GENESIS-DUKE-1980-THE FIRST UK-CHARISMA -CBR101 PRESS. Matrices A-2/B-2. A rare British original in top condition. Duke is the tenth studio album by the British progrock band Genesis, and the second recorded by her as a trio, released on March 31, 1980. The recording of the album took place at Phil Collins' house, who was simultaneously working on his solo debut Face Value. According to Collins, he was "kind of obsessed with Duke." The compositions "Behind The Lines", "Duchess", "Guide Vocal", "Turn It On Again", "Duke's Travels" and "Duke's End" were originally a whole piece called "Duke Suite" with the central character Albert, but the band decided to split it up to avoid comparisons with 23-minute "Supper's Ready" from the album Foxtrot. This simplification reflected the group's departure from complex compositions, its desire to become more straightforward and well suited to the era of the 80s. Duke became the band's first album to reach number one in the UK charts. In the same year, Duke received platinum status at home, and in 1988 — in the USA In support of the album, a tour of Britain and North America was arranged from April to June 1980, which began with a tour of 40 concerts in the UK, where all 106,000 tickets were sold within a few hours of going on sale
Vinyl record in a clean top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The cover is a matte spread in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Labels as new - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 2300 ₽
SLADE-RETURN TO BASE-1979-FIRST PRESS UK-BARN -NARB003. Mega rare British original. It is considered the rarest record in the discography of SLADE. Return to Base is the eighth studio album by the British rock band Slade. The album was released on October 1, 1979 by Barn Records. The album was a success in Belgium in 1980, reaching No. 1 on the Albums chart. Since the album was not available in Belgium, fans in the country initially had to buy the album as an import. The album soon rose to No. 1 on the Telemoustique chart, a weekly rock chart compiled by public vote. In Britain, the album failed. ...more
Lot is not sold
Estimate: 12000—15000 ₽
SLADE-PLAY IT LOUD-1970-First press UK-POLYDOR -2383 026 Matrix A-2/B-2. A very rare British original of the cult album. Play It Loud is the second studio album by the British rock band Slade. It was released by the Polydor label on November 28, 1970, but failed to chart. The album, produced by Chas Chandler, was the first to be released under the Slade name since the band's 1969 debut album was released under the Ambrose Slade name. In 1973, the album would achieve commercial success in Canada after Polydor was released there, peaking at number 40. In 1975 he received the silver status. ...more
Lot sold: 5000 ₽
Estimate: 10000—12000 ₽
WINGS-RED ROSE SPEEDWAY-1973-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE - PCTC251. matrix A-3/B-3!!! stamper 1OO/1OP(Very early) A rare British original with a laminated version of the cover (Very rare!!!). Red Rose Speedway is the second album by Paul McCartney and the Wings group he created (it is the fourth in Paul McCartney's discography outside and after his participation in The Beatles), released in 1973 by Apple Records after the relative commercial failure of Wings' debut album Wild Life (perhaps one of the reasons for this failure was that the authors-the performers of the album were still a little—known band Wings without mentioning — in the name of the band - that this is McCartney's band). The album reached the 1st position on the Billboard 200 chart. ...more
Lot sold: 8000 ₽
HATFIELD AND THE NORTH-ROTTERS CLUB-1975-THE FIRST UK-VIRGIN-V2030 PRESS. Matrices A-1U/B-1U. 1M/1GA stamper (a dream!) A rare British original of the famous art-prog band The Rotters' Club is the second studio album by the Canterbury stage band Hatfield and the North, released in 1975. The album continues the traditions of the psychedelic jazz-rock of the band's first album with the lead role of Dave Stewart's keyboard parts. The most notable composition was Stewart's 20-minute "Mumps". The album ranks 9th in the ranking of the best albums of the Canterbury scene, compiled based on the ratings of visitors to the site Progarchives.com (as of April 2013) ...more
Lot sold: 5000 ₽
Estimate: 12000—14000 ₽
KANSAS-MONOLITH-1979-THE FIRST PRESS USA-KIRSHNER-PZ36008. A very rare American original of the cult album. Monolith is the sixth studio album by the American progressive rock band Kansas, released in 1979. Initially, about 800,000 copies of Monolith were sold, which gave it gold status, but it eventually went platinum in the early 1990s. Kerry Livgren donated his platinum record to the Kansas State Historical Society. The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Albums Chart, becoming their third consecutive (and last) studio album to reach the top ten. The album remained on the Billboard Albums chart for a total of 24 weeks and was one of the top 100 albums of the charts (#100) for the calendar year 1979. ...more
Lot sold: 2500 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
