FRANK ZAPPA-APOSTROPHE-1974-FIRST UK PRESS-DISCREET-K59201. Rare British original cult album. Apostrophe (’) — the eighteenth Studio album by Frank Zappa, released 22 March 1974 . The album's title track "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow[en]", released as single, reached the 86-th place in the charts. Apostrophe (’) is the biggest commercial achievement of Frank Zappa. 7 April 1976 the album was rated gold status. In addition, the disc rose to 10th place in the Billboard charts. Continuing the commercial breakthrough of Over-Nite Sensation (1973), this album contains a mix of short songs and rich musical arrangements, demonstrating a cynical sense of humor, and Zappa . The lyrical theme of the album is strange and unclear (For example, the tracks "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" and "Nanook Rubs It" tell of the singer who wants to become an eskimo named Nanuk), with the exception of "Uncle Remus", which is a continuation of Zappa's relationship to racial discrimination, which subjects touched on in his earlier song "Trouble Every Day".
Vinyl in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE matte top Cover condition: NMINT/ARCHIVE Labels clean - NMINT/ARCHIVE
Lot sold: 6500 ₽
U2-the JOSHUA TREE-1987-FIRST UK PRESS-ISLAND- U26. Rare British original cult album.The Joshua Tree is the fifth Studio album Irish rock band U2. Released on 9 March 1987 on Island Records label. The Joshua Tree received rave reviews from critics, topped the charts in 20 countries and has sold record numbers. The album brought musicians of international fame — they have become the fourth group, whose picture was placed on the cover of Time magazine, which called them "the highlight of the season." In turn, the editors of Rolling Stone noted that The Joshua Tree turned the band "from heroes to superstars". The album spawned several hit singles that have become the hallmark of the group — "With or Without You", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "Where the Streets Have No Name". In 1988, the album received two Grammy awards in the categories "album of the year and Best vocal rock performance by a Duo or group". The Joshua Tree is regularly featured among the most important records in rock history and is one of the best selling albums in the world - more than 25 million copies. According to the decision of the National Academy of art and science of sound recording of the USA the album was included in "the Grammy Hall of fame", a solemn ceremony was held in 2014. In the same year, the album entered the archive of the us Library of Congress — national registry of iconic musical works of the twentieth century. ...more
Lot sold: 2300 ₽
Estimate: 3500—4500 ₽
CHICK COREA-THE LEPRECHAUN-1976-FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR - 2391217. Rare British original. The album was recorded during the joint creativity Corea''s with his jazz fusion group Return to Forever. ...more
Lot is not sold
Estimate: 3500—4500 ₽
MANOWAR-FIGHTING THE WORLD-1987-FIRST PRESS UK/EU - ATCO-790563-1. A very rare original of the cult heavy metal band. Fighting the World is the fifth Studio album by American heavy metal band Manowar, released in 1987. The CD includes the song "Defender", which was recorded in 1982 with Director, actor and writer Orson Welles. BVMI certification (Germany) — gold, the band's first album to achieve such success in Germany. The status was granted in 1994. ...more
Lot sold: 3400 ₽
Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
ROCKETS-GALAXY-1980-FIRST PRESS ITALY-ROCKLAND -RKL20208. Very rare original. According to critics (and themselves Rockets) -album "Galaxy" - were the best in their history. With this album, which went platinum (over 1 million copies), the group reached the peak of its success. ...more
Lot is not sold
Estimate: 6000—7500 ₽
SCORPIONS-CRAZY WORLD-1990-FIRST UK PRESS-VERTIGO-846908-1. Rare British original cult album. Crazy World is the eleventh Studio album by the German rock band Scorpions, released on 6 November 1990. Many critics rate this disc as one of the best in the work group. It is on this album is a world-famous song "Wind of Change" (which became the symbol of Perestroika) and "Send Me an Angel". The album was rated multi-platinum by the RIAA for a circulation of more than 2 000 000 copies in August 1995. The drive took 21 th place in the American Billboard 200 chart. ...more
Lot sold: 3300 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
