Lot 85SAXON-STRONG ARM METAL-1984-FIRST PRESS UK-CARRERA-NMINT/NMINT

ROLLING STONES-BIG HITS (HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS) - 1966-FIRST PRESS (MONO) UK-DECCA-TXL101. Matrices XARL-7503-1A, XARL-7504-3A. A very rare British original of the cult ROLLING STONES album. Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)is the first compilation album by The Rolling Stones. With various covers and track listings, it was released on March 28, 1966 on London Records in the United States and on November 4, 1966 on Decca Records in the United Kingdom. The American edition focused on the songs of 1964 and 1965 with two new melodies: the recent "19th Nervous Breakdown" and the re-recorded "Time Is on My Side" with a guitar intro. The British version covered a longer period, starting with the band's first A-side single in 1963, "Come On", and ending with several songs from 1966, including the recent hit "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" The album reached number three on the US Billboard 200 chart[1] and number four on the UK albums chart.[2] It remained on the chart for 99 weeks in the United States, where the RIAA certified the album as double platinum, which meant more than two million copies sold. ...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

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

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH MAND-NIGHTINGALES AND BOMBERS-1975-FIRST PRESS UK-BRONZE-ILPS 9337. Matrix A-4/B-4 is a very rare British original -the pinnacle of the group's creativity. Nightingales and Bombers is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released on August 22, 1975 on the Bronze Records label. The CD rose to #120 on the Billboard 200 of all rock albums hierarchy.      ...more

JAMES BROWN-SHOW TIME-1964-THE FIRST UK PRESS-PHILIPS-BL-7630. A rare British original of the King of soul. Showtime is the seventh studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in April 1964 by Smash Records. It was a transitional album from King Records to Smash Records. The album is highly regarded by music lovers and collectors.  ...more