Lot 93NOTTING HILLBILLIES (EX-DIRE STRAITS)-MISSING... PRESUMED HAVING A GOOD TIME-1990-FIRST PRESS UK-VERTIGO-NMINT/NMINT

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GRADSKY, ALEXANDER-FLUTE AND PIANO-1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027091005. A rare original of the cult album. Flute and piano (vocal suite to poems by V. Mayakovsky and B. Pasternak, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1983 by Alexander Borisovich Gradsky (born Fradkin; b. November 3, 1949, Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk region, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, poet, composer. One of the founders of Russian rock. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1997). Winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2014). Artistic Director of the Gradsky Hall Theater. ...more

OUT OF FOCUS-WAKE UP!-1971-FIRST PRESS GERMANY-KUCKUCK- 2375006. One of the best prog albums in Germany on a prestigious label. Out Of Focus is a German krautrock-rock fusion band formed at the end of 1968 in Munich: Hennes Herring - keyboards (mainly Hammond organ), Remigius Drexler - guitar, Hans-Georg Neumuller - vocals and brass, Klaus Speri - drums and Stefan Visheu - bass. Out of Focus got their name from the track Blue Cheer, but were also influenced by Soft Machine and Xhol Caravan and quickly created a special style mixing rock, jazz and psychedelic overtones. The band's music was known for the socio-political propaganda present in Moran Neumuller's songs. Despite the typical Munich style, they are often compared to the Canterbury fusion of Britain and Scandinavian jazz-rock.  ...more

SAVOY BROWN-LOOKING IN-1970-THE FIRST UK-DECCA-SKL5066 Matrix A-1W/B-1W PRESS. A rare British original of the cult blues-rock band. Looking In is the sixth album by British blues band Savoy Brown. The album featured "Lonesome" Dave Peverett on vocals after Chris Yulden left the band last spring. Leader/guitarist Kim Simmonds will be the only band member to continue working with the band after this album, as all the other band members left to form Foghat next year. It was released by Decca in 1970 (SKL 5066). For release in the USA and Canada, the cassettes were leased to Parrot Records (PAS 71042). The album spent a week in the official UK charts and reached number 50. It performed significantly better in the US, where it spent 19 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 39, their second-highest album on the US charts. ...more

GRADSKY, ALEXANDER-THE MAN (2LP) - 1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027515000. A rare original of the cult album. The Man (rock ballet, music by A. Gradsky, recorded in 1987).Alexander Borisovich Gradsky (born Fradkin; b. November 3, 1949, Kopeysk, Chelyabinsk region, RSFSR, USSR) - Soviet and Russian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, poet, composer. One of the founders of Russian rock. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1997). Winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2014). Artistic Director of the Gradsky Hall Theater. ...more