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GEORDIE-NO GOOD WOMAN-1978-THE FIRST PRESS OF FRANCE-RED BUS-2S068.60773.  A very rare European original of a hard rock style icon in top condition. No Good Woman is the fourth studio album by the British glam rock band Geordie. It includes tracks recorded by previous line-ups, as well as several new tracks. This is the band's last album with original vocalist Brian Johnson, who left the band to join AC/DC in 1980. ...more

WILLY TOKAREV - OVER THE HUDSON-1983-ORIGINAL PRESS 2015 -EU-MIRUMIR-MIR100469. A rare anniversary edition of the iconic album. "Over the Hudson" is the third studio album by Soviet, American and Russian author-performer Willy Tokarev, released in 1983 on the Sava Recording Corporation label in the USA. The producer is Willy Tokarev. At the age of 40, in 1974, Willy Tokarev emigrated to the United States with $100 in his pocket. He was sheltered for 2-3 weeks by the Tolstoy Foundation, whose head was Alexandra Tolstaya, daughter of Leo Tolstoy. There he was a courier, a cleaner in a bakery, sorted through the Russian library of a millionaire, a newspaper deliveryman, became unemployed because he did not know English well, so he began to learn the language by reading American newspapers, graduated from a nurse's course, learned to drive a car, passed a taxi driving test and began working as a taxi driver to earn money for recording records, writing songs in his spare time, he was robbed four times (once, on Christmas Day, he was almost killed by a black man). He played at Carnegie Hall on a balalaika, which he bought at a souvenir shop on Fifth Avenue for $ 50, then played and sang in restaurants and nightclubs.  In 1979, the first record "And life is always beautiful!" was released, which was not particularly noticed. In 1981, the second album "In a noisy booth" was released, which brought Tokarev fame among Russian-speaking emigrants. In the 1980s, he worked at the Russian restaurant Sadko, and then at the restaurants Primorsky and Odessa, accompanied by Irina Ola. He was called the "honorary Jew of Brighton." Willy founded his own label, One Man Band, and recorded about twenty albums there.In 1989, Willy Tokarev flew to the USSR with concerts. A major role in the organization of these tours was played by the famous entrepreneur Viktor Shulman, who himself also performed "Odessa songs" from the repertoire of Leningrad "tape recorder" bards, Boris Sichkin and other veterans of the genre. 70 concerts throughout the Soviet Union were a success. ...more

W.A.S.P.-HEADLESS CHILDREN-1989-THE FIRST PRESS OF EU-CAPITOL -064748942-1 A rare original of famous American heavy rockers.The sound of this album has significantly moved away from the shock rock of W.A.S.P.'s early works towards more classic melodic heavy metal. The lyrics have become more diverse. On the cover. On the cover of this record, political figures are depicted against the background of a giant skull: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Pol Pot, Idi Amin and Heinrich Himmler; criminals Al Capone and Charles Manson, as well as members of the Ku Klux Klan in their traditional garb. The Headless Children became one of W.A.S.P.'s most commercially successful albums and retains this status to this day. It is worth noting that KEN HENSLEY (URIAH HEEP) was invited as a keyboardist, who contributed to the creation of the album. ...more

EAGLES-HOTEL CALIFORNIA-1976-FIRST UK PRESS-ASYLUM - K53051 . Of The Matrix A-1/B-1. Rare British original. In 2001, the album Hotel California was 15th in the list of the greatest albums of all time, VH1 version. In 2002, the album took the 11th line of "100 best rock albums of all time" by the magazine Classic Rock. The song from the album- "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California" -topped the U.S. sales chart (Billboard Hot 100), the latter was also awarded a Grammy. ...more

MODERN JAZZ QUARTET - LIVE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE (PROMO) -1967-FIRST PRESS USA-ATLANTIC-1486.  A rare American original of a cult album. Live at the Lighthouse is a live album by the American jazz band Modern Jazz Quartet, recorded by Wally Hyder at the Lighthouse Café in 1967 and released on the Atlantic label. The Allmusic review stated, "This rather obscure Modern Jazz Quartet album features fresh material and improvisations that are both energetic and creative." ...more