Lot 94SINATRA, FRANK -DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES-1964-FIRST PRESS (MONO) USA-REPRISE-NMINT/NMINT

ALEXEY RYBNIKOV-ROCK OPERA JUNO AND AVOS-1980-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-MELODIA-C60-18627. "Juno and Avos" is a rock opera by Alexey Rybnikov (music) and Andrey Voznesensky (libretto). The premiere, directed by Mark Zakharov, took place on July 9, 1981 on the stage of the Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater, where the performance, which has become a kind of business card of Lenkom, took place In parallel with the work on the performance, an audio version of the opera with other performers was recorded in Lenkom in 1980. The first public listening of the recorded work took place on December 9, 1980 in the Church of the Intercession in Fily (Moscow). However, due to censorship obstacles, the album of two stereo records was released by the company" Melody " only in 1982 (number C60 18627-30 (2LP)).  ...more

JACKSON, MICHAEL-THRILLER-1982-FIRST HOLLAND PRESS-EPIC-EPC85930. European rare original king of pop. Thriller (with eng. — "Thriller") is the sixth Studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Released on the label Epic Records on 30 November 1982.Thriller explores such genres as pop, rock, postdisco, rhythm and Blues and funk. All seven singles released from the Thriller, got into top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Just over a year, Thriller became the best selling album of all time and remains so still.At the ceremony "Grammy" in 1984 the album received eight awards. In 2003, Thriller was ranked 20th place in the list of "the 500 greatest albums of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine. The album was included in the Library of Congress as "culturally significant"entry.In 2012, critics Slant Magazine put sport in first place in its list of "Best albums of the 1980s". ...more

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

FITZGERALD, ELLA-JEROME KERN SONG BOOK-1964-FIRST PRESS UK-VERVE-VLP9080.A rare British original of the cult album. .Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book is a 1963 studio album by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The album is dedicated to the songs of the composer Jerome Kern. This was the second series of collections of Fitzgerald songs organized by Riddle; their previous joint project was her book of George and Ira Gershwin songs in 1959. Fitzgerald and Riddle also recorded two albums of standards in 1962: "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson" and "Ella Swings Softly with Nelson". It was the seventh and penultimate album in a series of Fitzgerald songs written by musical theater composers; it was preceded by the 1961 album "Ella Fitzgerald sings a Book of Songs by Harold Arlen", and then "Ella Fitzgerald sings a book of songs by Johnny Mercer" in 1964. Awarded four and a half stars by Down Beat magazine in 1963. ...more

DOORS-WAITING FOR THE SUN-1968-FIRST PRESS USA-ELEKTRA-EKS74024. Matrices A-AL/B-AL. ALLENTOWN PRESS.  A very rare American original of the cult album. Waiting for the Sun is the third studio album by the American rock band The Doors, released in July 1968. The CD was recorded at Sunset Sound Studio (Los Angeles). It was originally planned that it would be based on a 25-minute composition "The Celebration of Lizard" ("Praise of the Lizard"), but after listening to the recorded material, which only Morrison was satisfied with, this idea had to be abandoned. The album also did not include the title song, which was transferred to the album Morrison Hotel. While working on the album, Morrison often got drunk, which infuriated producer Paul Rothschild. Despite its roughness, as well as a barrage of criticism, the album reached the first line in the national hit parade. ...more