COLOSSEUM-VALENTYNE SUITE-1969-THE FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO-VO1/847900VTY. A very rare British original of a cult album. Valentyne Suite was the second album released by the band Colosseum. It was the first release of the Vertigo Records album, which reached number 15 in the UK Albums chart in 1969. The album peaked at number 18 in Australia in 1970.
Vinyl record in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. The front cover is matte in top condition with minimal traces of storage - NMINT. Labels in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
Lot sold: 19000 ₽
ABBA-VOULEZ-VOUS-1979-THE FIRST PRESS OF SWEDEN-POLAR - POLS282.A rare Swedish original of the cult album. Voulez-Vous is the sixth studio album by Swedish pop band ABBA, released in 1979. The release is characterized by a large number of dance-oriented tracks, but it is wrong to define the genre of the album as exclusively "disco"; for example, the song "Does Your Mother Know" has quite definite rock motifs. The work on the album went on for more than a year, and during this time the participants had accumulated more material than what they managed to put on the album. Among the works of that period published much later, it is worth mentioning the composition Dream World, included as a bonus track on the 2010 reissue. In 1981, the album "Voulez-Vous" was released in the USSR by the company "Melody" and became the last numbered album "ABBA", released in the Soviet Union. The album, like the previous one, was a huge success, placing in the charts of all countries in the top ten. It became multi-platinum in just one year. ...more
Lot sold: 3800 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
NAZARETH-PLAY 'N' THE GAME-1976-THE FIRST UK-MOUNTAIN-TOPS113 PRESS.A rare British original. Play ’n’ the Game is the eighth studio album by the Scottish band Nazareth, released in 1976.The CD cover states: "This album is entirely dedicated to Bill Fehilly, whose faith and spirit are still with us." Bill Fehilly is the band's manager, who died shortly before in a plane crash. The musicians admitted that without his help, Nazareth would never have crossed the borders of England — let alone other countries. Play ’n’ the Game, like the previous album, went unnoticed in the UK, while the band was very popular in Canada, where Nazareth received about 50 gold and platinum records throughout the 1970s. In addition, Play ’n’ the Game opened the way for Nazareth popularity in South America. Dan McCafferty said of the album: "Call it a party album. Put it on again." ...more
Lot sold: 5500 ₽
Estimate: 6000—8000 ₽
JOHNNY WINTER - LET ME IN- 1991-THE FIRST UK/EU GERMANY-VIRGIN-PVBLP5 press. A rare European original by one of the fathers of the blues. Let Me In is an album by guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. It was released in 1991 on vinyl and CD by Pointblank Records. "Let Me In" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. ...more
Lot sold: 4300 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
CARAVAN-CUNNING STUNTS-1975-THE FIRST PRESS UK-DECCA-SKL-R-5210 . Matrices A-P2W/B-P2W, a rare British original of the cult prog band. The sixth studio album by the progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1975. It was their first album with bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Mike Wedgwood. The album's title is a spoonerism for "Stunning Cunts", which is characteristic of their bold use of language. The three previous Caravan albums with titles that are also sexual word games, If I Could Do It Again, I Would Do It Again With You (1970), In the Land of Gray and Pink (1971) and For Girls Who Plump at Night (1973). ...more
Lot sold: 4300 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽