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MATIA BAZAR-MELANCHOLIA-1985-THE FIRST PRESS OF ITALY-CDG-ARLP12426. A rare Italian original by a cult rock-pop band. The ninth album by the Italian band. The first album with the new keyboardist Sergio Cossu. The album's title is inspired by Jean Paul Sartre's novel Nausea, as Sartre wanted to call it Melancholia. "Melancholia" becomes an extremely successful album. The song "Souvenir", this time dedicated to the French capital, although it takes only 10th place in Sanremo, but again receives the "Critics Award", reaches 8th place in the national charts. The song "I Feel You" ("Ti sento"), reached number 1 in Italian and Belgian, number 2 in Dutch and number 11 in German charts in 1986, and became a worldwide hit, including in English-speaking countries, recorded in English ("I Feel You"). The English version of Ti sento is I Feel You, a single that was also released successfully in Italy. Thanks to the new electronic sound, Ti sento became a classic of the band and one of the most famous songs of the 80s. In 1985, the band made a long tour of Japan, France, Germany, other European and Latin American countries, and also visited the USSR for the first time. ...more

MERCURY, FREDDIE-the ALBUM-1992-FIRST UK PRESS-PARLOPHONE  077778099918. Very rare British original .The Freddie Mercury Album is a compilation, a posthumous solo project with material frontman and vocalist of the band QUEEN released on November 16, 1992. The album reached fourth place on the UK singles chart and remained in this position for 14 weeks, receiving gold status.The album includes remixes of the latest released songs, as well as Barcelona original song , "Love Kills", "Exercises In Free Love" and a cover version of the song "the Great Pretender".The collection consists of 11 solo songs , performed them throughout his solo career and tracks from the album "Mr. Bad Guy", remixed for this special edition. ...more

SCORPIONS-BEST OF ROCKERS N' BALLADS-1989-FIRST PRESS UK-HARVEST-EMD1014. A rare British original album featuring the best ballad and rock tracks from albums from 1978-1988. Scorpions is a German English-language rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover. The band's style is characterized by both classic hard rock and lyrical guitar ballads. ...more

INXS-WELCOME TO WHEREVER YOU ARE-1992-FIRST PRESS EU-HOLLAND-MERCURY-512507-1.  A rare European original of the cult group. Welcome to Wherever You Are is the eighth studio album by Australian rock band INXS, released on August 3, 1992.Taking a course on the grunge and alternative rock that was relevant in the first half of the 90s, INXS tried to find a new direction for themselves, a la U2 (Achtung Baby), the use of a sitar, a 60-string orchestra and a much more "raw" sound. Producer Mark Opitz described the writing process as follows: "There's a lot of Michael, Andrew and me on the album. The opinion of everyone and everyone is not present here, because some of them were busy with significant changes in their personal lives." The mixing was handled by Bob Klimauntin.While working on the album, INXS performed at the Concert for Life in March 1992, performing some of the songs to the accompaniment of the orchestra[8] and presenting two new songs - "Taste It" and "All Around".The CD took 1st place in the UK chart, 16th place in the US Billboard 200 chart and was among the top ten albums of the year according to Q and The Independent magazines. However, due to insufficient promotion of the album by the record company and the lack of a tour in support of the album (after successful tours in support of Kick and X, the band took a vacation with the intention of returning with a tour in support of two albums), the album sold worse than its predecessors - gold in Britain in 1992, platinum in the USA in 1997. The band performed at the 1993 Australian Record Industry Awards (nominated for "Best Band"), performing "Heaven Sent" to the soundtrack of instruments, but with live vocals. ...more

DIRE STRAITS--MAKING MOVIES (2LP'S 45RPM)-1980-ORIGINAL PRESS 2019 USA-MOFI-MFSL 2-468 . A rare audiophile edition of the iconic album on two records recorded at 45 speed.  Making Movies is the third studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on October 17, 1980 by Vertigo Records International, Warner Bros. in the United States and Mercury in Canada. The album includes the single "Romeo and Juliet", which reached number 8 on the UK Singles chart, the album reached number one on the album charts in Italy and Norway, number 19 in the United States and number 4 in the United Kingdom. It was later certified platinum in the United States and double platinum in the United Kingdom. It is considered one of Dire Straits' best albums. ...more