The Law is the third studio album by the English heavy metal band Saxon. It was released in 1980 , four months after Wheels of Steel, and debuted in the UK chart at number 11. The album received very high ratings from Allmusic - 5 stars out of 5, Metall Collector guide - 7 stars out of 10. ...more
Lot is not sold
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
SINATRA, FRANK-STRANGERS IN the NIGHT-1966-FIRST PRESS (MONO) USA-REPRISE-F1017. Rare American original of the cult album. At the 1967 Grammy awards, Sinatra won two Grammy awards for his efforts on this album, including Record of the year for the title track, and best male vocal performance for the same song. (In the same year, he won another Grammy award - "Album of the year for a man and his music"). Ernie Freeman's arrangement of the title track earned him a Grammy award for best arrangement accompanied by a vocalist or instrumentalist.this is the last album Sinatra performed with longtime arranger / conductor Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. "Strangers in the Night" went platinum for one million copies sold in the United States. ...more
Lot sold: 11100 ₽
PRESLEY, ELVIS - CALIFORNIA HOLIDAY-1966-THE FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-RCA-RD-7820. A rare British original of the King of rock and roll. Elvis Presley - California Holiday (1966, Soundtrack) is a studio album by Elvis Presley, which was the soundtrack to the film of the same name with his participation ("Weekend in California", released in 1966). The album went on sale on October 31, 1966. In the US, it rose to number 18 on the Billboard Top LP's album chart ...more
Lot sold: 5100 ₽
Estimate: 8000—10000 ₽
