Lot 77KAAS,PATRICIA-SCENE DE VIE...-1990-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-CBS-NMINT/NMINT

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

AC/DC-TNT-1975--ORIGINAL PRESS 1987 AUSTRALIA-ALBERT PRODUCTIONS-APLPA-016 . The second dix of the legendary Australian band. The CD was officially released only in Australia, but 7 of its 9 tracks (except "Rocker" and "School Days") were included in the international version of the album High Voltage. ...more

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.  ...more

BON SCOTT (PRE-SWEET) - SEASONS OF CHANGE 1968-72-1987-FIRST PRESS AUSTRALIA-RAVEN-RVLP-33. A rare original longplay where all the singles of the bands Bon Scott , The Valentines 1968-70 and Fraternity 1970-72 are combined.   ...more

CURE-MIXED UP ( 2LP'S ) - 1990-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-FICTION-847099-1. A rare European original of the cult band of the 80s. Mixed Up is a 1990 remix album by the British rock band The Cure. The songs are remixes of some of their hits, reflecting the popularity of remixes of existing songs and dance culture of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Most of the songs are extended mixes. Some of them were previously released on 12 " singles, but some were completely reworked, and Smith cut the vocals due to the lack of original tapes. ...more