KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING-1969-ORIGINAL PRESS 1975-HOLLAND-ISLAND-88166XAT. In the Court of the Crimson King is the debut Studio album by the British band King Crimson, released in 1969. The album ranked fifth in the list of Top 25 best albums of progressive rock version Progarchives.com. This drive has had a big and unusually strong influence on the development of psychedelic rock, progressive rock and heavy metal. The album was recorded with exceptional musicality, the poetics of texts. While some rock groups (e.g., Pink Floyd) were prone to writing long songs, while others tried to hold in a rock song freedom jazz forms (Frank Zappa), in the Court of the Crimson King group used a bizarre poetry blakowski nightmares, visions, and premonitions. The group is always attributed to so-called genre of "intelligent heavy metal", and their very first album, created this genre, and also advanced music idea forward on several fronts. The album opens with the song "21st Century Schizoid Man", which is characterized by the use of heavily distorted vocals, deliberately monotonous, mechanical rhythm and piercingly loud saxophone and guitar. The rhythm is specified as the first song, suddenly gives way to a soft melodic calm "I Talk to the Wind". Air psychedelic piece "Moonchild" is completed with free form improvisation. In "Epitaph" and the title "The Court of The Crimson King" " the group used in the orchestration of the Mellotron.
Vinyl in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Matte gatefold cover is in top condition - NMINT/ARCHIVE. Record labels ' new - NMINT/ARCHIVE.
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SWEET-LEVEL HEADED-1978-FIRST UK PRESS-POLYDOR-POLD5001. Very rare original British cult album. Level Headed-Sweet's sixth album . A different version was released on Polydor in Europe and Capitol in the US, Canada and Japan. The album "Love Is Like Oxygen", the latest single from the group that ranked in the top 40, it reached number 8 in the US and 9th in the UK. The only version of "Love Is Like Oxygen" is substantially shorter than the album version. The second single, "California Nights", was released as the album but only reached #76 in the United States. This was the last album with the classic lineup of Sweet, as Brian Connolly left about a year after the album's release to start a solo career. The remaining trio of Steve priest, Andy Scott and Mick Tucker continued the work and released three albums before breaking up in 1981. ...more
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Estimate: 5000—6000 ₽
SMITH,JIMMY-WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?(MONO)-1964 - FIRST PRESS USA-VERVE-V8583.Matrix 63-VG-128/63-VG-129 (VAN GELDER). Very rare mono original of one of the iconic jazz musicians. ...more
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR-THE QUIET ZONE-1977-FIRST UK PRESS-CHARISMA-CAS1131. Of The Matrix A-1/B-2. Rare original cult British prog group. The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome is the eighth Studio album by the British rock band Van der Graaf Generator, released 2 September 1977. The last Studio recording until the reunification of the team in 2005. In 1976 the group left two musicians of the classic lineup of Van der Graaf Generator: Hugh Banton and David Jackson (who, however, participation in the recording of two tracks). To replace them came the former in the group until 1970, NIC Potter and Graham Smith. ...more
Lot sold: 3500 ₽
Estimate: 6000—7000 ₽
GORKY PARK (GORKY PARK) GORKY PARK (GORKY PARK)- 1989 - FIRST PRESS (PROMO) USA-MERCURY-838628-1. Gorky Park is the debut album by Soviet glam metal band Gorky Park. Was released in August 1989. In August 1989 Gorky Park release their debut self-titled album. His support in new York was filmed for the song "My Generation" and "Bang". The single "Bang" hit the "top 15" on American MTV and stayed there for two months, reaching 3 lines. The single "Try to Find Me" made it to position 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Gorky Park the first Russian band, caught in the American national chart. The album itself got to 80 on the Billboard 200 for three weeks from the start of sales which has a circulation more than 300 thousand copies. ...more
Lot sold: 4700 ₽
Estimate: 4000—5000 ₽
