Lot 30FRUUPP FUTURE LEGENDS-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-DAWN-NMINT/NMINT

MULLIGAN, GERRY/BAKER CHET-CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT VOL.1-1975-FIRST PRESS USA-CTI number CTI6054S1. A rare original in archival condition. Live at Carnegie Hall is a live album by saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and trumpeter Chet Baker. 1974 was one of the very rare reunions when they recorded together after the original Mulligan quartet broke up in 1953. ...more

BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY-CHEAP THRILLS-1968-FIRST PRESS USA-COLUMBIA-KCS9700. A very rare original of the cult album JANIS JOPLIN. Cheap Thrills is the second studio album by Big Brother and the Holding Company, released in August 1968. "Cheap Thrills" achieved great success: by October, it reached number one on the Billboard chart and turned out to be the best-selling album of 1968, with a circulation of just under a million copies. The song Piece of My Heart became a hit, which was subsequently performed by many other musicians, and the performance of Summertime from the opera Porgy and Bess turned into one of the most memorable and frequently used recordings by Janis Joplin. The album cover was created by the famous illustrator Robert Crumb. The name "Cheap Thrills" can be translated into Russian as "cheap passions", "low-grade fun". ...more

DIRE STRAITS-DIRE STRAITS-1978--FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO - 9102021.Dire Straits is the debut studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits, released in October 1978. On October 7, 1978, the album "Dire Straits" was officially released on the Phonogram label. Since 1979, the album has been released under the Vertigo label. The album's sales results are quite impressive — four million copies were sold in Europe, two million copies in the USA. The fate of singles is diametrically different — Sultans of Swing was accepted by the public, reached the 8th position in the UK chart. Water of Love was released in some countries and the best achievement was the 54th position in the Australian chart. ...more

MOODY BLUES-IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD-1968-FIRST PRESS UK-DERAM-SML711. Matrices A-3W/B-2W. A very rare original of the cult album.  In Search of the Lost Chord is the third studio album by the British band The Moody Blues, released in July 1968 on Deram Records. The Moody Blues' second album, recorded in the classic Hayward—Pinder—Lodge—Thomas Edge line—up, and the band's second work with producer Tony Clark. On this record, the band's signature sound was formed, built around a mellotron. The album was written under the influence of LSD, transcendental meditation and Oriental music, in particular, Hindustani music. The theme of the album's songs touches on such topics as the spiritual development of a person, his desire for search and discovery. Two songs from the record, "Ride My See-Saw" and "Voices in the Sky", were also released as singles. After the release of In Search of the Lost, Chord took quite high positions in the charts. In the UK, he was in the top five albums, and in Germany and the USA in the top thirty. According to the results of sales, the record received gold status in the USA, and platinum in Canada. In Search of the Lost Chord received positive reviews from critics and was included in various lists of the best progressive rock albums. ...more

BILLY IDOL-11 OF THE BEST (2LP'S) LIMITED BONUS LP-1988-FIRST PRESS UK-CHRYSALIS-BILTVD1. A very rare original of the cult album. Idol Songs: 11 of the Best is an album by English rock singer Billy Idol, released on June 20, 1988 by Chrysalis Records.[3] It includes all the singles released from his first three studio albums — Billy Idol, Rebel Yell and Whiplash Smile, as well as a live version of "Mony Mony" and the re-recorded Generation X song "Dancing with Myself", both of which appeared on Idol's debut EP Don't Stop. The limited edition of the album contains four additional remixes. The album reached number two on the UK Albums chart. and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). ...more