ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA-A NEW WORLD RECORD -1976-ORIGINAL PRESS 1977 JAPAN-UA-GP-530. A rare Japanese original of the cult album. A New World Record is the sixth studio album by the British band Electric Light Orchestra, released in September 1976. The album was remastered and re-released in 2006 with the addition of six bonus tracks. A New World Record became the band's first album to reach the top ten in the UK (the previous three albums had great success in the USA, but not in the homeland of the musicians). The album was certified platinum in both the UK and the USA, and sold five million copies in the first year after its release. Like the previous album, A New World Record was recorded at Munich's Musicland Studios.
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The cover is pressed matte in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Labels as new- NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 2500 ₽
WINGS-VENUS AND MARS-1975-THE FIRST JAPAN-CAPITOL-EPS-80236 PRESS. A rare Japanese original of a cult album. Venus and Mars is the fourth studio album by Wings, released in 1975. The CD was released after the extraordinary success of Band on the Run and also became very popular. Paul McCartney's first album with Capitol Records. After the release of Band on the Run, Jimmy McCulloch (lead guitarist) and Jeff Britton (drummer) also joined the Wings in 1974. After McCartney wrote several new songs for the upcoming album, the band flew to New Orleans in January 1975, where they were scheduled to record Venus and Mars.Britton, having quarreled with McCulloch, left the band, having managed to participate in the recording of only three songs of the album. He was urgently replaced by American Joe English, with whom the recording was continued. McCartney made the songs in Venus and Mars blend seamlessly into each other, and the album in this sense became similar to The Beatles' Abbey Road album. The album was received very warmly, and it hits the Top 10 charts in all countries of the continent. According to the results, the album of the year is also ranked high, in Britain 5th place, in the USA - 1st place according to the Billboard 200. ...more
Lot sold: 3000 ₽
Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽
KEITH JARRETT-CELESTIAL HAWK-1980-GERMANY'S FIRST PRESS- ECM-ECM 1175. A rare original of the iconic jazzman. Sky Hawk: For Orchestra, Percussion and Piano is an album of contemporary classical music by Keith Jarrett, recorded at Carnegie Hall with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Keen on March 22, 1980 and released on ECM in November of the same year. ...more
Lot sold: 2000 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
SIMON, PAUL -GRACELAND-1986-FIRST PRESS (PROMO) JAPAN-WARNER-P-13311. Rare Japanese original of the cult album. Graceland is the seventh solo studio album by American singer—songwriter Paul Simon. It was produced by Simon, mixed by Roy Haley, and released on August 25, 1986, by Warner Bros. Records. It includes genres such as pop, rock, a cappella, zydeco, and South African styles such as Isichatamiya and mbakanga. "Graceland" became Simon's most successful studio album and his most popular album in over a decade. It is estimated to have sold over 16 million copies worldwide. It received acclaim, won the 1987 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and is often cited as one of the best albums in history. In 2006, it was listed on the U.S. National Recording Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." ...more
Lot is not sold
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
SEEKERS - A WORLD OF OUR OWN-1965-THE FIRST UK PRESS-COLUMBIA-33SX1722. The rare British original "A World of Our Own" is a 1965 single written by Tom Springfield that became an international hit by the Australian pop group The Seekers. The single reached number 19 on the US Hot 100 chart and number 2 on the Easy Listening chart. It reached number 3 in the UK and number 2 in Australia. Three years later, the song "A World of Our Own" was recorded by Sonny James. It was his sixth number one in a row and his 26th hit on the US country Music chart. The single lasted three weeks at number one and a total of 17 weeks on the chart. ...more
Lot sold: 2700 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
