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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. ...more

ELTON JOHN-SLEEPING WITH THE PAST-1989-FIRST PRESS HOLLAND-HAPPENSTANCE-838839-1. Rare original European master of pop-rock music.Sleeping with the Past is the 22nd Studio album by English singer songwriter Elton John, released 29 April 1989. It was his most selling album in Denmark (where it was recorded) and was dedicated to his writing partner Bernie Taupin . The album shows his first solo number-one single, "Sacrifice", in his home country of great Britain, which helped the album also hit number one there, his first since 1974's greatest hits Elton John . It also became his first platinum album in the UK since 1983. In the US it was certified gold in October 1989, and was certified platinum in April 1990 by the RIAA. ...more

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SCORPIONS-IN TRANCE-1975-ORIGINAL PRESS 1985 GERMANY-RCA-NL70028. Rare early edition of the 80s cult third album SCORPIONS. In Trance is the third Studio album . On this album the band developed their hard rock style, which are subsequently modified with the arrival of Matthias ABSA, "brand" — powerful ballads.. the album was attended by: Klaus meine — vocals; Ulrich Roth — guitar, vocals; Rudolf Schenker — guitar, vocals; Francis Buchholz — bass guitar; Rudy Lenners — drums. As a session musician was made by the keyboardist Achim Kirking. It was the first commercially successful album.It is noteworthy that on the cover of the album was submitted to new logo group, which with minor modifications remained in it until today. The original version of the album cover included a photo of the model with a slightly open chest. This led to criticism and accusations by the censors. The foreground was greatly lightened, and the background was radically black. In subsequent editions of the group foreground images had to darken, hiding the chest and the background lightened for contrast. ...more

FERRY, BRYAN-BOYS AND GIRLS-1985-FIRST UK PRESS-EG - EGLP62 Rare British original is one of the masterpieces of the music of the 80s. the album was the first Ferry solo album in seven years and the first since he dissolved his group Roxy Music in 1983. It was certified platinum in the British record industry. It is also the most successful solo album ferry in the United States to be certified Gold for sales of over half a million copies. ...more